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by john aschenbrenner
Why do piano number stickers work so well for kids? The answer is simple: kids need a reference point.
Would you take the numbers and letters o...
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by john aschenbrenner
Kid's piano composing activities can take a wide variety of forms, from banging on the keys to full-fledged composition. When you see a child in...
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by john aschenbrenner
Kid’s piano posture can take any form from perfect to sloth-like, depending on their energy and mood. I think I’ve seen it all. Kids who are ...
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by john aschenbrenner
We often play Piano Finger Olympics for Kids. This is a collection of impromptu finger dexterity games they love, probably because it is real and...
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by john aschenbrenner
Visual piano games and exercises get the child to pay attention to the keyboard. Put simply, a keyboard is a group of colored buttons within wh...
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by john aschenbrenner
A common mistake piano teachers make is to misjudge a child's attention span. Usually a piano teacher insists that the student follow their dire...
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by john aschenbrenner
The inside of a kid's piano lesson is quite a drama, minute by minute. Part of the reason I am a piano teacher is to be there and witness this ...
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by john aschenbrenner
You can develop children's piano finger instincts even though children are inept at first when it come to fingering. The best example is the inde...
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by john aschenbrenner
The path of least resistance in kid's piano is a path that will lead to much quicker progress by the child. Constrained by a method they hate, k...
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by john aschenbrenner
Exploring fingering with familiar songs on the piano is a good idea for most kids. There’s a game I play with kids to cement the idea of u...
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by john aschenbrenner
There are pitfalls of personality in children's piano of which a teacher should be aware. Some kids are not at all suited to regimented, repetit...
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by john aschenbrenner
I created a piano blues game for kids because there are lots of kids that aren't even remotely interested in classical music. Their parent don't...
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