I’m interested in purchasing at least one of your incentive programs but have no studio yet. Is there a program(s) that might work for a teacher just starting? Of the practice incentives that I currently have available, I think the one that would work best for a fledgling studio is Climbing the Ladder to Success. […]
Practice Incentives
50 Music Practice Websites
Mike Saville, of the excellent How to Practise website, recently compiled a great list of 50 Websites that will Improve your Music Practice. This is definitely a page worth bookmarking and passing on to students!
Monday Mailbag – Practice Your Way to a Party
Could you expand on the Practice Your Way to a Party? I am looking for a good summer incentive program. Each of the students set their own goal for how much time they wanted to practice each week. Once they reached specific goals, they got to color in circles or triangles on a page at […]
Monday Mailbag – Practice Incentives
What are some of your incentives after students receive their “diligence dollars” or “treasure chest points.” Do you have something “big” for them to spend them on, or do your students receive smaller prizes? I am trying to dream up something that would get my older students excited as well as the younger ones. It […]
Monday Mailbag – Treasure Chest Piano Practice Incentive
I was directed to your site from an Internet search I did to find more info about piano pedagogy. I think I originally found it on www.toddfamily.com/policies. Anyway, can you tell me more about your Treasure Chest idea? Sure! One year for my practice incentive program, I did a Treasure Chest theme. Students could earn […]
Monday Mailbag – Music Practice Tips for Young Children
This week, I received an e-mail from a mother looking for practice advice for her almost-5-year old son, who has been in Suzuki cello classes for about a year. She writes, “I know he likes to play, once he gets going and concentrates and is playing. However the practices are becoming a power struggle; he […]
