The Cascade Method Book Collection

7 ways to make lessons fun using the big grand staff

7 Ways to Make Lessons Fun With The Big Grand Staff

If you’re familiar with Cascade Method, then you know that we are all about making piano lessons FUN! If you’re new here, then welcome! What better way to make your piano lessons exciting and engaging for students than incorporating games into your lessons? One great resource that can be used to make your lessons fun […]

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How to teach chords during piano lessons

How to Teach Chords During Piano Lessons in Fun, Interactive Ways: Free Worksheets Inside!

Chords are the easiest and most fun note pairings to find! Three notes stacked so beautifully, chords tend to look a lot like snowmen! It was a no-brainer to create a teaching method that involved cute, fun little snowmen to reinforce the visual identification of chords.  In honor of the holiday season, we’re going to

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A Guide to Pairing Cascade Method Books with Other Lesson Books

A Guide to Pairing Cascade Method Books with Other Lesson Books

Are you interested in using Cascade Method with your piano students but you’re not quite sure which Cascade Method books transfer over from the other method books you’re using? It can be a little intimidating as to where to start or how to easily hop onto a new curriculum. That’s why we’re sharing a Cascade Method

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Preparing for Piano Lessons during the Holiday Season: What You Need!

Preparing for Piano Lessons during the Holiday Season: What You Need!

Teaching piano during the holidays is supposed to be nothing but fun! However, if you don’t have the right resources or plan in place for your student’s lessons, it can be a little chaotic. The Cascade Method Book Collection features two Christmas books that have everything you need to prepare for piano lessons during the

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How Do I Get My Students Excited About Piano Practice?

How Do I Get My Students Excited About Piano Practice?

We’ve all heard the phrase before… Practice makes perfect. For some reason, the term “practice” has a bad reputation… especially with KIDS. Perhaps it’s because kids are constantly having to “practice” their math equations and writing skills at school. That type of practice definitely isn’t always fun.  Whatever the case, we carry this negative connotation

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How to Teach Theory the Fun Way

What if there was a way you could learn a variety of proven methods to start teaching theory the fun way? It’s so important to grasp an understanding of music theory, yet so many teachers are intimidated to teach it or don’t understand it themselves!  If you’re looking for fun piano teaching techniques and resources,

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Beginner Piano Book

The Book Every Beginner Pianist Needs: The Beginner Piano Book!

Going into 2020, I made a list of books I planned to launch to the market within the year. I am thrilled to say that I’ve been consistently adding to the Cascade Method Book Collection and one of my favorites is finally released: The Beginner Piano Book!  Oh boy, am I excited about this one!

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The Chords 1 Book Release | What You Need to Know

As most of you know, Cascade Method has added many more additions to our book collection! We are continuing to release more as they come, but we wanted to prepare you for a BIG one! Read along to find out everything you need to know about the launch of our Chords 1 Book! What Inspired

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Cue the Confetti, it’s our Founder’s Birthday!

Founder of Cascade Method, Tara Boykin is celebrating her birthday this month! In honor of her special day, we’re sharing the inside scoop on the Cascade book collection, Tara’s piano must-haves, and gifting a FREE piano worksheet! Read along to hear from Tara and grab all the Cascade Method Resources!  Who is the Founder of

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The Christmas Piano Book 1 is Here: Order Now!

Cascade Method is launching a full piano book collection in 2020. With it being the holiday season, we went ahead and released one of the books within the new collection that embraces this time of year full out! In this blog, we’ll be introducing the Cascade Method Christmas Favorites Book 1!  With Christmas right around

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