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Piano Parking Lot

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My younger kiddos up to the 3rd grade absolutely loved playing this game!  Both boys and girls enjoyed it.  I bought this rug from Amazon with a gift card I received from one of my piano parents.  I find that the more 3-dimensional the games are, the more excited my kiddos are to play them.  The games keep terms, techniques, and notes fresh in their minds but in a fun way.  Their enthusiasm to come to their lessons is what inspires me! I already had toy cars in my studio and velcro dots.  I always have a huge supply of velcro dots.  The dots allow me to change out game pieces quickly between lessons based on whatever terms/notes my students are learning.  I made this game two-fold for students who either knew their white notes or staff notes. If the kiddos were learning about white note letter names then their parking lot was a simple modified keyboard (I just drew this).  The cars were parked on certain keys.  I'd call out a le...