What Should a Beginner Piano Student Practice Each Day?
Beginner piano practice should be clear and purposeful. Learn what young piano students should practice, from technique and repertoire to repetition, review, and specific practice goals.
How to Create a Piano Practice Routine That Works
A good piano practice routine doesn’t have to be rigid. Learn how to fit practice into your family’s schedule, keep sessions manageable, and help kids focus on meaningful practice goals.
Piano Practice for Kids: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Learn how to make piano practice for kids more manageable with practical tips for routines, assignments, parent involvement, and building good practice habits.
Teaching Piano to Students with ADHD
Do you have any students who struggle with focus? (I do! 🙋♀️) Whether it’s a hungry student, tired student, or a student with more complex focus issues, this post has 2 tips for helping students focus in their lessons.
Product Spotlight: Canon in D Lead Sheet Guide
The Canon in D Lead Sheet Guide shows students the practice steps to create a piano solo using a lead sheet. Keep reading to learn more!
Product Spotlight: Take Me Out to the Ball Game Lead Sheet Guide
The Take Me Out to the Ball Game Lead Sheet Guide shows students the practice steps for learning how to use a lead sheet. Students can learn how to play lead sheets as a piano solo or as two hand accompaniment.
Piano Practice Steps for Beginners
With the right practice steps in a lesson, you can show piano students *how* to practice at home. Giving a student specific practice steps will give your student confidence in learning music throughout their lessons. In this post, I share the 6 piano practice steps I use for beginners. I also give an example using the sheet music “Are You Sleeping?”
Practice Tips for Teens
Teen piano students often struggle with the initiative to practice at home. Here are practice tips to help teens master home practice independently.
Piano Teaching Tips for 2021
What a year 2020 has been! I know we are ready to close this chapter and look ahead to the hope that 2021 brings. As the pandemic continues to linger, here are five things to consider in your teaching for 2021.
Teaching Piano Students During Challenging Times
As teachers, we are often faced with students who enter encounter difficult life situations. Whether it be changes at school (what we are faced with now!) or other issues students, there are things we can do to help our students stay engaged with music during these times.