Arioso Music Academy

How To Create Music Lesson Plans Wether you are an elementary school general music educator, or you teach private lessons in your home, or you teach group classes in a studio, you're going to need some structure for your class. It is extremely important to set goals of what you want your students to learn and accomplish and the first step for this is creating a scope and sequence.  If you are an elementary school music teacher you may already have one provided by your district, you will still want to edit it (if allowed) and make sure it makes sense for you. If you are teaching in a music studio or even in home lessons, I highly recommend you start here. I know they are not super fun, but they are super helpful to keep you on track! So let's get started! Number 1: Create a list of your prioritized skills and concepts that you want all of your students to learn in each grade/age group/skill level. Of course you will want them to learn more if possible but start wit...

When teaching private music lessons one of the hardest things to do is trying to squeeze in a lot of information into a 30 minute time window. As teachers we love to see our students succeed and achieve as much as possible! So how do you make sure they are getting the most of their 30 minutes with you? Of course the luxury of private lessons is that each lesson is unique and catered directly to the individual students needs but you still need to have a basic structure to how the lesson must go to ensure they receive an effective lesson that makes them want to continue coming back for more. I will go more in depth with future posts regarding intermediate - advanced lessons but for this post I am providing 5 tips for your very first beginner lessons with young students in any instrument. 1. Get to know your student!  This is arguably the most important part of your first lesson. Especially with young children most often they are only attending the lessons because their parents ...