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A Piano Lesson Kids Love — Engaging, Playful, and Fun

Father and daughter practicing what she learned at her piano lesson

We all need support through the most important period of musical education: the beginning

I’m here to provide that support for my students. Piano lessons are so beneficial to children and adults, and I believe that music lessons should be an exciting journey where creativity thrives, and curiosity leads the way.

My teaching philosophy blends gamification, improvisation, and exploration to create a fun and engaging environment where kids feel inspired to learn. I encourage students to compose and experiment to express themselves while building a solid foundation in technique and musical understanding.

Every child learns differently, so I adapt my piano lessons to fit each student’s interests and learning styles, whether that means diving into pop music studies, exploring improvisation, or mastering a favorite tune. Through interactive games and playful challenges, I help kids develop confidence, discipline, and a love for music that lasts a lifetime.

By meeting students where they are and guiding them to discover their own musical voice, I make piano lessons a joyful and rewarding experience.

Ms. Sara, Piano Teacher

I have been teaching for over 7 years and love taking beginning students from the early learning stages through to proficiency.

I have 15 years of classical piano training, started at age 5 when I began taking lessons from my grandmother, who was also a piano teacher. I eventually moved onto taking classes at my local college from the professors there. I have played the piano for 35 years now.

I currently teach piano lessons out of my private studio in Huntsville, AL and at Alabama Music Academy.

Blond female wearing Minnie Mouse ears posing in front of the piano she uses to teach a piano lesson — Ms. Sara likes to wear a pair of her Minnie ears for lessons with her young students–she has a lot of different ones, and likes that these lessons give her a chance to wear them!

Sara’s Philosophy

I believe in following the “vibrant music teaching” philosophy championed by Nicola Cantan, incorporating creative exploration and reinforcing concepts through play-based learning. Studies have shown that children learn best through play–it creates a solid memory pathway to help learning stick.

I aim to achieve this by incorporating games that reinforce different concepts being learned, from piano key names to key signatures, and having a large selection of gamified and interactive theory worksheets to make theory seem less like a chore.

Piano Lesson Structure

Key Parts of a Piano Lesson

A perfect lesson doesn’t always happen because different concepts need more work than others or something comes up and derails the plan so we have to go with the flow–but I try to include these 4 areas in each lesson

Creativity

We achieve this a few different ways, but mostly through improvisation within different key signatures or through song composing projects. For younger students we also create a “terms & symbols” catalogue in our binders.

Music

You can’t become a pianist without learning how to read music and learning new songs, so every lesson we review songs. Then we add new ones to increase the student’s repertoire so they have a large catalogue to choose from.

Rhythm & Movement

Piano students tend to lack strong rhythm skills because they don’t often play with others, but rhythm is incredibly important. I address this with movement and rhythm building challenges, as well as regular in-class duets.

Theory & Technique

As boring as theory sounds, it’s vital. But I do my best to make theory and technique fun through a large library of games and fun worksheets that are themed with a kid-friendly cast of characters to make learning fun.

Playful Notes Piano.

Where we learn while we play.

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