Free Resources for String Educators
Download ready-to-use lesson slides, worksheets and creative tools—absolutely free!
Free Lesson Slides
Ready-to-use lesson materials!
Bow Hold Drill Slides:
3 slides: Drill steps, Position Checklist, and Activities
Frog Awareness Day Slides:
10 slides with funny images to get students to pay attention to playing at the frog of the bow.
Vibrato Slides:
8 slides to check for readiness, provide learning steps and some helpful aids in learning vibrato. (Also link to video.)
Free Classroom Handouts
Copy for your students.
Letter Ladder
A graphic organizer showing the relationship between notes on the staff for 3 clefs.
Smart Practice Tips
A 2 page pdf with tips for practicing. (Practice like a pro to perform like a pro!)
License to Bow pdf
Duplicate and hand out to students after they demonstrate good bow technique. (See Bow Hold Drill slides.)
Counting Worksheet
Worksheet for students to demonstrate counting of dotted quarter notes and syncopations. (For grading, count 4 possible points per measure for 32 total points.)
Handbook Materials
Great additions to your class handbook!
For fingerboard maps, check out the teacher manual of Getting in Gear! There are maps for the entire fingerboard, as well as maps to focus on each individual Gear pattern.