by Spring | May 27, 2014 | 4 D's, Delight, Featured, Games, Resources
Do you have young students who need some reinforcement of finger numbers? Then we have a great game idea for you! I picked this up from a Way Cool Keyboarding Camp handout by Debra Perez, so this idea is not original to me, but I have found it very useful in... 
by Whitney | Apr 28, 2014 | 4 D's, Delight, Drive, Featured, Games, Printables, Resources
Kids love competition – not too much but just enough always gets them studying a bit harder. For example, at every group class I never fail to see a student fall in love with a new piece they hear performed. Even though said piece may be a bit difficult for... 
by Spring | Mar 17, 2014 | 4 D's, Delight, Featured, Games, Printables, Resources
I was inspired by some of the rhythm ideas in Christopher Fisher’s book Teaching Piano in Groups (read more about this book here and here) to create a rhythm bingo game for use in my group piano classes. This game can be used in any beginning group piano... 
by Whitney | Mar 7, 2014 | 4 D's, Delight, Drive, Games, Resources
You know those days when the student is so tired of playing that certain piece but you just need them to play it one more time? Well, over the years I’ve collected ideas to make repetition more fun and today I wanted to share a quick way to keep these ideas... 
by Whitney | Feb 4, 2014 | 4 D's, Delight, Featured, Games, Printables, Resources, Worksheets
Who isn’t excited for the Winter Olympics coming up? Most of my students have a favorite sport they’re following and they know several USA team athletes. So why not cross over their excitement into piano motivation? Enter Olympic Bingo. Print off one of... 
by Whitney | Jan 27, 2014 | 4 D's, Delight, Develop, Featured, Games, Printables, Resources
Looking for a fun way to review key signatures in lessons? Today we are sharing a game for key signature review. There are three sets of cards in the file you can download below – one with the key signatures themselves, one with the names of the keys (only Major...