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Practice Tips We All Need
"Get that violin in tune!" "We pay a lot for your lessons, and if you're not going to practice, we're going to take that guitar right back to the store!" "Your lesson is tomorrow...you'd better practice!"
Sound familiar? Music can take any child to great experiences --if you allow it. "Allow my child?" you ask. "She barely wants to practice, let alone be asked to go places to play!"
Parents you can make a huge difference for your children. If the desire is there to learn and swap out bad habits and approaches for good ones, believe me: you can make a difference. As a parent, your ability to compel your children to practice may be limited. But you can inspire them, with boundaries and guardrails to assist.
We need to reveal to children that we were created to be creators. Changing our families into musical-lifestyle families is the key. Getting this done is not easy, but it is possible. It has been done in many families, including my own.
Practice happens naturally when children see value in performance. It becomes the tool children use to drive toward the goal of fun and enjoyment in music.
Check out these 5 tips for helping your children with at home practice:
5 Tips for Inspiring Your Children
1. Prepare and present a dedicated, if small, practice environment. Each child needs their own cozy and inviting practice space. Make sure they have pencils, a comfortable chair or stand, adequate lighting, and everything they need to have a productive practice time.
2. Encourage a set time for practice in that space each day, including encouragement for a job well done. I always recommend a schedule that revolves around meals. You know there will be a dinner time, why not make practice time right before or right after?
3.Treat music as a subject in every way. It counts as part of school, just like the homework they need to do for their academics.
4. Give rewards to children on a nonperformance basis. Use practice charts with stickers. Compliment them on their playing. Parents can also jam with their children on other instruments. That's always fun!
5. Look for coaching or other materials that continue to develop a "musical family" environment. Put some music on in the house and have your child play along. Record a mini concert video of your child performing their favorite musical piece at home to send to the grandparents.
In short, celebrate music with your children every day in some way. It is a gift that keeps giving our whole lives!
Keep up the great work and happy music making!
Dawn Elmer
Academy Director
Our Baby/Toddler music class, Music Together, will be starting the Fall session on 2 different class days! We will have a class on Wednesdays at 10:00 and another one on Thursdays at 10:00 am. These start on September 15th and 16th.
We will be doing the fun Fiddle Song Collection! Your little ones will have a blast learning songs and playing rhythm instruments.
Space is limited. Please call 208-773-1020 to reserve your spots!
We will be doing the fun Fiddle Song Collection! Your little ones will have a blast learning songs and playing rhythm instruments.
Space is limited. Please call 208-773-1020 to reserve your spots!
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