Rainbow Music

Have you ever noticed that little kids love rainbows? During every lesson, we talk about rainbows and colors at LEAST 3 times. 🌈 So the trick has become how to incorporate their love of colors into piano lessons. And then it hit me.

RAINBOW MUSIC

Music and piano keyboards are black and white (so boring!). But what if we change that up for our young students? This idea is so fun, easy and can be reused for every lesson! Here's what you'll need:

• Colored construction paper
• White printer paper
• Crayons
• Tape

Cut the construction paper into strips for that are the same size as a piano key (one strip per color). Tape those strips onto the keyboard (one per key). Then, using the color on the piano as a key, write the notes to a simple song (i.e. Twinkle Twinkle, Itsy Bitsy Spider, etc.).

This is a great way to get young students to play the piano without having to teach them the different notes on a staff. I usually let my students play the notes with whatever finger they decide. However, when we're working on certain fingers (whether building strength and dexterity or remember correct finger numbers), I tell them which finger(s) to play.