Welcome back! In this blog post, I’ll do a quick recap on December, a tiny preview of my plans for the new year, and shamelessly plug my piano teaching services and encourage you to help me spread the word:D

To start off, December was a great month for piano. This year, I finally added some of the holiday cheer into my teaching that is ever so available through amazing online resources, and had an absolute blast doing it. Some of these turned into such big hits that I’ll be using them again next December, while others will be tweaked and personalized according to the flavor of the students in my studio.

The first thing from this year that I absolutely loved was our Piano Practice Elf, found through the following link:
https://www.teachpianotoday.com/2012/11/29/how-santas-helpers-can-increase-piano-practice-hours-an-early-christmas-gift-from-us-to-you/

​After an introduction to their practice elf through an adorable short Christmas story, each of my students went home with their very own Piano Practice Elf. The elf, (a cute bookmark with a picture of either Melody or Forte – Santa’s music elves) showed up in a new place in their piano books every day. If the student found their elf and practiced the page, Melody or Forte could then report back to Santa that the student was doing their piano practice! I was so excited to find this idea, and I think the kids really liked it. Before introducing this idea to the kids, I checked with each of my piano parents to make sure this would be something they enjoyed in their homes. What with everyone having an Elf on the Shelf these days, (plus everything else you have to do around Christmas) I didn’t want to stress anyone out. And, at the moment, none of my piano students really know each other – so there was no concern about some families not receiving a practice elf while others did.

Time to start up again with my piano teacher blog and updates! It’s pretty overdue to be honest, but better late than never.

After a whirlwind of an August, (my husband got a sports announcer job working for My Local Radio in Wyoming and we had to find a place and move within about two weeks!) October came and gave us our first lesson on just how cold it gets here, (a couple of weeks into the month, we actually reached negative seventeen degrees Fahrenheit. Welcome to Wyoming).

Sadly, I had to finish things out with my students in Salt Lake, (that part was hard!) head to Evanston, and establish our new home base. So far, we absolutely love it here and hope to stay for a very long time! We’ve been looking for a place to call a permanent home, and (crossing our fingers!) I think we found it! Ok, I really need to cool it with the exclamation points and parenthesis.

Since moving here, I’ve been able to get a handful of new piano students, and they are absolutely perfect. I’ve been blessed to get some very hard-working and dedicated kids who come to lessons with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn that I believe is largely a credit to their great parents. I’m so excited to keep teaching these amazing kids, growing my studio, and hopefully become a better teacher with every lesson.

This week, as I ease back into my teacher blogging, I thought I’d share a pic of my piano all decorated for Christmas. Hope you’re having a very Merry season and if you haven’t already – make sure to hop onto my Scheduling calendar and sign up for your free trial lesson!