Links

Recommendations from Amazon.com

John Thompson’s Modern Course for the Piano	The New Real Book, Volume 1	My First Book of Christmas Songs
A Treasury of Christmas Songs	Berklee Music Theory Book 1	Music Theory for Guitarists: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask (Guitar Method)
Casio Privia Digital Piano	Piano-style Sustain Pedal for Keyboards	Korg GA-30 Ultra Compact Guitar and Bass Tuner
1/2 size Valencia acoustic guitar	3/4 size Valencia acoustic guitar	Full sized Valencia acoustic guitar
The Valencia line of acoustic guitars are really inexpensive, yet sound rather lovely.

Recommendations from SheetMusicPlus.com

Bastien Piano Basics, Primer, Theory	Alfred's Basic Guitar Method - Book 1	Piano Solos for Kids: Chanukah (Beginner)	Jewish Holiday songs (Beginner)
The Beatles Complete - Easy Guitar	The Best Christmas Songs Ever - Easy Piano (4th Ed.)	Easy Classics	Beatles Best - Easy Piano
Hebrew Holiday and Folk Songs (Advanced beginner, early intermediate)	35 Christmas Songs And Carols - Easy Piano (Early intermediate)	Walt Disney Favorites for the Piano	Charlie Brown Christmas (Intermediate and some challenges!)
Happy Thanksgiving

Additional Links

• for a good variety of sheet music, including anything the kids might have a hankering for.
• www.musicnotes.com - download the music directly to your computer and print out
• www.isiscovers.com - fantastic, politically correct covers for laptops and other electronics.
• www.beethovenpianos.com - speak to Joan about piano tuning. She often offers a 10% discount to Michelle's students.
• www.musictheory.net - a super music theory site.
• www.8notes.com - this site has an online guitar tuner which is useful to beginning students (or their parents for that matter).
• www.myspace.com/zooli  - music focused wesite of one of Michelle's adult students.