“I just found your website and am beyond thrilled! You have such a grounded approach to teaching piano: it is practical yet fun!”
“All I can say is you are amazing!!! I have been teaching piano for 9 years and have made many games and special theory exercises on my own but I have never seen such a professional and colorful display of exiting music material. I am so grateful for the time an effort you have put into creating such wonderful learning material. My students are going to be thrilled. ”
“I cannot thank you enough for providing your excellent materials for free. Everything you developed is really top notch and I am so excited to use some of your ideas with my students. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!”
“I found your site a few months ago. I love your creative teaching ideas, and your games and activities all look so professional. Thank you so much for sharing them with us, and for including the nice little videos with ideas for using the activities.”
“Wow, and more! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful work. Your creative and educationally sound ideas are marvelous. I will enjoy using them again and again. I have made a small donation to your site and hope others do, too.”
“I want to thank you for your beautiful, fun, and remarkably unique compositions for children.”
“I'm so excited to have found your wonderful website. Children in today's world need so much stimulation in their learning. I always try to find new ways to make their lessons fun and meaningful. Sometimes I get tired with the resources I have and the games I created. Your site has motivated me to keep going. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas. It takes a big heart to share ones hard work.”
“I came across your Gina, Farmer Fred and Barnyard Friends videos online today and want to thank you for putting them out there for free. I will use them in my classroom to reinforce note reading.”
“I just love your website. Your designs are so vibrant, which really adds a lot to the appeal of the material. I have gained so much use out of just being able to print off various sheets when my students need further reinforcement on various concepts.”
“I've only looked at it for a few minutes so far but I just had to send you a thank you note already! The games look like so much fun and very educational, and the method really looks very pedagogically sound. I love your approach to rhythm, patterns, and landmarks. The layout is very neat and the illustrations are also very attractive -- I'm sure my kids will love them.”
“I just discovered your Piano Discoveries website and I am truly impressed. You are fantastically creative and all of the resources on your site are so attractive to kids. Your site is well organized, bright, and makes me excited just to be visiting!”
“I have recently discovered your beautiful website and am thrilled to find all the wonderful resources you offer there. Thanks for sharing your resources and talent with the piano teaching community! Just thought I'd introduce myself and say thanks!”
“As I prepare to begin the fall season in my studio, I was thrilled to find your site and the wonderful aids you have presented there. I appreciate your willingness to share these with all of us and I look forward to more of your creative ideas.”
“I just saw the posting on your website by Wendy from CreateCompose.com and have thoroughly enjoyed exploring it! I especially love the video’s next to the games showing how to play them. I can’t wait to use some this fall and have already decided to use Spelling Bee, Flashy Fingers and Enharmonic Snap.”
“Thank you for sharing your creativity and infusing SO MUCH FUN into my teaching this year. I cannot wait to use Flashy Fingers, Interval Star, Spelling Bee, Funny Farm. I am planning a trip to Michael's this week to pick up supplies! I know my students will be BEGGING to play these games.”
“Thank you so much Anne for the great music games. I'm now looking forward to a new year with more great resources.”
“I'm always looking for new ideas to use in private and group lessons, and I was thrilled to come across your website. I love using games that are fun but also content-intensive, reinforcing important musical concepts. Your games are exactly what I'm looking for - thank you so much for sharing!”
About Anne Crosby Gaudet
Anne Crosby is a Canadian composer of teaching material for children with several published collections from the Frederick Harris Music Company including: In My Dreams, Freddie the Frog, Rise and Shine, In the Mermaid’s Garden and Fuzzy Beluga. Her compositions are published in the Royal Conservatory of Music Repertoire Series books and have become favorites for exams, music festivals and recitals in North America.
Anne Crosby Gaudet is a graduate of Acadia University (1990) and the University of Michigan, holding a Masters degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy (1993). She earned the Acadia University Medal in Music for academic achievement and the 1993 D.H. Baldwin Fellowship award for excellence in private and group piano instruction. Her teachers over the years have included Joanne Smith, Arthur Greene, Peter Allen, Janice Stephens, John Hansen and Hetty Jackson.
A dedicated independent piano teacher for nearly twenty years, Anne currently operates a thriving piano studio in Bedford, Nova Scotia. She is a member of the Nova Scotia Registered Music Teachers' Association and has served on the provincial council.
Anne taught piano pedagogy at Acadia and Dalhousie Universities, coordinating Acadia University's community program for private and group piano instruction and teacher training. She coordinated the Keyboard Kids group piano program at the Canadian Conservatory of Music. An active workshop clinician and music festival adjudicator, Anne enjoys her travels throughout Canada to work with teachers and students.
Anne's hobbies include digital photography, web design, video and animation. These skills have come to add an interesting artistic dimension to her teaching, composing and studio management.
What's the catch?
Are you wondering why everything is free at Piano Discoveries? There is no catch, just a change in priorities. My students are a huge inspiration to me and I love creating games and designing material that is effective and fun to use. I have learned that creating and sharing freely puts a twinkle in my eye.
Hints for printing
All of the downloadable files are pdfs, which are easily viewed and saved if you have the Acrobat Reader on your computer. I have tried to keep file sizes as small as possible without sacrificing print quality. I recommend creating a file on your computer called “Piano Discoveries”, save your downloaded documents there. Then you can look at each file and decide which pages you would like to print. You may use your home printer of course, but it is worth the extra effort to take the files to a printing service and have them done on good quality paper. Staples has a great online service which is very handy. Try to use 100 lb card stock for flashcards and 28 lb paper for worksheets. Teaching aids can also be laminated so they last a long time.
It's so nice to hear from you!
It is a delight to connect with teachers and students who have enjoyed using my material. Send me a note and tell me where you are from so I can add you to my map.
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Success Stories
“Hi Anne, Just wanted to show you how my keyboard lab looks and how I'm using your Music Discoveries online book and pdf book with my kids. Here are a couple of pictures of the keyboard lab. They love it and I really appreciate having an easy to use, modern, kid-friendly method. Your free online resources are a breath of fresh air! Thanks again!” - Sue (classroom teacher, Iowa)
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