Do you often find yourself wondering what happened to the last 12 months.? Life can move so quickly!
While it may feel a bit cliche at times, the clear distinction in time as the end of the year approaches really does make for a wonderful opportunity for reflection.
Every year when I start this process I go into it thinking that I’ve not accomplished as much as I wanted. Making the effort to look back puts me in my place every time because there is so much we can easily forget!
Whether you’re going through blog posts like I am or scrolling through photos on your phone, take a moment to feel gratitude for what life brought in 2021. I won’t pretend life is always warm fuzzies but we made it. We’re here and life is moving forward.
Here is a 5-point countdown to some of the best from me to you here on Piano Pantry in the past year. This year I also celebrated 5 years of this blog! Wahoo!
5 New Products
Happy Birthday By Ear: The Ultimate Teaching Resources
Enable your students to always be prepared to play Happy Birthday at request – without music.
Flexible for students of all levels, this step-by-step guide boost the confidence of both teacher and student on playing the piece by ear
A Big One-Minute Club Update and Two Free (Landmark Note) Downloads
The One-Minute Club is a great studio-wide note-naming challenge. One of my teacher friends told me the free landmark download is the prettiest they’ve ever seen! 🙂
A Sequenced Assignment Series for At-Home Practice with Note Rush
This product was a result of wanting to give all my students well-sequenced, note-naming assignments to do at home each week that focused on small groups of notes at a time with lots of repetitions. Rather than creating these assignments manually for every student every week, I sat down and designed an entire well-sequenced set all at once.
Teachers will find it especially useful when using it in conjunction with any kind of online assignment tools such as email, Google Docs, or Tonara.
Would you love to “pick the brain” of a fellow savvy IMT on something you’re struggling with? Fresh inspiration and helpful feedback are right at your fingertips. I’m really excited to now be offering consulting sessions!
The Most Versatile Christmas Book You’ll Ever Own
This unique and versatile Christmas book is a format like no other.
Students will walk through the process of what they hear in 8 famous Christmas tunes, learn to play from a chord chart, and create a variety of variations.
4 food-focused Posts
Food Prep and the Studio Schedule – Three of my best food prep tips for keeping your meal-time work efficient and organized so when you walk in the door late at night, you can breathe easy knowing dinner will be ready in a jiffy!
Music Teacher Eats: A Week of Easy, Healthy Meals (Fall Edition) – A new series designed to ease the burden of meal planning as a studio music teacher!
My Trader Joe’s Shopping List – Any other TJ fans out there? If so, here is my go-to list of items when I am lucky enough to make the trek to my favorite grocer!
My Perfect Homemade Student Christmas Gifts: Homemade Hot Cocoa – Soooo easy and students are always delighted.
3 Big Organization Tips
Sync Student Birthdays to your Calendar with My Music Staff
Purging Old College Notes and Professional Magazines
Organizing Your Hardcopy Music Books
2 Discontinued Resources
It was a sad day for many when we discovered that Piano Explorer Magazine and the RCM Theory Apps were both discontinued!
1 New Assignment Sheet
A Star Wars-Themed Assignment Sheet
Do you have any particular resources that were a huge win for you this year? Share in the comments!
Thank you for a great year, my friends and I look forward to what 2022 has to bring!
~Amy
WRAP-UP POSTS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
The Fabulous Five: Top Posts from 2019
Top Posts from 2018: The Best of the Best
