Teachers
The Piano Learning Center - an index of resources and links for piano teachers
Scholarship Opportunity for Teachers - PTG is pleased to announce the creation of two new scholarships to help MTNA-certified teachers further their teaching skills through continuied education and/or performance study. Click here to download eligibility requirements and an application form.
Lesson Plans and Activities
Find downloadable resources for teachers, parents and students. Visit frequently to find new materials. You will need Adobe Reader to view PDF files. Download free Adobe Reader software from www.adobe.com.
Lesson Plans
The Music Box: The Story of Cristofori – Learn about the history of pianos by reading about the creator of the first modern piano. Elementary age level.
Pianos Through the Pages - Learn about the history of pianos by exploring the PTG Learning Center site and completing a word search puzzle. Middle school age and up.
How Does A Piano Work? – Identify the parts of a piano and see how they all work together. Includes a fact sheet, a piano facts quiz and diagrams of the inside of a piano.
What’s the Difference? – Learn about the unique characteristics of an acoustic piano and how the different parts of a piano allow you to “express” yourself. Includes a student fact sheet, discussion questions and piano exercises. Middle school age and up.
Preparing for a Performance - Use the book Henry the Steinway and the Piano Recital along with other tips to help your students get ready for a piano recital. Elementary age level.
Piano Learning Center Treasure Hunt – Take a trip through the different areas of PTG’s Piano Learning Center web area. Includes a student worksheet and teacher answer sheet. Middle school age and up.
 Piano Science – Help kids connect music and science with experiments and activities that help them explore the concept of sound waves and how the different parts of a piano work together to create the sounds we call music. Elementary and middle school age level.
Vibrating String – Visit a site where you can learn more about how a piano makes its sound and learn how string length affects pitch with an easy experiment.
Piano Baseball – Turn learning into fun when students compete to see who knows the most about the piano.
The Piano In Children’s Literature Reading List – Read aloud to your child or class, assign book reports or incorporate these stories into your lesson plans.
MTNA 2006 Presentation Notes – Mary Smith, RPT
Recreational Music Making (RMM) - Learn about an innovative program
that reaches adult learners through group-based music-making
activities. See a video about the benefits of RMM and find out about
teacher training opportunities.
Activities
Piano Parts Word Search – puzzles for elementary and middle school levels
Student Reward Bookmarks - print these colorful bookmarks on cardstock and cut apart for a fun reward at the end of a lesson
Test Your Piano IQ Worksheet – elementary and middle school levels
Origami Piano – fold your own 3-D vertical piano
Coloring Pages –sample pages from the PTG coloring book; preschool and early elementary levels
Piano Learning Center Treasure Hunt
Piano History Fact Sheet
Acoustic Pianos Fact Sheet
About Your Piano Fact Sheet
Tuning Forks - Learn how a tuning fork is used to tune a piano
Piano Activity Place Mat - Print out your own on 8-1/2" x 14" paper
Teacher Organizations
Music Teachers National Association Homepage
(MTNA) - An organization of mainly independent music teachers
Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
A brochure about choosing a music teacher
MTNA Teacher Directory
Online searchable directory of National Certified Music Teacher
MENC National Associate for Music Education
An organization of mainly school music teachers
National Music Council
MusicLessonsNow.com
a Directory of piano and music teachers in the UK
Klavierunterricht - A German site with links to piano teachers in Germany.
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