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Getting Sick and Shutting it Down
When you're working with children, or taking transit or going to school (all things I do) you are bound to get sick. Personally I've been recovering from an immune system that was MIA for 2.5...
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The Pros of Being Curvy Part 1 : WORK
If we've met, than you know that I am anything but slender. My body is soft, malleable, warm and curvy. At long distances, I am an easily identifyable woman and this is something...
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What did you learn today ?
This is usually how I start my after-school lessons. I try to prompt kids into being my secret field researchers of the private and Catholic school systems. Luckily, I was pretty present during my...
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More Money, More Problems ? Why paying me is not a form of charity...
Prepare for the shocking announcement : I teach becuase I love music, I teach because I love children, I teach because I think that I can make a difference, I also teach to make money. Having a...
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Shut Up & Sing
Yes, I love the Dixie Chicks. I have very fond memories listening to their CDs in my mom's bright blue truck on a warm summer afternoon. Or on rainy days driving to my voice lesson and chatting with...
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Ketching-Up
Woah. It's been a while. Between finishing the semester, performing my recital, teaching, beginning a new job and my website being hijacked a lot has happened. I feel more driven than ever to...
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So I registered for a course called "Independant Study" for the fall at the universityl. I would officially start this course 2nd semester but I'm researching topics and ideas now. Here's a list of the...
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To-Do List : Studio Edition
Have you ever felt like you have that laundry list of things that needs to get done, but it's never at the forefront of your mind? For some reason, even the thought of writing down all the things that...
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The difference between 'Network' & 'Community'.
I'm having a hard time right now realizing the differences that I've failed to notice between a network and a community. network : a group or system of interconnected people or things. community: a...
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Method Books: A Young Singer's Journey
As a private music teacher I think it is so important to find the right book for each student. I really don't think there is one ultimate route of material that each student should do and it's...
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August RCM Exams
My studio is feeling very empty. It's August and I consider myself lucky to have the students that I do have still with me- it feels like it's been a very drawn out summer, at least for me. I have a...
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"Hate is a strong word" : A Note on Siblings and Sharing.
I have mentioned before that I have an older sister, and while people might say we look a like (even sound alike *insert eyeroll here*) we are very, very different. When I think back to our experiences...
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The Woes of Admin : Being 'On Call'
When I was in college, before I started University, I was told that the way the music scene worked "back in the day" was that if you worked hard enough to make the right impressions with the right...
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Method Books: Alfred's Music for Little Mozarts
This publication has been changing the pace of my lessons and has been blowing me out of the water! I have been searching all year for a method book that began for pre-readers and kindergarten aged...
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Me Time: Little Miss Stressball
There's a lot to be said for owning your own business and declaring yourself captain. The marker of a seasoned captain is that even in times of trouble, they steady their emotions and make the best,...
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I'm.... BOOKED!?
I just scheduled 3 new students today, which is rounding out my total to 18 students. September is just flying by and I'm exhausted, excited and can't wait to dig in a bit more. I'm teaching Mondays...
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Teaching Tools : Positive Competition
I have a few students who would be very successful economists; they're all about incentive. It's amazing what the promise of stickers will do for a 5 year old, but when they're 7 or 8 that's old...
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Me Time: Packing Patience
A parent commented after a lesson yesterday that I must know how to pack my patience. I was working with her three-year old who is wide eyed and bushy-tailed about piano. His ability to focus, to...
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The Magic of October
There is nothing quite like the season of fall; that rapid sense of change that carries us through this month seems to keep me calm. The burst of cool air seems to quiet down my thoughts, the colours...
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"Where's your mom?"
It was the last lesson of the day on Saturday and I had found my second teaching wind, which I was super grateful with little ones coming. Since lessons take place in my home studio, I think it's...
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