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		<title>Never Give Up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we celebrated Mother&#8217;s Day. With that comes reflection on how becoming a mother has changed your life and how your kids have grown. My son is the kid playing in the video above, and I have to tell you in the beginning it was very challenging to teach him how to play the piano. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefameschoolblog.com&#038;blog=27770081&#038;post=1419&#038;subd=famekidsonkeys&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 13:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my students and I were invited to play at a local retail store that was featuring a day of continuous piano music from area piano teachers and their students, I got the idea to have everybody wear something that showed they were part of The FAME School. I decided to try CustomInk, a company [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefameschoolblog.com&#038;blog=27770081&#038;post=1414&#038;subd=famekidsonkeys&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why It&#8217;s Called The &#8220;Trouble&#8221; Clef</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 21:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a recent visit to Michael&#8217;s I found this cute little notepad. As with a lot of random things that are in my studio at any given moment, it became a teaching aid in a piano lesson. Just as I was presenting the treble clef symbol using Faber&#8217;s Queen Treble Clef song from My First [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefameschoolblog.com&#038;blog=27770081&#038;post=1411&#038;subd=famekidsonkeys&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visually Describing Your Studio</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I discovered the coolest app in a post from the blog An Ethical Island. The app is called CloudArt and is available for iPad in the iTunes store. The app is quite versatile in that you can type in text and it will give you a design. You can also type in a website address [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefameschoolblog.com&#038;blog=27770081&#038;post=1404&#038;subd=famekidsonkeys&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Favorite Piano Teaching Ideas From Pinterest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Piano Geek Week edition of The FAME School Blog! If you haven&#8217;t heard about or signed up for Andrea and Trevor Dow&#8217;s Piano Geek Week, be sure to check it out! But, first look below for some fantastic piano teaching finds from Pinterest. Did you know that The FAME School is on [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefameschoolblog.com&#038;blog=27770081&#038;post=1394&#038;subd=famekidsonkeys&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Rescue Your Piano Lesson When Students and Parents Arrive Upset</title>
		<link>http://thefameschoolblog.com/2013/04/23/how-to-rescue-your-piano-lesson-when-students-and-parents-arrive-upset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has this ever happened to you? It&#8217;s 3pm and you&#8217;re ready to wow your student with the fantastic piano lesson you have carefully planned. You can just imagine the joy on her face when you announce the special song that she will be learning today. You hear a knock on the door, open it and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefameschoolblog.com&#038;blog=27770081&#038;post=1389&#038;subd=famekidsonkeys&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Piano Geek Week: April 29-May 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The highly creative Andrea and Trevor Dow of TeachPianoToday.com are hosting an International Week of the Piano Geek from April 29-May 3, 2013. Andrea and Trevor have a seemingly endless treasure of creative teaching ideas and resources. I have blogged here about their Shhh! Your Piano Teacher Thinks This is Practice book before and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefameschoolblog.com&#038;blog=27770081&#038;post=1383&#038;subd=famekidsonkeys&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Celebration of Octaves!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember the first time you realized your hands had grown enough for you to reach an octave on the piano? It happened to my daughter today, and she was so excited! She yelled for me to come look and take a picture. These are the moments that are priceless. Parents, moments like this [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefameschoolblog.com&#038;blog=27770081&#038;post=1378&#038;subd=famekidsonkeys&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching, Performing, or Both?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I started teaching privately on a full-time basis it never occurred to me that teaching would interfere with me performing. Fast forward a few years and I can say without a doubt that teaching leaves me very little time for practicing and performing. Somehow the hours spent planning activities for students and trying to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefameschoolblog.com&#038;blog=27770081&#038;post=1374&#038;subd=famekidsonkeys&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adding Some Social To Private Piano Lessons</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who says private lessons have to be lonely lessons? With YouTube and a little creativity, the private lesson can become a great social experience for young students. When students are working on a common goal like learning scales or a certain number of songs each month, etc., they can record quick update/challenge videos to their [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefameschoolblog.com&#038;blog=27770081&#038;post=1371&#038;subd=famekidsonkeys&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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