by Whitney | Dec 12, 2017 | 4 D's, Delight, Develop, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
Let’s get right into another collaborative music post today for our Tuesday Teaching Tactic! We’re exploring the world of duets with scales, arpeggios, and chords. Technique seems to be the boring part of lessons/practice in my students’ minds. They... 
by Whitney | Dec 5, 2017 | 4 D's, Delight, Develop, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
Welcome back for another awesome Tuesday Teaching Tactic. We started the topic of Collaborative Music last week so we’re continuing that by discussing sight reading today. How many times do your lessons get busy enough that you forget to pull out the sight... 
by Whitney | Nov 28, 2017 | 4 D's, Delight, Develop, Featured
So this Tuesday, we’re switching things up. We’ve shared so many Tuesday Teaching Tactics in the past few months that we wanted to mix things up. So if you remember, we presented in March at the Music Teacher’s National Association Conference in... 
by Whitney | Nov 20, 2017 | 4 D's, Delight, Develop, Games, Resources
Arpeggios are one of my students’ favorite technique skills. It’s probably because they sound so awesome and show-off well in pieces. But it’s also an easy technique concept to teach and use earlier in their learning. I usually teach these right... 
by Spring | Nov 7, 2017 | 4 D's, Delight, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
The weeks are flying by! Each Tuesday (or sometimes most Tuesdays…) we bring you a quick idea that you can try in your lessons right away. Today’s Teaching Tactic is to change the lyrics of the song, or create your own if there are none. Sometimes... 
by Spring | Oct 24, 2017 | 4 D's, Delight, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
Happy Tuesday! Have you ever thought about how little choice kids have in their lives? They’re told when to get up, what to wear, where to go, what to eat…you get the point! Kids need a lot of direction, but they also enjoy being able to make some...