Piano Workout Cards

Planning is one of the major keys to successful group lessons.

I have same-level group lessons (where students are all roughly at the same place in their method books). I also have several multi-level group lessons (where students move at their own pace and are up to 1 level apart).

My multi-level group lessons need careful planning so that no student has any downtime. I want the students to be progressing the whole time they are at the lesson.

I use "Piano Workout Cards" to manage these lessons. If you read my "Mr iPad" blog entry, you will know I include note practice, rhythm practice, sight reading in almost every lesson. 

At the beginning of each lesson, the students collect their Workout Card and begin to work through it. I stop at each student's station to hear their pieces and to see how they are doing on their workout.  These Workout Cards prevent the lessons from becoming chaotic as everyone knows exactly what they have to do. 

If you think these workout card would be useful to you, print them off (double sided to get the lined page on the back), and try them out. Let me know how they worked for you.