Jason Bernstein, of the Piano Lessons World website, has a helpful post on How to Motivate Your Kids to Practice Their Instrument. He shares 6 specific ideas that are great for parents looking for practical tips on how to help their child be successful. In particular, I really appreciate #2 – Participate in Performance Opportunities. […]
Practice Incentives
And this Year’s Practice Incentive Theme Is…
An Italian Intrigue: Musical Adventures in Heart, Mind, and Strength Last month I had the amazing experience of spending three weeks in Italy! I decided to do double duty and use the trip to do reconnaissance work for this year’s theme. It was a ton of fun and now I’m excited to take my students […]
September Surprise is Tonight!
All year long we anticipate and prepare for this occasion. Okay, maybe that’s a bit of overkill, but the September Surprise! is definitely a highlight in our studio. Since I take off the whole month of August for brainstorming and planning our theme, selecting new repertoire, and traveling (more of that than the others this […]
The Anatomy of a Practice Incentive Theme
Every year the process looks slightly different, but in a nutshell there are some tried-and-true steps that seem to work for developing a practice incentive theme that will captivate students! In the spring, use year-end questionnaires to collect input on what they liked best and least about the theme, what things they’d like to focus […]
Monday Mailbag – Quest for Capital Questions
I’m trying to decide on a theme for the year and I’m still unsure about how Quest for Capital works. Could you give me a little more info on how you invest in a particular stock? I guess I don’t know how stocks work myself! I’ve been getting quite a few questions about this Quest […]
3 More Days to Enter to Win All the Studio Decor for the Quest for Capital Practice Incentive Theme Package!
If you want to get a great deal on the Quest for Capital practice incentive theme package – and a chance to win all the studio decor for use in your studio, you only have three days left! So far there are only 5 entries, so the odds of winning are pretty good. 🙂 Here’s […]
