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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Parenting Tip - Get Outside

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This is a blog post for anyone who is a little down in the dumps.  Or sad.  Or worried.  Or stressed. Or mad .               That's m...

Music Tip - The Triangle

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I just received a nice comment from one of my subscribers (thank you Master P), so I decided to check out a couple of her blogs.  Since she ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Parenting Tip - An Amazing Mother

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Aubrey Kleinschmidt is a wife and mother of four children under the age of 6; Tyler 6 years old, Emma 5, Jacob 2 and Gracie 8 months old....
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Parenting Tip - Easy List vs Hard List

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My daughter emailed me this and said I could post it on my blog: "Lately it seems like everything I do is from the easy list. It'...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Parenting Tip - How to Shrink your World

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Have you noticed how small the world is becoming?  With technology constantly upgrading, updating and up-smarting, we can communicate easily...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Music Tip - If All the Raindrops

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At my mom and tot class yesterday, we sang a song most of you probably know, "If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gum drops, oh...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Music Tip - Start Good Practicing Habits Today!

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January always motivates me to set goals for the new year.  I, in turn, am trying to motivate my piano families to set goals for the new yea...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Parenting Tip - Pass on Your Heritage and Traditions

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Everyone comes from somewhere.  Duh, that was an intelligent sentence.  What I meant was, that if you trace your roots back far enough, yo...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Yes, Virginia, You Can Have a Guiltfree Christmas

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My grandchildren think I'm old. I don't think I am.  But still, when I look in the mirror, I'm seeing sagging cheeks and wrinkle...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Parenting Tip - Prayers of Gratitude

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At this thanksgiving time of year, I am reminded of an experience I heard in a talk several years ago that has always impressed me.  A fam...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Parenting Tip - We are Mothers!

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When I was pregnant with my 5 th child, I was embarrassed to tell my neighbors or even go grocery shopping. I dreaded getti...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Parenting Tip - Do Not, I repeat, Do Not Overschedule Your Children!

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I was talking with another piano teacher who told me that one of her students is blind.  She mentioned that his caretaker brings him to less...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Music Tip - Be a Cheerleader

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One of my piano moms sent me a link to this piano post on a piano teacher's blog.  I thought it was such a good idea, I decided to talk...
Friday, October 4, 2013

Parenting Tip - What Would Happen If....

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One of my favorite things to do with grandchildren (or any children for that matter) is play the "which would you rather" game. ...