Keeping Students Engaged in Music Lessons

I've just found  a very nice  article written by a talented K-8 music teacher, Monica Attel who shares some of here her best tips and tricks with teaching young children. In the article, she suggests that wearing hats works for her, because it's a way of providing a gimmick or a comic theme (referred to

2011-06-18T12:30:10+00:00By |2 Comments

Do Musical Kids = Smart Kids?

Do music teachers imagine that musical kids are smarter or is it real? Here is a link to an interesting blog by which refers to some great you tube videos, researchers and in the blog, she challenges you to prove her wrong! The article is called : Music Makes Kids Smarter- Prove Me Wrong and

2011-05-03T01:25:58+00:00By |2 Comments

A Preschool Music Lesson from Greece

At the Fun Music Company we are in communication with music teachers from all over the world. These ideas came from a music teacher named Kalliopi Charitaki. It is great to see that music teaching is truly an international language – and that we can all take some small ideas from her work.

2009-08-17T05:24:48+00:00By |3 Comments

Teaching Music To Children

How to help young children to have fun and retain more in music. I had this question posted to me a few weeks ago and after careful research and consideration have posted this reply. I know this will be of value to many music teachers out there and although the answer is to address teaching

2008-11-05T10:56:41+00:00By |21 Comments

Classroom Management Ideas for Music Teachers

Earlier this week I posted about a competition which we are running at the Fun Music Company, where we are asking for contributions to a new bonus ebook called "The Music Teachers Survival Guide". This will be a bonus that is given away with some of our other products. Some people have emailed me, saying

2008-08-08T00:01:58+00:00By |0 Comments

Online Music Competition for Music Teachers

Many of our best resources and upgrades have come about because of direct suggestions from music teachers and parents just like you. We're always looking to improve further, so we're having an exciting new contest! in this contest not only do you have the opportunity to win a little prize, you'll also be able to

2008-08-05T10:52:49+00:00By |3 Comments

Piano Terms

Have you ever tried teaching musical terms needed for most piano lessons only to find you get nowhere very quickly? There are just some instances where it seems that no matter what you do, it is impossible to get good retention ready for those upcoming exams or tests and no matter how many times you

2008-07-02T11:23:30+00:00By |0 Comments
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