Give your students a musical adventure they will never forget… A Pirate Piano Party! But don’t be deceived by the frivolous title. A Piano ‘Party’ is a just a really fun and engaging way to teach a group music class. Great for summer lessons, music camps, and music clubs!
While students are having a bundle of fun, you will be: broadening their music experience and appreciation with music from Debussy’s Nocturnes; teaching them the joy of writing their own music; improving their audiation skills; providing ‘recital practice’ experience; and helping them build friendships with other ‘music kids’!
This Integrated Teaching Kit Includes:
- All the prep and planning! The planning kit gives you customizable ‘Party’ invitations; a comprehensive and flexible teaching plan; the one-page ‘running order’ to guide you on the day; and lots of ideas and helpful suggestions to help you run your own successful ‘Piano Party’… (a.k.a. music group class!)
- ‘Party-starter’ Singing Activity: Help students get in the mood for this ‘Pirate Adventure’ music party, with this unique and catchy ‘Pirates Lullaby’ round! Singing develops students’ sense of pitch, and their rhythm and harmony skills also. (Both the music and the complete teaching sequence are included here to save you time).
- Easy ‘click link’ to the ‘The Captain’s Curse’ musical story telling session, by Marshall Cavendish – based on ‘Nocturnes’ by Claude Debussy. A great introduction to impressionistic music appreciation! And, to get the ‘party’ started, we have also included a ‘click link’ to a curated playlist of short and funny children’s music themed videos, to use at the beginning, while students arrive & settle in.
- The ‘Pirate Adventure’ Composition Activity Kit with FOUR levels of composing activities: Beginner, Elementary, Early Intermediate, and Advancing. Something to suit everyone! This set of composition activities gives you all you need to teach your students how to compose their own music.
- And the ‘Pirate Party’ class finishes with a mini ‘concert practice’ session – Students can play their favourite pieces for each other, to build up performance skills and gain some ‘immunity’ against ‘nerves’. Teach students to appreciate others performances too – Mini recital ‘Compliment Cards’ are also included!
- This integrated teaching bundle is designed to fill a 2 to 2.5 hour music block. You can use it all on one day as a stand-alone piano party, or divided and spread over a few shorter sessions on different days in a music camp.
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With ALL the planning, prep AND resources you need, to run an educational, fun and successful ‘party-style’ group class, this piano party kit is SUPER value!
…So, you may be wondering, what is a ‘Piano Party’? The Piano Party idea is really just a sneaky ‘cover’ for a music group class. For studio teachers who mainly teach individual lessons, this is a cool way to get your students together, to cover more music appreciation, history & theory. It’s a great way to broaden students’ musical education…and help them make friends with other students who learn music too.
And actually, it’s not just for piano – this idea is great for any music teaching group! (It doesn’t have to even be called a piano party. Try running it as a ‘Violin Party’, a ‘Choir Party’, a ‘Music Party’, or even a ‘Junior Orchestra Party… Just create a title to suit your situation!)
And why run a ‘Party-style’ group class?
- Well, firstly, students love the idea of a music ‘party’ so much more than the idea of a music class!
- Secondly, a group class is a great way to offer an additional lesson in the term, which students can use as a replacement for a lesson they have missed. (A time saver for teachers, compared to trying to give everyone individual catch-up lessons.)
- And thirdly, it’s also a really useful way to broaden your students music appreciation. You can touch on music topics that you might not otherwise have time for in their instrumental/singing lessons. Kids love a ‘music party class’!
Purchase Options Explained:
- ‘Pirate Adventure’ BIG Party Pack: This option give you BOTH the ‘Pirate Adventure’ Teaching & Planning Kit, AND the ‘Pirate Adventure’ Kids Composition Kit. It’s the complete kit for organising and running this music group class, and music appreciation unit. ‘Party’ running time is approximately 2 to 2.5 hours, including a 15 minute snack break. Get ready to broaden students musical horizons!
- ‘Pirate Adventures’ Planner Kit only: For those who already have the ‘Pirate Adventure’ Composition Kit. This option give you the Teaching and Planning Kit to structure this fun music appreciation class. Includes editable invitations, planning guide, teaching plan, and on-the-day running order.
- ‘Pirate Adventure’ Composition Kit: This gives you all FOUR levels of composition activities, from beginner right through to advancing levels. This ‘pirate adventure’ themed, fail-safe composition kit teaches step-by-step composing in A minor pentatonic.
- ADD on our ‘Recital Shakedown’ Party Game: Help students GET RID of those PESKY performance NERVES – Loosen things up with this fun, performance focused concert practice game! This game is a great extension resource to use with this party bundle – Use it during the concert practice segment at the end…and finish on a high note! (‘scuse the pun…)
For MORE learning fun and Integrated Music Teaching, check out our ‘Outer Space Adventure’ Kit! Especially great for a Music Camp!
Looking for more ‘Piano Party’ ideas? You will LOVE this cute ‘Wild West’ integrated teaching kit… Find out more HERE
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