Happy Tuesday, everyone! Today is SUCH a weird weather day in my neck of the woods. It’s good to be almost 80 degrees this afternoon, so much for your standard Western Pennsylvania fall weather! Today’s quick post is about 2 of our...
Read more Happy Monday, everyone! This is our Fall Group Lesson Week, which means I’ll spend my mornings getting games and materials ready for my students. It’s also the week that I start pulling together all my Halloween resources and...
Read moreDo you ever have an idea that just won’t go away? The kind that makes you stop what you’re doing and problem-solve until you figure it out? You know — the kind that disrupts your to-do list and leaves you staring blankly at 4...
Read moreLast spring I attended the Groove Your Theory webinar by Bradley Sowash and Leila Viss from 88 Creative Keys. It was such an eye opener! That webinar taught me so many cool ways to make theory interesting for my students. I especially loved...
Read more© 2016 SarasMusicStudio.com Today’s post is about organizing music games. (Some of you might have guessed that from the blog title, but just in case you needed further clarification… now you know for sure.) But Sara, aren’t...
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Teaching rhythmic awareness is a huge part of beginning and elementary piano lessons in my studio. Sure, it’s “easy” enough to teach the basic rules of “a quarter note gets 1 beat” and “a half note gets 2...
Read moreWell, I finally got around to writing Part 3 of my Gearing Up for Fall series! In Parts 1 and 2 we covered material preparation and fall scheduling. Now it’s time to get into some of the technology we’re using in the studio this year...
Read moreFall Scheduling. These might be the two most dreaded words in a music teacher’s vocabulary. Close contenders include: Pink Eye. Softball Practice. (Volleyball, Soccer, Baseball, etc…) 61 Keys. Creating a fall schedule can feel like...
Read moreOk… I’ve gotten into a serious blog slump here. The summer months have been SO busy – something had to give on my schedule. It’s time to get this blog (and my studio) back into gear! This week I’ve decided to do a...
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Lately I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how I create daily schedules for my workshops and camps. So I’m here today to “talk” to all my fellow camp-planning maniacs out there 😉 Creating and using a daily...
Read moreAlright, summer camp teachers… I’ve got another bug to put in your ear this week. 😉 This podcast comes all the way from Australia! (And Texas and Pennsylvania, of course.) Tracy Selle and I had a wonderful time talking with Tim Topham...
Read moreMy absolute favorite summer camp blogger, Sheryl Welles of Notable Studio, is wrapping up her 20% off sale today! She has summer camps, incentive programs, music history lessons, and teaching aids for sale. And let me just say… these...
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