by Whitney | Nov 21, 2016 | 4 D's, Develop, Discover, Featured, Games, Printables, Resources
As my group and private students prepare for the recital, we try to practice performing as much as possible. To encourage good audience listening, I’m using a recital bingo game that I’m sharing today. I’ve seen several versions on Facebook so I... 
by Whitney | Oct 15, 2016 | 4 D's, Delight, Develop, Featured, Games, Halloween, Printables, Resources
So I’ve been trying to plan Halloween themed games for our group class Halloween parties coming up. I teach 2nd and 3rd year students (so ages 8 to 11 ish) and I need so many games/activities to keep these kiddos busy! Thus today I’m sharing a simple... 
by Spring | May 18, 2016 | 4 D's, Delight, Featured, Games, Printables, Resources
In the search for something fun to do the last week of lessons before summer, I’ve created a new printable game for you! The concept is pretty simple, they are just playing cards with note values on them, but I’m excited about all of the possible games I... 
by Whitney | May 3, 2016 | 4 D's, Composition, Delight, Discover, Featured, Games, Printables, Resources
With the limited time in lessons, activities that combine several subjects in a fun way are my favorite. Today I’m sharing a new wheel activity that combines a theory review of diatonic chords with a composition activity and provides some sight reading practice.... 
by Whitney | Feb 3, 2016 | 4 D's, Delight, Develop, Featured, Games, Printables, Resources
When teaching keys to students, do you ever refer to houses? Seems like a random question but whenever students try to understand how a piece belongs to a key or how relative minor keys are found, I seem to bring up the topic of homes. So to help me teach this topic... 
by Whitney | Oct 23, 2015 | 4 D's, Delight, Drive, Featured, Games, Printables, Resources
So remember that post we did a long time ago titled “Rhythm Duels”? Well it’s been our highest rated pin and favorite page for many music teachers of all instruments so we decided to share a few more today. Something for those intermediate students...