Prairie Scraps

If you saw my previous post on Spinners for WunderKeys Games  you'll know that I'm pretty pumped about getting my new spinners.  Of course, I had to come up with some more games to use during my WunderKeys  Preschool Piano Lessons.  This one is actually two fold.   What you will need: White Dry Erase board Dry erase marker Magnetic Finger Friends Magnetic spinner What to do: 1.  For our patterning portion of lessons, we first divided our white board with a marker in to 5 parts with the middle coming to a point. (I promise, this is the most difficult part!) 2.  Next put one Finger Friend in each section. 3.  Ask student to sort all of the Friends in to each section. 4.  Keep this board for the Game Time at the end. 5. For game time, place the spinner in the middle of your sorted sections. 6.  Have the student spin the spinner.  Whichever Finger Friend it lands on, she needs to name it and show us that Friend. Version 1: After they name the

If you saw my previous post on Spinners for WunderKeys Games  you'll know that I'm pretty pumped about getting my new spinners.  Of course, I had to come up with some more games to use during my WunderKeys  Preschool Piano Lessons.  This one is actually two fold.   What you will need: White Dry Erase board Dry erase marker Magnetic Finger Friends Magnetic spinner What to do: 1.  For our patterning portion of lessons, we first divided our white board with a marker in to 5 parts with the middle coming to a point. (I promise, this is the most difficult part!) 2.  Next put one Finger Friend in each section. 3.  Ask student to sort all of the Friends in to each section. 4.  Keep this board for the Game Time at the end. 5. For game time, place the spinner in the middle of your sorted sections. 6.  Have the student spin the spinner.  Whichever Finger Friend it lands on, she needs to name it and show us that Friend. Version 1: After they name the

As fall rolls around, many parents are beginning to think about what their child's schedule will look like in the fall, and trying to figure out what sports, classes and of course, music lessons will be added to their schedules.  As a homeschool parent and piano teacher, I'm thinking of this for my own kids as well as, putting together my fall music lesson schedule.  As a part of getting my fall lesson schedule together, I have carefully put together a policy as well as a schedule.  Then the fun begins!  I give my students (and their parents) a chance to tell me what their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices are for lessons each week, and then I try my best to give them that schedule.  Not always easy, but this year, it seems to be coming together nicely. Along with my past students, I'm also taking new students.  It's always nice to add a new student or two to the mix of students I currently have.  I teach piano, trumpet or drums (must have piano experience for drums) to b