Hi Folks, Here are a few ideas to make virtual piano lessons fun and engaging for your students! I hope you see some new things that will help generate even more ideas for your own students! The moment you call something a game your students immediately change their frame of mind! Game equals fun equals happiness (that's if they've been keeping up with their studying of musical terms and notes). The "games" help break up the monotony of a lesson (especially one that's online) as well as let's me know if they've been studying what they need to. I hope you see a few ideas that are new and more importantly that will generate even more ideas from you for your own students! If a few of my ideas inspire you to come up with some of your own please share them. I'd love to hear from you! 1. Showing musical terms to your students (Picture above) I have terms for every level that I teach. All I do is set my timer for a minute or two, show one
With my classical training and Master's in Education I've found a way to make piano lessons fun, easy to understand, and effective for the beginner to intermediate student by thinking outside the music box! Join me in the quest to make learning piano as magical as music is to the listener.