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Beyond Measure Podcast

Links for Episode 135: Cheers to The Ways Children Learn Music by Eric Bluestine (Summer Bookshelf Tour)

Phew! This is a BIG topic to handle in my usually-bite-sized show. Listen in for ways I utilize MLT-inspired philosophies in my teaching, as inspired by this classic by Eric Bluestine.


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Music Moves for Piano: Keyboard Games (Teachers Guide)
Music Moves for Piano: Keyboard Games (Book A)

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beyondmeasurepodcast

🎙️ Beyond Measure Podcast
🙋🏼‍♀️ Friend+Philosopher to the Piano Teaching Profession
🎶 Nurturing others to a lifelong love of music teaching

Our students need Big Picture planning, and so do Our students need Big Picture planning, and so do we.

Check out Episode 216 for thoughts on stepping out of short-term survival mode.

🥂  #beyondmeasurepodcast #pianoteacher #pianoteaching #pianoteacherlife #iteachmusic #musicteaching #pianoteachersofinstagram #pianoteachersofinstagram #musicteacher #musicteachersofinstagram #pianoteachers
The days are long, but the years are short… We The days are long, but the years are short…

We all know it’s true, and it’s this reality that makes BIG-PICTURE PLANNING the easiest-to-miss essential part of Teacher Life. 

Take 20 minutes and dream big with me today. 🥂
🙋🏼‍♀️ who’s ready to wrap up this ye 🙋🏼‍♀️ who’s ready to wrap up this year with a BANG?!

The Studio Foundations Course is the most comprehensive resource I’ve put together for teachers. 

It explores ALL the fundamentals for living a Teacher Life that feels satisfying AND gets results. 

Too many times, we jump right into how to teach our instruments BEFORE we know much about teaching, in general. 

The Studio Foundations Course is your one-stop resource for how to work with PEOPLE and how to teach MUSIC. 

Check it out and join us LIVE THIS WEEK for bonus discussions: 

🌟05.19
🌟05.20
🌟05.22

(All at 12:30pm eastern time) 

🥂 to doing it all better, friends!  #beyondmeasurepodcast #pianoteacher #pianoteaching #pianoteacherlife #iteachmusic #musicteaching #pianoteachersofinstagram #pianoteachers #musicteachersofinstagram #stringsteacher #musicteacher
An excerpt from this week’s Piano Teacher Confes An excerpt from this week’s Piano Teacher Confession….

Comment READY if you’re ready to stop relying on the next shiny object to grab your students’ attention. 

Let’s elevate the profession of teaching by going back to the roots of what we do. 

AND let’s do it TOGETHER! Live this week. 🥂

Save $15 on your purchase of the Foundations Course with code lunchpd
Things you will NEVER see from me: 1. Made-Up St Things you will NEVER see from me: 

1. Made-Up Stats: Don’t come at me with “90% of students feel this way…” I love numbers but only when they’re accurate. 
2. Marketers who only see teachers as numbers: Don’t mess with my people! We are too precious and our belief in others must be preserved at all costs. 
3. Fake sincerity: Don’t use “authenticity” as a guise if you’re not actually going to be authentic yourself. 

End rant. ☺️ #beyondmeasurepodcast #pianoteacher #pianoteaching #pianoteacherlife #iteachmusic #musicteaching #pianoteachersofinstagram #pianoteachers #musicteacher #marketing #marketingmistakes
It’s okay to stop striving for awhile… This w It’s okay to stop striving for awhile…

This week’s episode is all about dealing with an empty inspiration tank, and the truth is: sometimes life is just like this.

There’s nothing wrong with us if we aren’t LOVING our work right now. There’s no red flag waving just because we lack inspiration this time of year. 

…Maybe it’s a healthy reminder to just BE for awhile. 

Feel the feelings. Stare into space. Read the book. Close your eyes. Ground yourself. 

What we consider “slacking” might just be REST. 

🥂
Making music shouldn’t feel so HARD. Prioritiz Making music shouldn’t feel so HARD. 

Prioritize DEPTH of learning. Don’t submit to your own desires - or those of ambitious parents or students - who want to push too far, too fast. 

It ends badly. Ask me how I know. 🫣  #beyondmeasurepodcast #pianoteaching #pianoteacher #pianoteacherlife #iteachmusic #musicteaching #pianoteachersofinstagram #musicteacher #musicteachersofinstagram #pianoteachers #musiclessons
Are YOU feeling the Funk of May?

I know I am! 🙋🏼‍♀️

Today we’re talking about dealing with an empty inspiration tank during the slog that is May. 

