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Jump, Step, and Learn with Our Vinyl Floor Staffs!

Step, hop, jump, and play! 🎵 Turn music theory into a full-body adventure with the Vinyl Floor Staff.

Let's Play Music

3 days ago2 min read

How to Use Our Digital Tone Bell Songbooks

🎵 Make music learning fun and accessible! Our 8-Note Tone Bell Set paired with Digital Songbooks helps children explore rhythm, pitch, and melody with ease. From homeschool to classrooms to family time, these bells bring hands-on, colorful learning for kids of all ages. Start making joyful music today!

Let's Play Music

Sep 13 min read

Master Sight-Reading!

Want to be a Sight-reader? Some musicians have a great ear, some are excellent at reading, and at Let's Play Music we set our students up to do both! Sight-reading is the ability to look at music and play it correctly without having practiced it. How can you become better at sight-reading? A recent study surveyed MTNA-certified piano teachers and found that while 86% thought sight-reading was important, only 7% said they addressed it systematically with their students. So

Let's Play Music

Jun 32 min read

Say it, Play it! Reading and Sight-Reading From the Staff

Boost your students’ note-reading skills with teeny tiny flashcards! 🎹 Learn our 3-step method—Say It, Play It, Lay It—and fun games like Bananagram, Go Fish, and Crazy Composer to make practicing notes on the staff interactive and exciting.

Let's Play Music

Jun 15 min read

Is This Chord Red, Blue, or Yellow?

Is a C-E-G chord always red? Not quite! In Let’s Play Music, students discover that chords can change roles—red, blue, or yellow—depending on where DO is. Just like a person can be a mother, daughter, or granddaughter in different stories, chords play different roles in music. Learning this “magic of key change” helps students understand harmony and how songs move, travel, and return home.

Let's Play Music

May 122 min read

Scale Degrees and Chord Colors

A C chord isn’t always RED! Learn how scale degrees give chords different roles depending on the key. Explore triads, inversions, and how DO changes everything in this fun, color-coded breakdown for young musicians!

Let's Play Music

Apr 213 min read

In A Flash: Reading Notes on the Staff

Treble clef notes spell “FACE”—and your 3rd-year LPM student is now learning to read music fluently! Discover how note-spelling, flashcards, and fun games build strong sight-reading skills and why ear training comes first in the Let's Play Music approach.

Let's Play Music

Apr 14 min read