Category: Piano
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March: Coming in like a Lion!
The month of March has a lot to celebrate this year! I went back to the music classroom yesterday after being out for a month and a half to take care of some family stuff. And I got to talk to the kids about all the special days that are happening in March. Here is…
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Happy New Year!
I don’t know about you but 2023 was a crazy year for me! So I am happy to be turning the page on my calendar. I don’t know if 2024 is going to be any better but I’m determined to strap on my work boots and put my best foot forward to meet whatever comes…
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Christmas Is Coming!
Its not quite the middle of December and we’ve already had our first snow here in VA! It was just a dusting and barely covered the grass but it still counts. Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet or have you even started?? Luckily, I don’t have many people to buy for so it doesn’t…
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Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Sales!!
Its holiday time! Which usually means, lots of candy and desserts, parties and shopping, pretty lights and decorations! It can also mean lots of sales on all your favorite products! Teachers Pay Teachers is having a site wide sale on Cyber Monday and Tuesday (November 27 & 28). So everything in my store will be…
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Thanksgiving Stations
The week before a holiday I like to do stations with my kids. Some teachers call them centers. Centers, stations, whatever you want to call them, they are fun for teachers and kids! So what are they, how do you do them, and why do you them? Stations are just that. Different stations set up…
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Fall Resources for Teachers
I’ve been working hard to keep adding new resources to my Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) store. I’ve recently added several fall/Halloween activities for rhythm, recorder, and piano! Great Big House is a fun song where your students can learn and practice steady beat, rhythms, learn about slurs and ties, and sing solfege of the song.…
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Announcement!!
For the past couple months I have been teasing you with news of a big announcement. It took me a little longer to pull things together than I had anticipated but now I can finally share the news. I just opened a teacher store!! Teachers Pay Teachers is basically the Etsy of teachers. Its a…
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SUMMER CAMPS
I and finishing up my first week of summer camps today and I have 2 more weeks to go! It’s been fun so far, not as many students as I hoped, but the ones who have come have been very engaged. I even had a couple adults join my kids classes where we were singing…
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This is the end…(almost!)
We are in the last few weeks of school where I teach music at my church. My private lesson students are all busily turning in their recital videos this week so I can compile them into one big video to share with everyone. And I’m trying to think of fun things for my general music…
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Spring Fever!
Spring fever is a real thing and it is happening right now! It’s that time in the school year when the weather is getting warmer, the end of the school year is around the corner, the kids get a little crazy (ok, a LOT crazy), and the teachers are getting exhausted and running out of…
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