Keeping Students Engaged to the Last Lesson
Signs your students, piano parents & you are ready for vacation + great activities for keeping students engaged to last lesson!
Balance for your life … Creativity for your studio.
Signs your students, piano parents & you are ready for vacation + great activities for keeping students engaged to last lesson!
Years ago, I was a junior high teacher at a special needs school. It came with lots of joy when a student would have a breakthrough behaviourally, developmentally, or academically. But, it also came with its challenges.
While most students eagerly await winter break & the change in routine, for many special needs students this can be a time of stress. At the school, we always knew that December & June were going to be tough months for both students & teachers. For students, the upcoming change in routine tended to lead to anxiety, more frustration with routine tasks, & a big focus on what the new routine over the holidays would be. For teachers, it required a lot more patience & an eagle eye as we did our best to keep things from escalating. How do we help our piano students transition to the upcoming winter break?
As we head into December, & all the extra activities that tend to crop up, it can be hard to avoid burnout. This is a time of year when our studio families might say no to participating in “extras” in the studio & our students don’t practice as much as they typically would. Rather than …
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Make the most of Halloween week in your studio with these in-person & online lesson tips to build community & see smiling student faces!
Group lessons are an amazing way to keep enthusiasm up in any studio. It’s a great time for students to visit, build a sense of studio community & bring a change in our routine right about when students need a change in scenery. How do you host a fun online Halloween group lesson? Without feeling …
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If you are looking for a last minute idea for group or private lessons, making a Christmas ornament might be a great option for your studio!
This time of year, we always hold a Halloween or autumn group lesson in my studio. It’s a great time to get together, for new students to meet returning students, & inject a change in our routine right about when students need a change in scenery. Why have group lesson? It didn’t take very long to …