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		<title>Oldies but Goodies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of method books available for our use, written by many different pedagogues and published by many different companies.  As teachers, we are lucky to have so many to choose from, making our jobs much easier.  Some are new, and some have been around for a long time.  Two of these older [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.pianomorning.com/2010/08/oldies-but-goodies/</link>
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		<title>The Prodigal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I had a mother come into the studio to pick up her boys and to ask me if I would take her eldest son back when school started. This eldest son has already taken piano lessons from me for four years, but that was three years ago. He stopped when he got into middle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.pianomorning.com/2010/07/the-prodigal/</link>
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		<title>Musings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ancient tradition of muses, the gods or goddesses who inspire creativity in the area of art, music, and literature, are sometimes misunderstood as to their actual number. Three was the number given in the earliest record concerning them; however, Homer stated later that they were nine.  Although Homer is a very good source to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.pianomorning.com/2010/07/musings/</link>
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		<title>Summer Lessons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer lessons are now upon us.  Best wishes for whatever you have planned in your own studios and much thanks to all the ideas teachers have sent in for making summer lessons a success.  Let me know if you need any special worksheets or music to go along with your studio plans this summer.  Yes, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.pianomorning.com/2010/05/summer-lessons/</link>
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		<title>Sharing Summer Ideas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer is the season to &#8220;shake things up&#8221; a bit at the piano lesson. Summer music camps, group lessons, recitals at the park, rewards and unusual recitals are a few ideas we do to change things during the summer. Reinventing our usual routine during these months can help keep students coming and interested.  So&#8230; what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.pianomorning.com/2010/05/sharing-summer-ideas/</link>
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		<title>Home-Run Recitals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daughter Sarah and I had three recitals last Saturday.  We usually divide them into age levels, with beginners at 5:00, intermediates at 6:00, and advanced students at 7:30.  This year we decided to mix them up instead so the younger students could be inspired by the older ones and  parents could see the spectrum [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.pianomorning.com/2010/04/home-run-recitals/</link>
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		<title>Shamrocks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The shamrock coloring sheet was very popular with my younger students during the week of St. Patrick&#8217;s Day.  They completed this &#8220;optional&#8221; assignment at their lesson during theory time, using creativity far beyond what the sheet had asked for.  I began on Monday putting them up on my bulletin board, but by mid-week, had to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.pianomorning.com/2010/03/shamrocks/</link>
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		<title>Hanon Now and Then</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every piano student has heard of Hanon.  They&#8217;re the finger exercises played before the real piano pieces are practiced.  Kind of like the appetizers before a meal or the stretches before a jog.  They get the fingers warmed up and working so students can prepare to be virtuosos in only sixty exercises.  (Or so the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.pianomorning.com/2010/03/hanon-now-and-then/</link>
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		<title>Silver Linings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cleaning crew came yesterday.  Three ladies who spent one hour going through my studio with their vacuums, dusters, spray bottles and other assorted cleaning supplies. It was a first for me.  I have always dreamed of having the money to pay for a cleaning crew to come but have never been able to swing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.pianomorning.com/2010/01/silver-linings/</link>
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		<title>A Piano Teacher&#8217;s Wish List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas to all of the wonderful piano teachers out there.  This poem is from December&#8217;s Music Talk 2008.  Hope you enjoy it! &#8220;A Piano Teacher&#8217;s Wish List&#8221; Lessons go as usual before the Christmas break, Each bag and book are opened up for music goals to make. This is the week a gift is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.pianomorning.com/2009/12/a-piano-teachers-wish-list/</link>
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