If You Haven't Already, Check These Out!

Thursdays are my crazy days so I haven't had much time to write a "real" post, but, I thought I would take some time to note a couple of entries from fellow bloggers that you might have missed:

Natalie's 2010 MTNA Conference Blog Index
Natalie blogged about each of the sessions she sat in on at this year's MTNA conference in Albuquerque. (I hope I spelled that right!) Lots of good stuff!

Joy's List of The Best Piano Jokes
I'm kind of enjoying slipping these jokes into my lessons!

Laura's Post on Creating Our Own Variations
This one is of particular interest to me this week, as I'm making all of my students begin composing their own music, and then taking techniques like transposition and variation to them. Some of them weren't too thrilled at first, but they're getting into it now!

The Teaching Studio's "Something Fun for Your Waiting Area"
I love picture books about musical topics, so I loved this blog entry! I have a few favorites, too, that I'll be sharing with y'all sometime in the not so distant future!

Do any of you have any blog entries you'd like to add to the list?

Neat New Website!

While surfing the Piano Adventures Piano Club forum the other day, I came across the website of Debra Krol who runs Tiny Tinkles Piano Studio.

Debra has some excellent printable resources for piano teachers and students - including a pre-reading version of Axel F that some of my students are going to LOVE! My favorite part of her website though was her Listening Blog, where she has linked to various YouTube videos with different styles of music. She even includes... the Potter Puppet Pals?! Yes, it must be seen to be believed! What a fun idea!

Thanks, Debra, for sharing your resources!

Check This Out! - Two New Blog Discoveries!

Be sure to check out the list of links on the sidebar on the left! I've added two new blogs to the list:

Listen and Learn

The Piano Pedagogy Page