Music and Teaching Materials by Susan Paradis
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 | (SP432) Level: Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids This staff is sized to use plastic chips that are about 3/4" in size and come with a magnetic wand to scoop them up. Students love these! You can order them here. You can also use any 3/4.... (More) |
 | (SP500) Level: Early Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Picture Scales These are 5-finger pentascale patterns on all the keys. The diagram makes it easy for students who are not proficient in reading music. ... (More) |
 | (SP501) Level: Early Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Picture Scales These scales are the minor version of the 5-finger pentascales. ... (More) |
 | (SP502) Level: Late Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Picture Scales Picture Scales help students learn to play major scales for memory. ... (More) |
 | (SP503) Level: Early Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Picture Scales This ... (More) |
 | (SP504) Level: Early Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Picture Scales These scales with the fingering on the keys help students who are visual learners and are an aid to memorization. ... (More) |
 | (SP505) Level: Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Picture Scales I tried to use the most common fingering for these two octave minor scales. ... (More) |
 | (SP506) Level: Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids This is a handout for intermediate students to practice writing all the major and minor keys. It is just like the colorful one previously posted, but this one is my original, in black and white. ... (More) |
 | (SP507) Level: Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids This poster/worksheet is to help students learn how to identify inverted chords. Print it out in card stock and either laminate it, cover in clear plastic, or put it in a sheet protector. Have the student fill in the examples with a dry erase marker. That way you can use this sheet over and over .... (More) |
 | (SP508) Level: Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids This is another poster in my humorous series about triads. This poster shows how triads move into 1st and 2nd inversion and uses humor to help students remember the word "inversion ... (More) |
 | (SP509) Level: Early Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids This is the next poster in the inverting triads series. It uses humor to show students how to play chords in first and second inversion. You can laminate these posters and use a dry erase marker to write in the fingerings. Students will learn the fingering for inversions in the bass clef is differen ... (More) |
 | (SP510) Level: Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids This is a poster with a little humor to show the major and minor Circle of Fifths. ... (More) |
 | (SP512) Level: Late Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids Continuing the series with the Noteboys™, this worksheet is for students to draw inversions themselves. If you laminate this, the staff is large enough to use a dry erase marker. ... (More) |
 | (SP513) Level: Late Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids This is another theory poster featuring my NoteBoys, BlueBoy, RedBoy, and GreenBoy. The poster uses humor to explains the whole and half step pattern for major scales. ... (More) |
 | (SP514) Level: Early Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids The NoteBoys ... (More) |
 | (SP551) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Flash Cards This is a set of treble and bass clef flash cards that you can print out on card stock and cut into individual size flash cards. ... (More) |
 | (SP581) Level: Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Flash Cards My other set of flash cards this size [Grand Staff Flash Cards] doesn.... (More) |
 | (SP599) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids Print this out in landscape, cut it out and tape the two pieces together. This is a good resource for young children or children who need to learn with manipulatives. ... (More) |
 | (SP607) Level: All Levels Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids This is a fun way to keep track of which scales your students have learned. You can use it for 5-finger scales, or major and minor scales. Cut out and laminate one fish for each student and put it on a bulletin board. Write in inside the "fish scale.... (More) |
 | (SP611) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids Please see my blog for different ways to use this paper keyboard. Print in landscape format, laminate, cut on the lines, trim next to the next to the second group of three, and tape together with clear mailing tape. Place the first group of three on the left. ... (More) |
 | (SP702) Level: Early Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids If a student gets a good foundation in steps and skips, a lot of reading problems in the future can be avoided. Use these cards with young children or any student who needs help. ... (More) |
 | (SP703) Level: Early Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids If you want your students to be good sight readers, teach them by steps and skips. If students have no trouble with the 2 line step and skip cards, try these 5 line cards. Teachers who are concerned about students learning in all positions will find a use for these cards. Set your printer on land.... (More) |
 | (SP749) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Rhythm Students can cut out these blocks and manipulate them to understand the relationship of note values. ... (More) |
