Practice Environment 2

(checklist 2 of 6 from the article A Healthy Practice Environment)

Instead of an article, this month I would like to pass on a series of checklists to help you and your student examine your practice process.  Practice is the most time consuming part of learning the instrument, and the part that happens without any teacher supervision, so it is worthwhile to re-evaluate from time to time to make sure you are on the right track.

What does our practice schedule look like?

  • A time both parent and student are available
  • Same time every day
  • At least 15-30 minutes of time for parent and student to be together
  • A time when both parent and student have energy and willingness to work (right before bed isn’t usually the best idea…!)

Try to mark one thing from this section that you want to add to your practice environment!