This sweet, warm, kind, musical, dedicated, creative Grandma-lady was my piano teacher through all my elementary years. She's been teaching since 1962, and has 16 studeents to this day!

You'll hear how she started paying her aunt Mabel 50 cents for each piano lesson, to all these years later and the students she calls "music friends" that have made her life full and sweet.

Talk about a mom job, she has done all of this while raising 6 of her own children.

She shares a few more than 3 prime tips for beginning piano teachers

Here are some things she taught me:

-sandwich the constructive between the compliment

-have a solo recital when students finish a book

-group classes were called "piano parties"

-be creative and always try something new

-the two piano book with Classical pieces we referenced is Favorite Classics accompaniment by Lancaster and Renfrow

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Make extra money--->teaching children to play--->

Play games to teach---->children play to learn--->

Play with children--->while making money--->

Make money to play more with your own children--->

Be there as mom of your own children--->while helping other children--->

Play the piano--->and you get to play with them!

This is an excerpt from this week's "why I teach wednesday" email, and in this week's podcast I expand and explain with a multi-level "play" on words

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Another one of my hobbies is gardening, but for aliving I’m growing piano students.

Think for a minute of what you are growing as a piano teacher. Not only students getting taller than their teacher, but they are growing in knowledge week in and week out, month after month, recital after recital. Growing in their abilities to play more and more complex and beautiful pieces, having varied experiences, and making new friends.

AND your income can grow and grow to move the needle of your financial goals, increase memories with your own family, and go into your own personal growth.

So teaching piano is not just a job, it’s money for growth. Growing students, improving piano teachers, and increasing your income at the same time.

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