The Musical Secret Agent (MSA) Piano Camp is a four-day, two-hour-a-day camp designed for piano teachers to use with children ages 6-10 with no musical background or beginner piano students in their first or second year of piano lessons. Students will be captivated by the “secret agent” theme, and will enjoy becoming a musical spy, making up code names, decoding secret messages, detonating explosives, and trying to catch the suspects…all while learning important musical concepts of steady beat, the musical alphabet, stepwise direction, keyboard geography, and simple score reading. Students will engage in multi-sensory learning through listening activities, workbook practice, cup rhythms, water games, Boomwhackers (or other rhythm instruments), and time at the keyboard. At the end of the camp, students take home their workbooks with more activities to extend their learning.
Goals of The Musical Secret Agent Piano Camp include: 1) Teaching and reinforcing foundational musical concepts; 2) Having fun with music through a variety of activities; 3) Equipping students with tools to continue music-making independently; and 4) Generating excitement around making music independently and in a group.
This is a DIGITAL PRODUCT and you will not receive any physical materials. Your purchase consists of a zipped folder that includes the following digital PDF files: 1) The Musical Secret Agent Get Started Guide; 2) The Musical Secret Agent Teacher Guide; 3) The Musical Secret Agent Student Workbook; 4) Piano Camp Beginner Activity Cards; and 5) Piano Camp Beginner Activity Printables: Rhythm cards, Rhythm Playing Cards, Treble Clef Flashcards, Build-a-Keyboard Pieces, Letter Cards, Keyboard ID Cards, and Step Directions Cards.
The downloaded PDF documents will give you all of the information that you need in order to run your camp, including lesson plans, daily schedules, and ideas for a culminating celebration. Please check the Materials List in the images to see what else is required. Most items can be found around your home. (Boomwhackers are an optional purchase, and if you choose not to use them, there are ideas for alternative activities in the Teacher Guide.) Additionally, you will need to print out the Teacher Guide, Student Workbook, Activity Cards, and Printables.
The Musical Secret Agent Piano Camp is a great way to introduce prospective piano students to your studio and give them a taste of what piano lessons might look like. It is also a fun supplement (or alternative) to summer lessons for first or second year piano students. Many of the included activities lend themselves nicely to further use in the piano studio throughout the year as review games.
See the Musical Secret Agent Piano Camp in action here: https://youtube.com/shorts/4A0UFNhWH20?feature=share
People are saying:
"I was so excited to see your games and fun artistry that I knew my kids would love doing them!" - Ruth T.
"B has LOVED piano camp and every day asks, 'Can I go to piano camp again next year!?!?!' Thanks for making his week so fun!" - Lindsey S.
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BONUS: Teachers who purchase MSA Piano Camp have the option of buying The Great Music Race Extension Pack, giving you a second, differently-themed Beginner Piano Camp for a discounted price!
