Mozart’s Monthly Memos
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45 Boredom Busters For Piano Practice - Volume 17
This Memo includes
Feature Article: 45 Boredom Busters for Piano Practice
Student Achievements - recognizing the hard work and accomplishments from our students in the last month.
Upcoming MOM events includes next Crescendo Kids start date of February 15, 2022,
Parents Ask Pam - Which class should my child start with?
Feature Article - 45 Boredom Busters For Piano Practice
This week I’ve had two students tell me they love playing the piano, but they are struggling with practicing because it is so boring! I have some ideas of my own to change this up, but I figured let’s see what other teachers have come up with as well. After a quick online search, here are some of my favorite boredom busters to liven up your child’s practice time.
Private Lessons Vs. Crescendo Kids - Mozart’s Monthly Memo - Volume 16
This Memo includes
Feature Article: Private Lessons Vs. Crescendo Kids
Student Achievements - recognizing the hard work and accomplishments from our students in the last month.
Upcoming MOM events includes Holiday Recital
Parents Ask Pam - Do you offer discounts for siblings?
Feature Article - Private Lessons Vs. Crescendo Kids
Piano is the easiest instrument to learn and the hardest instrument to master! Traditionally, if you wanted your child to learn to play the piano, you signed them up for private piano lessons. . . . Crescendo Kids was designed to meet the parents’ desires of an early piano education that also met the child’s learning style and abilities at their very young ages. It has three main objectives.
Thanksgiving Music Traditions - Mozart’s Monthly Memo - Volume 15
This Memo includes
Feature Article: Thanksgiving Music Traditions
Student Achievements - recognizing the hard work and accomplishments from our students in the last month.
Upcoming MOM events includes Holiday Recital
Parents Ask Pam - How do the students view their videos each week in the Crescendo Kids Online program?
Feature Article - Thanksgiving Music Traditions.
Thanksgiving has always been a favorite holiday. It was the one time of the year that my dad’s side of the family got together. One year, my uncles decided that Thanksgiving would be a great time to jam together. One brought some old song sheets and they started playing their guitars together. Before long the whole family was singing along and harmonizing and a new tradition was born.
Zoltán Kodály, The Father Of Music Education - Mozart’s Monthly Memo - Volume 14
This Memo includes
Feature Article: Zoltán Kodály, The Father of Music Education
Student Achievements - recognizing the hard work and accomplishments from our students in the last month.
Upcoming MOM events includes our “back to school” Crescendo Kids Online class
Parents Ask Pam - Does the online program really work for preschoolers?
Feature Article - Zoltán Kodály, The Father Of Music Education
Zoltán Kodály, born in 1882, has great influence in our music education today. Do you remember being taught to clap rhythm and say, “ta, ta, ti-ti, ta”? Well, that was one of Kodály’s inventions.