What I'm Reading This Week - August 5

Since this marks the end of the first week of August, and since many of us teachers are in "planning for the new school year" mode, I thought I'd share some of my favorite online resources today.

Making Music Fun
This website has easy arrangements of classical pieces and folk songs as well as other music teaching resources.

Teoria
Are you planning to work more on music theory with your students this year?  This website has some great resources relating to theory.

Piano Squall
Are your piano students into video games?  How about having them learn some of the music to their favorite games.  This website features arrangements that will probably work best for an intermediate student.

Have a great weekend!

Some Guitar Resources

Since I teach both piano and guitar, I'm always on the lookout for new resources online for both piano and guitar - or either.
This past week I've come across three different websites that I've found interesting.
Classical Guitar Review - has some great resources and exercises
Classical Guitar Corner - has some good exercises and good information to help with improving your skills
Anton Emery Celtic Guitar - Anton's blog has some good information on fingerstyle guitar playing, especially for Celtic music

Some Online Resources for Lessons

The internet has a vast store of resources available that can help you in regards to your lessons, whether you are a teacher or a student.

Activities with Legos - www.legoeducation.us/activities

Lists of Resources on a wide variety of subjects – www.thefrugaleducator.blogspot.com

Lesson Plans and Worksheets -

• www.theteacherscorner.net
• www.education.com
• www.abcteach.com
• www.teachervision.fen.com

Free Online Books (mostly public domain books) -

• www.ccel.org
• www.gutenberg.org

Disclaimer: These recommendations are purely my own, based upon what I personally have found helpful.

Some Links for Sheet Music

In my meanderings on the web, I recently came across two websites that offer free sheet music. Most of the pieces are public domain pieces. What's nice, too, is that most of the pieces come in pdf format, so you don't need any special music notation software to open them.

Cantorion - good selection and decently easy to search

Mutopia Project - nice layout and groupings