Episode 215 is a look at WHY May is so hard and WHAT we can do about it.

…it also wraps up with an important reminder
about why none of this matters as much as we think it does… 

Cheers to healthy teacher perspectives, my friends! 🥂
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beyondmeasurepodcast

🎙️ Beyond Measure Podcast
🙋🏼‍♀️ Friend+Philosopher to the Piano Teaching Profession
🎶 Nurturing others to a lifelong love of music teaching

Our students need Big Picture planning, and so do Our students need Big Picture planning, and so do we.

Check out Episode 216 for thoughts on stepping out of short-term survival mode.

🥂  #beyondmeasurepodcast #pianoteacher #pianoteaching #pianoteacherlife #iteachmusic #musicteaching #pianoteachersofinstagram #pianoteachersofinstagram #musicteacher #musicteachersofinstagram #pianoteachers
The days are long, but the years are short… We The days are long, but the years are short…

We all know it’s true, and it’s this reality that makes BIG-PICTURE PLANNING the easiest-to-miss essential part of Teacher Life. 

Take 20 minutes and dream big with me today. 🥂
🙋🏼‍♀️ who’s ready to wrap up this ye 🙋🏼‍♀️ who’s ready to wrap up this year with a BANG?!

The Studio Foundations Course is the most comprehensive resource I’ve put together for teachers. 

It explores ALL the fundamentals for living a Teacher Life that feels satisfying AND gets results. 

Too many times, we jump right into how to teach our instruments BEFORE we know much about teaching, in general. 

The Studio Foundations Course is your one-stop resource for how to work with PEOPLE and how to teach MUSIC. 

Check it out and join us LIVE THIS WEEK for bonus discussions: 

🌟05.19
🌟05.20
🌟05.22

(All at 12:30pm eastern time) 

🥂 to doing it all better, friends!  #beyondmeasurepodcast #pianoteacher #pianoteaching #pianoteacherlife #iteachmusic #musicteaching #pianoteachersofinstagram #pianoteachers #musicteachersofinstagram #stringsteacher #musicteacher
An excerpt from this week’s Piano Teacher Confes An excerpt from this week’s Piano Teacher Confession….

Comment READY if you’re ready to stop relying on the next shiny object to grab your students’ attention. 

Let’s elevate the profession of teaching by going back to the roots of what we do. 

AND let’s do it TOGETHER! Live this week. 🥂

Save $15 on your purchase of the Foundations Course with code lunchpd
Things you will NEVER see from me: 1. Made-Up St Things you will NEVER see from me: 

1. Made-Up Stats: Don’t come at me with “90% of students feel this way…” I love numbers but only when they’re accurate. 
2. Marketers who only see teachers as numbers: Don’t mess with my people! We are too precious and our belief in others must be preserved at all costs. 
3. Fake sincerity: Don’t use “authenticity” as a guise if you’re not actually going to be authentic yourself. 

End rant. ☺️ #beyondmeasurepodcast #pianoteacher #pianoteaching #pianoteacherlife #iteachmusic #musicteaching #pianoteachersofinstagram #pianoteachers #musicteacher #marketing #marketingmistakes
It’s okay to stop striving for awhile… This w It’s okay to stop striving for awhile…

This week’s episode is all about dealing with an empty inspiration tank, and the truth is: sometimes life is just like this.

There’s nothing wrong with us if we aren’t LOVING our work right now. There’s no red flag waving just because we lack inspiration this time of year. 

…Maybe it’s a healthy reminder to just BE for awhile. 

Feel the feelings. Stare into space. Read the book. Close your eyes. Ground yourself. 

What we consider “slacking” might just be REST. 

🥂
Making music shouldn’t feel so HARD. Prioritiz Making music shouldn’t feel so HARD. 

Prioritize DEPTH of learning. Don’t submit to your own desires - or those of ambitious parents or students - who want to push too far, too fast. 

It ends badly. Ask me how I know. 🫣  #beyondmeasurepodcast #pianoteaching #pianoteacher #pianoteacherlife #iteachmusic #musicteaching #pianoteachersofinstagram #musicteacher #musicteachersofinstagram #pianoteachers #musiclessons
Are YOU feeling the Funk of May?

I know I am! 🙋🏼‍♀️

Today we’re talking about dealing with an empty inspiration tank during the slog that is May. 

Episode 215 is a look at WHY May is so hard and WHAT we can do about it.

…it also wraps up with an important reminder
about why none of this matters as much as we think it does… 

Cheers to healthy teacher perspectives, my friends! 🥂
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