Category: Piano Pedagogy

MTNA Conference Nashville 2020

On 2/15 I had the honor of speaking at the MTNA Conference Nashville 2020. I met so many great people! I didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to learn from these fine teachers.

I asked them to share two or three of their favorite “go-to” teaching resources so that I could share them at Paloma Piano.

Here is the list;

Favorite Piano Teaching Resources

Beginning

The Ultimate Preschool Piano Activities Book

Faber Piano Adventures

Compose Create (Wendy Stevens)

Hal Leonard Primer

Wunder Keys

Get Set Piano

Alijam Music (James King)

Piano Pronto Prelude Book

Piano Maestro

Bastien New Traditions

Keyboard Kickoff

Sounds from Different Lands (Irina Nenartovich)

Supersonics

Paula Dryers Rote Pieces

Back to Basics (Marlene Moore – JW Pepper)

Summer Daze – Barbara Harry

Chrissy Ricker – Destination Adventure

Tasty Tunes – Wendy Stevens

Celebration Series

Faber – Disney Show Time, Chord Time, etc.

Star Wars – Five Finger Beginner

Kevin Olsen – Perfect Start

Primer Pianist – Cappy Cory

Suzuki – Piano Books

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Teaching preschool piano students is rewarding but it can be a challenge to keep those little ones engaged and making progress. The Ultimate Preschool Piano Activities Book is a must-have for teachers who teach the piano to preschool students.

The book covers: how to determine when children are ready to begin lessons, which skills preschool piano students can and should be learning, how to set up your studio for young students, how to handle behavioral issues and much more. The Ultimate Preschool Piano Activities Book gives teachers complete instructions on how to make and use dozens of games and off-the-bench activities that are perfect for private or group piano lessons.

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