![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86e6ce_c8d792558f1b4cc7af6434145bdbaa0d.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/86e6ce_c8d792558f1b4cc7af6434145bdbaa0d.webp)
![How To Encourage Practicing!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86e6ce_c8d792558f1b4cc7af6434145bdbaa0d.jpg/v1/fill/w_283,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/86e6ce_c8d792558f1b4cc7af6434145bdbaa0d.webp)
How To Encourage Practicing!
William Merritt Chase - The Keynote, 1915 I'm often asked how parents can facilitate practicing at home, when I am not there. This seems...
![Teacher's Plight : Why Teaching is Not A Back-up Career](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86e6ce_6b73dc60c1f5452a980f0483b991eef1.png/v1/fill/w_282,h_279,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/86e6ce_6b73dc60c1f5452a980f0483b991eef1.webp)
Teacher's Plight : Why Teaching is Not A Back-up Career
Illustration by Kathrin Honesta It is true that I came upon teaching in an unorthodox way. I didn't have dreams of my own classroom as a...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86e6ce_b9b30af95c044e1f81db32797eef1da2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/86e6ce_b9b30af95c044e1f81db32797eef1da2.webp)
![Teaching Time | From Fractions to Odd Meter Rhythms.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86e6ce_b9b30af95c044e1f81db32797eef1da2.jpg/v1/fill/w_283,h_204,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/86e6ce_b9b30af95c044e1f81db32797eef1da2.webp)
Teaching Time | From Fractions to Odd Meter Rhythms.
Yesterday's piano lesson was a lot of fun! I taught 7 year old S about fractions while we were playing music. I had noticed that this...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86e6ce_3b9248adb95a44eb995534190ac11d04.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/86e6ce_3b9248adb95a44eb995534190ac11d04.webp)
![Improvisation | The Rain Game](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86e6ce_3b9248adb95a44eb995534190ac11d04.jpg/v1/fill/w_282,h_236,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/86e6ce_3b9248adb95a44eb995534190ac11d04.webp)
Improvisation | The Rain Game
One of the games I love to play with my students a few months and sometimes weeks into their lesson is the 'The Rain Game', which I may...
It Has A Tail!
Yesterday I spent 20 minutes playing with a spunky 2.5 year old at the piano. This far her lessons have consisted of recognizing middle...