Succeeding with a Notespeller, 2nd Edition, Grade 1B: Piano Book

This workbook does what notespellers should do: it builds automaticity with note recognition without becoming tedious busywork. The integration with Succeeding at the Piano means students reinforce exactly what they're learning in lessons, and the variety of activities (drawing, writing, coloring) keeps engagement high across different learning styles.

Approachable and age-appropriate. The activities feel like creative play rather than drills, which means students actually want to complete the pages. There's room for personality and artistry in the drawing and coloring elements, so no two finished pages look identical.

This is essential for elementary piano students working through Succeeding at the Piano, 2nd Edition, Grade 1B or the All-in-One Approach. It works equally well whether you teach group lessons or private students who need extra reinforcement with note and interval identification.

• Work through one page per lesson, timing it so students complete the activity after they've learned the corresponding material in their method book.
• Encourage students to say note names aloud as they write them; this multisensory approach accelerates recognition.
• Have students check their own work using their method book as a reference, building self-correction habits early.

Assign these pages as homework that directly scaffolds what students are learning in their weekly lessons. The correlation to specific units means there's no guessing about what to assign next; you simply follow the method book's sequence and hand out the matching notespeller pages.

• Instant recognition of notes on the treble staff
• Identification and labeling of intervals (seconds, thirds, fourths, etc.)
• Understanding the spatial relationship between notes on the keyboard and staff
• Reinforcement of note sequencing and the musical alphabet