by Spring | Sep 20, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured
(To catch up on this series see Parts 1, 2, and 3) Last week we heard from adult students about what they see as a successful lesson. Next, I wanted to look at the bigger picture. What are their overall goals in piano? If we are teaching to different goals than our... 
by Spring | Sep 18, 2018 | Drive, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
This seems super simple, but I think it’s important! Our Teaching Tactic for this week is to use sticky tabs to mark the assigned pieces. I used to think that if I wrote it in an assignment book students should be able to find it. But I’ve learned that... 
by Spring | Sep 13, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured
(See Adult RMM Lessons – Part 1 and Adult RMM Lessons – Part 2 to catch up on this series) So what does a successful lesson look like for an adult student? That’s the next question I asked when I interviewed these adults. Here’s what they had... 
by Spring | Sep 11, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
We’ve already reach number ten in our Teaching Tactics series! Each week we bring you a quick idea that you can incorporate into your teaching. This week’s idea might sound strange at first, “make the piano fit the child.” Of course pianos... 
by Spring | Sep 6, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured
(For Part 1 of this series, visit Adult RMM Lessons – Part 1) So what motivates adults to start piano lessons? I posed this question to the five students I interviewed and here’s what they had to say: Ginger says, “It’s been wonderful!” Isn’t...