At the Fun Music Company we always pride ourselves on listening to the public and providing what is needed for music teachers everywhere Our "Ultimate Flashcard Set" has steadily grown since it started as a bonus for our Printable Music Games product in 2006. We have just recently completed a revision to it, and included
Today I’d like your opinion on an important question - should we be putting our students through music theory exams? This article examines the pros and cons of theory exams for music students and describes two different experiences with it.
How does a student learn something, so that it becomes knowledge for life? We’ve been busily engaged this month putting the finishing stages to the Fun Music Company latest publication called “Printable Music Theory Books” which will be launched on Monday, 1st June. Leading up to the launch we are really interested in your opinion
Here are a few ideas on how you can gain extra students and fill your music studio quickly and easily without too much out of pocket expense to you. A couple of months ago, I sent out an email to our funmusicco members and I received an email back from one of our music teaching
Have you ever tried teaching "Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra" by Benjamin Britten before? Sounds easy to any music teacher doesn't it. You get the recording, print off a few worksheets , get the kids to label a few instruments and charts about the Orchestra and Presto! there's your module right...... All except one
Here's a great way to help organize your career as a Private Music Teacher. If your career is in Private Studio Music Teaching, then I know how you feel. Somehow you need to fit in teaching the kids and then there's all this other Admin stuff like invoicing, scheduling and lesson notes which are all
If you were thinking of using the film "High School Musical" in your lesson plans, there is a whole teaching resource available- completely free! The resource is called " The Music In You" and is 28 pages of colour, crammed with information about the show and activities your students can do. So thankyou to the
Here are three ideas for games you can use in your next general music lesson plan to help encourage knowlege of the Instruments of the Orchestra. This game is especially designed for teachers without any musical knowledge and can be used in small groups or for a whole class activity. While I was researching this
Here are some tips for your next middle school music lesson plan which should help you to make your next music theory lesson FUN. As usual, let me know your sucess stories and feel free to provide extra materials, ideas and comments of your own using the comments section below. Tip #1 - "Musical Sums" and
Today I have a question for you! What is the format that you use or that you would expect from a music lesson plan for high school? I started thinking about this and then thought... Why don't I ask everyone on this page, and everyone can leave comments on their practice and experience in this