22 May 2023
By Shelly Davis
PPP 334: Chrissy Ricker’s Summer Piano Review Challenge Calendars

PPP 334: Chrissy Ricker’s Summer Piano Review Challenge Calendars

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Keeping in line with last week's episode about summer reading, this week we get to hear from Chrissy Ricker who has developed summer piano review challenge calendars. Listen as Chrissy shares some of the highlights from her summer activity calendars and how they can help keep your piano kid musical engaged this summer. Listen to the full episode here Resources mentioned in today's show Get Chrissy's Summer Review Challenge Calendars HERE.Check out Chrissy's website and blog and other resources at www.ChrissyRicker.com.Listen to Chrissy's first appearance on the podcast: PPP 264: Level Up Your Video Game Music with Composer Chrissy RickerThese…
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07 Oct 2019
By Shelly Davis
PPP163: Learning from a guy who loves learning

PPP163: Learning from a guy who loves learning

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My son Austin and I had breakfast together this morning.He showed me a YouTube channel he's been watching.Austin likes to learn things: basic handiwork, woodworking, auto repair, juggling, yodeling, mountain biking...He's not afraid to learn something new.No surprise that he was watching a channel that is all about a guy who learns to do things. Mike Boyd documents the process and challenges he goes through to learn a new skill. Learn to stack dice video - Uploaded September 14, 2017 and viewed almost 9 million times. The challenge posed to Mike by a fan of his on Twitter is called Dice Stacking and…
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11 Mar 2019
By Shelly Davis
PPP133: What’s really going on when your piano kid says, “This is too hard!”

PPP133: What’s really going on when your piano kid says, “This is too hard!”

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Doing new things can be challenging for all of us. Piano students are asked to do new things constantly. Once they master one concept, another is given to them without pause. Faced with something new, in this case a new musical concept to master or a new song to play, students have to exert a lot of conscious effort. They have to intentionally think about what they want their hands to do. That is hard work! Piano kids will often resist and not even try because they don’t feel they will be successful. Rather than try and fail, they choose…
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09 Oct 2017
By Shelly Davis
PPP063: PIANOVEMBER Practice Challenge

PPP063: PIANOVEMBER Practice Challenge

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#3020 September Practice Challenge Recap Before I jump into our next piano practice challenge, I wanted to share the ups and downs of the September Practice Challenge. Ups: There was a lot of positive feedback from parents and teachers alike. I received wonderful videos and photos of students working toward their practice goals. 27% of my own students met the challenge with success! I even met the challenge myself!! (I wouldn't have if I hadn't taken time to plan my practices and put them on my schedule.) Downs: Several of my students not only missed the goal of 20 days practice,…
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