After doing some final work to tweak this and make it adaptable for any studio, I am happy to report that the Exploring a Galaxy of Music practice incentive program is now available! I know you’ve all been waiting with bated breath, right? 🙂 The downloadable package includes everything you need to successfully implement this year-long practice incentive in your studio. You can either use it exactly as-is by printing the .pdf files or you can tweak the .doc files to your heart’s content to make it fully customizable for your studio.
And, for the best news of the post…for everyone who purchases the Exploring a Galaxy of Music practice incentive this month, I’ll enter your name in a drawing to win the complete set of studio wall decorations that I used this year! That includes:
- The banner verse
- The theme title letters
- Three black galaxies
- Hundreds of planets and stars to put in the galaxies
All of these are cut and laminated and ready to put on the wall! You can see what it looks like in the picture below. Also, just for your reference, I printed and laminated an equal number of galaxy objects for each team and then placed them in an envelope. Then when the students had enough points to put an object up in their galaxy, I just gave them the envelope and let them pick out whatever they wanted.
Here are a few of the comments I’ve gotten from teachers who have been using some of these practice incentive programs in their studios:
“Just received and downloaded my Practice Incentive Program and am so anxious to use it. Thanks for taking the time and energy to share your creative ideas with all of us who sometimes need a little “boost” and a fresh approach to teaching piano.” ~N. S.
“I currently am using one of your incentive programs and LOVING it (Climbing the Ladder to Success). I’m already looking into the next theme for next year.” ~V.K.
“Your incentive program has made my life easier this year! I usually try to come up with a creative program myself.” ~ J.E.
“I recently ordered your “Climbing the Ladder to Success” practice incentive and I love it! I’m so excited to introduce it to my students this week. I’ve been dropping hints, but this week I think I’m going to kick it off.” ~K.S.
“Last year the students loved the Climbing the Ladder program so much that they keep asking what we are doing this year.” ~M.R.
Dawn Onufrock says
I’m interested in this Practice incentive (exploring the Galaxy of Music) but would like to know a little more about how you’ve designed this program before I purchase. It looks like the students are divided into “teams”? What are the weekly incentives? What goal are they trying to achieve for the year? Basically I’m looking for a little more detail on how it works. I’ve LOVED the incentive programs that I’ve used. They are designed so well to accomplish musical skills but also are a lot of fun!
Sandy Fortier says
I’m wondering the same as Dawn. I would like to know a little more about the goal, incentives, if there are any books, like the Go for the Gold had (which my students loved).