Practice Environment 3

(checklist 3 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 should the parent say during practice?

  • “It looks like your lesson notes say that we should …”
  • “I really like the way you played …”
  • “Let’s try that part again and listen for …”
  • “… is so much better than when you played it yesterday!”
  • “Could you show me how to …?”
  • “Thank you for playing for me.”

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