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Welcome to Susan Paradis Piano Teaching Resources!

Susan created this website, Susan Paradis Piano Teaching Resources, in 2006. It started as a humble blog for music educators with a simple idea: music education should be fun! She developed and uploaded many engaging activities and materials and soon the website began to grow. Susan composed original works and opened an online store to publish them.

With this website, her compositions and learning materials have been accessed and used across the country and internationally. Susan’s love for music and her commitment to mentor others truly impacted teachers and students across the world.

Susan in her piano studio with a student

About Susan Paradis

I’m Susan Paradis and I have been a music teacher for most of my life. I started as a little girl teaching my friends how to play duets and carry a tune. My teen and university years were immersed in music and when I graduated I reached my goal of becoming a children’s music teacher. I loved teaching children and I wanted them to appreciate music as much as I always have. But I found that some music concepts are not easy for children to learn. 

So I went to graduate school and studied more about how children learn music. I started designing age appropriate activities that engage and motivate children so they can’t wait for their next lesson. Music and music concepts don’t come easily to all children but I’ve always thought there is a way to reach everyone who wants to learn. There is no “one way” to teach piano so I believe teachers need to be open to do what it takes to engage a student.

My mission it to provide music education resources designed to meet the needs of teachers who want appropriate supplemental activities that explain concepts in a child-centered way. Compositions are written to appeal to students. Special consideration is taken to make the material appealing to students and easy to understand. The printable games, worksheets, flash cards, educational music, and other items are well thought out and will reinforce piano methods in use today.

Susan ran this website for 17 years before passing it along to her daughter, Liz. Read more about that here.

Susan and Liz

The Susan Paradis
Music Camp Scholarship

Perhaps one of the most special things Susan was proud of was the scholarship named after her. Learn about the The Susan Paradis Music Camp Scholarship here!

Scholarship

Quick Links to Important Information

Terms of Use and Policies

Learn about the Terms of use for the digital downloads on this site along with the Licensing agreements.

Terms of Use

F.A.Q.

Most of your questions are answered here!

F.A.Q.

Private Policy

We take care not to share your information.

Private Policy

How to SHOP Susan Paradis Piano Teaching Resources

  • When you enter the store page, you will find a drop down category list:
  • HOLIDAYS contains material for all the holidays listed in the subcategories: Christmas, Easter, Halloween/Autumn, St. Patrick’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Valentine’s Day.
  • PIANO MUSIC has subcategories of the levels of original music carefully composed for students.
  • Select GAMES and you will see all the game subcategories including games for beginners, rhythm games, note reading games, triad games, and many more.
  • TEACHING AIDS is a big category that contains subcategories for all printables that are not worksheets, games, or music such as certificates, flash cards, recital programs, staff paper, and charts, posters, all all kinds of unusual things.
  • WORKSHEETS contain subcategories for colorful bundles of fun sheets for beginners through intermediate. There are worksheets for key signatures, rhythm, note reading, scales, composing activities, one page worksheets, and all the holidays, for example.
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Explore the Blog!

Susan wrote many blogs about how to incorporate her products into her teaching method. Explore the latest blogs by her daughter, Liz, or take a walk down memory lane with tons of fun teaching ideas!

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Trios  •  Elementary music • Late elementary music • Intermediate music