MTMS Blog
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Ten Tips for Teaching Music to Preschoolers
Teaching music to children under the age of five comes with specific challenges. Preschool learners can’t read most of the words in typical piano lesson books. Their brains are in a unique stage of learning that requires a lot of repetition and appeals to all the senses. But preschoolers are also like sponges. And children…
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Teach Me Something New
Michelle asked to learn something new from her students and fans, and you responded. What did we learn? So much! This edition is specifically for artists, songs, or instruments that we don’t already know because of geographic, religious, or cultural origin. British Singer-Songwriter Ewan McColl From New Zealand, including some Maori language: Maori Instrument: Taonga…
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October Theme: Jazz
Every month, the music lab teachers select a theme for the Music Technology and Learning Lab. Students explore the theme in the Music History, Composition, and Listening Stations during their scheduled music lessons. The topic for the month of October is Jazz. Jazz began with African American musicians in the early 1900s. Despite some less…
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New Music Rooms
We’re keeping up with the demands of our music community. We needed more space, and now we have created two new lesson rooms. With these new lesson rooms, we can now teach two drum lessons at once! This renovation took us a while. We needed a wall, a door, some electrical outlets, and lights –…
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I’m an Adult Music Student
Hi. I’m your favorite MTMS blogger. I have two kids who have both been students of Michelle Tuesday Music School. Recently I picked up the guitar and asked myself why I’m not taking lessons. Part of that is an easy answer, right? I work full-time, and I get my kids in lessons to enrich them…