Hi all,
I began writing this blog way back in February of 2011. Our family had moved to Colorado the previous year and I was in the midst of rebuilding my piano studio. Our kids were enrolled in an awesome school and were making new friends and exploring new options.
The music teacher at their new school used a reward incentive when the kids were in fourth grade learning recorders – he would tie a colored ribbon to the end of their recorder when they learned each new piece. I borrowed the idea for the piano studio and it has become my most popular blog post by far. As of today, the post has generated almost 1,100 hits and has been saved over a hundred times on Pinterest since the day it was published in 2011.
This week I updated the post by expanding the free resources. You are now able to download all the materials needed to teach all twelve major pentascales and all twelve minor pentascales. You can download both the keyboard view:
and the staff view:
The post contains instructions of how to use these materials.
I hope you enjoy these free materials and that your students love your fun and rewarding way to teach pentascales!
Let me know how it goes for you!
the view from my studio 
Love your idea for the different coloured flash cards! Is there an easy way to print the keyboard and staff views double-sided onto the different colours of card stock?
Thanks so much for sharing your great ideas- love your blog!
Thanks for your comment, Karen! I will make that available too and will let you know when it is posted!
Hi Karen! Sorry it took awhile, but the pentascale keyboard and staff views are now divided into one page per pentascale, making it easy to print on different colored card stock. You can download the printables by clicking on the “Printables” tab just under the keyboard banner at the top of the blog.