 | (SP751) Level: Various levels Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Rhythm I made this one year in an attempt to explain sixteenth notes. I had tried everything else in my book of tricks, and this was just another way of looking at it. ... (More) |
 | (SP758) Level: Early Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Rhythm ... (More) |
 | (SP759) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Rhythm This is like my worksheet 750, except the smallest note value is an 8th note instead of a 16th. I suggest you use this with your students at their lesson, guiding them as they draw the notes. Use the Rhythm Pizza first, so they know what ... (More) |
 | (SP760) Level: Late Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Rhythm This is like the one I made with 16th notes that you can use with Level 2 students. ... (More) |
 | (SP765) Level: Late Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Rhythm If you want a funny poster to explain dotted notes, you are in the right place! ... (More) |
 | (SP804) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Theory Aids This chart shows your students how the the Major keys are organized. It also has a sentence that students can use to memorized the key signatures. If you want a minor chart, use the one I posted above. ... (More) |
 | (SP809) Level: Late Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Flash Cards These flash cards are the size of playing cards. There are four pages of cards and include all the ledger line notes from low C to high C. If you want an easy set for beginners, print the first page only. ... (More) |
 | (SP810) Level: All Levels Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Flash Cards If you can print on the back of your playing card size flash cards, you might find this helps students and parents. Bear in mind that if you print your flash cards on regular paper, this will show through. ... (More) |
 | (SP850) Level: Teacher Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Odds and Ends This is a notice to send to parents if they forget their monthly tuition. I like to print it out on brightly colored paper. It seems friendlier that way. It is printed in landscape format with 2 per page. ... (More) |
 | (SP851) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Odds and Ends See my blog for suggested uses of these. Set your printer to landscape and be sure and laminate them if you use an ink-jet printer. ... (More) |
 | (SP852) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Staff Paper This is the staff paper I used for the upper elementary grades when ... (More) |
 | (SP853) Level: Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Odds and Ends Here is a set of 4 holiday season bookmarks. Be sure to set your printer to landscape and laminate these so the ink won ... (More) |
 | (SP854) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Staff Paper This sheet has 2 large staves that you can use as a grand staff for young children. ... (More) |
 | (SP855) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Odds and Ends Please check my Blog for instructions on how to use these.
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 | (SP856) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Odds and Ends If your students can play and name notes in one minute or less, you can give them this card. Inside the yellow star-burst put the number of years they have been a member. These cards are made for elementary age children. However, I.... (More) |
 | (SP857) Level: Late Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Odds and Ends These keyboard labels are long enough to write full scales. Print them on 1" X 2 5/8 "address labels so you can peel them off and use in your students.... (More) |
 | (SP858) Level: Varies Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Odds and Ends These labels can be used in student assignment books to practice writing scales or intervals. The staves are small, so these are best used with students old enough to read small note heads. These were made to be printed on Avery Label #8160, The ;abels are 1" by 2 5/8.... (More) |
 | (SP859) Level: Early Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Odds and Ends These bookmarks might be fun to use at a summer piano camp. Be sure and set your printer to landscape. ... (More) |
 | (SP860) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Odds and Ends You can use this certificate in a studio technique program you design yourself. As students progress, you can award them a certificate for each level. Check out my blog if you want more information. ... (More) |
 | (SP861) Level: Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Odds and Ends I made this to.... (More) |
 | (SP862) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Music Reading I created this graphic to help my young students learn how to spot practice. This graphic makes it fun to repeat a small section. The student puts his pawn on the first black tar pit and plays a very short section, such as a measure, of a difficult spot..... (More) |
 | (SP863) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Music Reading If your boys loved the Tar Pits practice game, your young girls will fall in love with this very girly practice aid. I had so much fun drawing the pony and all the cutesy stars, flowers, and hearts. Use it when you want your student to repeat a measure or short phrase in a fun way..... (More) |
 | (SP900) Level: Elementary Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Staff Paper This is manuscript paper for students. There are 8 blank staves with a little extra room on the right side so it can be put in a binder and room at the top for a title. ... (More) |
 | (SP901) Level: Intermediate Type: Teaching Aids Sub-type: Staff Paper This paper is standard size staff paper for the older student. ... (More) |