The Music Tree: Activities Book, Part 1: Piano Book

The Activities Book works because it doesn't just repeat what students learned in the main lesson; it extends and deepens it. The sight-playing program is genuinely structured to build fluency incrementally, so students arrive at later levels as natural readers rather than struggling decoders.

Manageable and purposeful. Every page of the Activities Book feels like it belongs to a larger plan, so students encounter new challenges at the right moment when they're ready for them.

This is for piano teachers working with young beginners who want reinforcement material that actually matches their method. It works equally well for students in private lessons and group piano classes.

• Assign activities daily rather than in blocks. Five minutes of consistent reinforcement sticks better than thirty minutes once a week.
• Use the correlation guide to work through activities alongside the corresponding Music Tree lesson, so concepts feel immediately relevant.
• Rotate between writing exercises and sight-playing tasks to vary how students engage with new material.
• Keep sight-reading pieces short and frequent; students build confidence through steady success, not marathon sessions.

Assign it as the primary workbook supporting Music Tree lessons, using the sight-playing section as daily warm-up material. The reinforcement exercises catch misconceptions early and free up lesson time for actual playing rather than re-explanation.

• Sight-reading in treble clef across staff lines and spaces
• Recognition of quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes with corresponding rests
• Understanding of time signatures and basic rhythm patterns
• Left-hand independence in accompaniment figures
• Transposition and improvisation within taught key centers
• Interval recognition through both ear and eye