Finger Number Confusion? Try This Simple Piano Game for Beginners!
If your beginner piano students keep mixing up their finger numbers, try this fun and easy piano game that helps kids remember fingers through movement and play.
🎵 When Finger Numbers Just Won’t Stick…
If you’ve ever had a student mix up finger 2 with finger 4 (again), you know the struggle. 😅 You remind them, count together, even label fingers on paper—but a week later, they’re still guessing.
That’s why I love this simple, hands-on piano game that turns finger number review into an activity kids actually enjoy!
🎹 How to Teach Half Notes: A Simple Rhythm Fix That Actually Works
It happens to the best of us.
That student who forgets to hold the half note for two full beats.
You remind them. You count with them. You even say, “Remember, the half note gets two beats!”
…and still, the moment they start playing, poof — the second beat disappears.
If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Teaching rhythm to beginners can feel like you’re saying the same thing on repeat. But sometimes, the fix isn’t in more words — it’s in how we help them feel the beat.
🎄 Scales and Ladders: The Piano Game That Makes Scale Practice Fun Again
If you’ve ever run a scale challenge in your studio, you know the drill.
Students work hard and race toward their goals — learning, laughing, and collecting prizes along the way.
And then… reality hits.
A few weeks later, C Major sounds like it’s never been played before. 😅
That’s when I realized: my students needed a fun, ongoing way to keep scales fresh — long after our studio-wide challenge was over.
So when my team member Kennedy O’Daniel designed a Christmas-themed game that turns scale review into a musical adventure, I knew teachers everywhere would love it.
It’s called 🎹 Scales and Ladders 🎹, and it’s as festive as it is effective.