Stickers and goals – small motiviations for music students can equal big results!

It doesn’t take much to motivate the under 10 crowd and stickers, sticker charts, and the occasional bonus surprise have kept mine practicing and trying hard all year long. My kids know that if they play their homework song well enough, they will get their choice from a buffet of stickers, that very in sizes

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A D.C. & Baltimore Piano Teacher’s Favorite Methods: Age 7 to 12 Years Old

On average, most students Lessons In Your Home works with on piano fall into the 7 to 12 year old age range. We definitely have a lot of students who are younger and older, but as a general age group, this is the most popular. It seems also that authors of the standard, popular piano

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Practice Your Age! in Minutes a day – A fresh concept in practicing for your music lesson.

I was in a coffee shop in Miami with Rich Margolis, Piano Teacher with Lessons In Your Home. I asked Rich “how’s practice going with your students?” to which he replied great, they are practicing their age. Rich explained that as he’s been using this technique and it’s going really well. It’s as simple as

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Adult Music Lessons – Learning To Play Music At Any Age! It’s never to late:)

Music can be many different things to many different people. Some people play music as a job and as a way of life. Some people play music only in their spare time, for personal enjoyment. Wherever you may lie on this spectrum, music is something that provides a vast amount of personal enjoyment. I sometimes

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The Power of Positivity in Music Lessons – Lessons Learned from ADD, Dyslexia, and Autism

One of the most valuable lessons I learned about teaching music came from a place that didn’t involve music at all. Over the summer, I worked in a learning center teaching phonics and comprehension to children with learning difficulties such as ADD, dyslexia, and autism. As a teacher, I was given extensive training about how

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Beggining Guitar Lessons – What to expect – Electric and Acoustic – Young students

So your son or daughter just got a guitar and as they are sitting on the couch plucking at strings (maybe they have broken one already) your thinking “She’s going to need some lessons”. First things first, let them play the instrument. Unless they are about to smash it, normal play, even if they don’t

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Motivating studnets – Not a parents job but the Music Teachers!

One of the most challenging tasks of a music teacher is finding ways to motivate our students. We all want them to listen to us, enjoy their lessons, practice, and improve. The key is to get them to want to do all of that without it seeming like a chore, but more for the satisfaction

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Favorite Piano Methods for Young Beginners. – Piano Teacher in D.C. & Baltimore

Every piano teacher has preferences on which piano methods to use for each age group, and as a piano teacher living in D.C., I definitely have my top picks for young beginners. After years of experience, I have compiled my own hybrid method that draws from the top piano curriculum resources to create a personalized

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