Practice 8

(part 8 of 8 from the article How to Practice)

How can we make practice fun?

Take turns working on the goal.  Parent, listen to the child’s attempt.  Then try it yourself and have the child listen to you.  Make mistakes on accident or on purpose and see if the student catches you!

Bring a pile of blocks or Legos close to the practice place.  Each successful repetition earns one piece.  Keep practicing until the child can build a tower, a pyramid, a monster, a robot—whatever suits her fancy!