Here at KC & Friends, we believe that laughter is the key to learning. No more boring flashcards! Think back to your own experience learning the piano as a child… Do you remember using music note flashcards? Do you remember, like I do, frantically flipping over card after card, trying to make sense of that …
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Springtime Songwriting Event We love it when kids write songs! Our goal is to have every student write at least one song this March and (we hope) to share them with you. Some songs may even be chosen for the new revisions of Songs for Kids (by Kids) Levels 2 and 3! How will they …
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See ya 2020! Looking forward to 2021… Spring semester is January 4th – May 30th and has 20 weeks of lessons. We are keeping the same schedule, so if you want a lesson time change please email your teacher. We are very pleased to say we are almost full, thank you for your positive word …
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We are in a whole new world. We are all adjusting, and our kids are too. This is a lot to process, and the ups and downs are vey real. As a piano teacher, I was worried about this new Zoom piano lessons world that I jumped into. How would it work? Would it work …
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Using pizza to teach kids rhythm is one of the many unique methods we use in the KC & Friends books to keep kids engaged, having fun, and learning piano. In KC & Friends land pizza is the best food, so it might as well teach rhythm also! In Level 1, we let kids create …
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In Level 1 the kids met their first Friends, and started learning to play the piano. In Level 2, the kids meet Luigi, and learned how to play with rhythm. By the time kids get to Level 3, they are playing songs, writing songs, and are excited to learn more (and meet new Friends)! What …
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When teaching with the KC & Friends I give you permission to be silly. Please be silly! These characters are hilarious if you let them be, but it is you who has to bring them to life. Change your voices for the R Hand, L Hand, and the Teacher. The kids love it! R Hand …
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As the KC & Friends method expanded and I needed to get Level Three out there I thought, “how in the world am I going to make all the rules of music fun?” Luckily, for all of us, Tina Fey exists. I was watching TV and saw a commercial where Tina was talking about a …
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Luigi, the pizzeria owner who teaches rhythm with our Pizza for the People approach, is a favorite in the KC & Friends world. I came up with the idea of Luigi because as a kid I never really understood rhythm. My teacher thought he had taught it to me, but I didn’t understand and I …
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Sometimes in a creative life, you wander out, create something, and aren’t sure if others will think it is as great as you do. If you’re lucky someone will let you know and in my experience kids are the best judges. Sometimes they’ll tell you, but other times they simply engage, dive in and laugh. …
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