by Spring | Jul 10, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
It’s time for another Teaching Tactic! Teaching Tactic #2 – Have the student point at the notes as you demonstrate the piece Many teachers like to play the piece for the student as an introduction to the piece. This can be a great approach to help the... 
by Spring | Jul 3, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
Update: Remember this series we ran last year? After talking with several readers and colleagues, we found out everyone wanted to still see them. So we’re running the series again to share our favorite teaching tips with you. These are the little techniques and... 
by Spring | May 3, 2018 | 4 D's, Drive, Featured, Printables, Resources, Uncategorized
I always feel like students need a little extra push after Christmas break. The spring semester is longer, and there are less breaks. When the school year starts kids are excited for new things. January, February, March can drag on. At the beginning of this year I... 
by Whitney | Mar 29, 2018 | 4 D's, Composition, Develop, Featured, Printables, Resources, Worksheets
Arranging. The word seems to scare my students to death sometimes! They believe that only the amazing Kevin Olsen or Carol Matz can arrange a tune they are familiar with into something they can play. When I gave out our first arranging assignment of the semester,... 
by Spring | Mar 8, 2018 | 4 D's, Discover, Featured
It’s been a little quiet around here lately, and that’s because we’ve been busy! We’re putting final touches on our presentations for the MTNA National Conference at Disney World. We can’t believe it’s almost time! We hope to see... 
by Spring | Feb 13, 2018 | 4 D's, Develop, Featured
After recently adding a Boston Grand to my home (read about it here), I’ve gotten this question several times: “So will you teach from home now?” My answer is, no. The point of this post is not to bash those who do teach from home. Instead,...