What Teaching Has Taught Me—part 1
A little bit (done
consistently) - is better than a lot (done inconsistently)
Those of you who teach lessons know
that it is a joy to find students who actually practice consistently. Actually, it’s usually the PARENTS who are
with it enough to either practice with their child or see that it happens
before iPod and phones and tablets and every other screen in the house come
on. So although I still firmly believe
that it is impossible to grow musically without practice, and that 30 minutes
is usually a good average time for kids to practice in the early days, I have found myself telling kids who are
struggling to practice…Just do at least 5 minutes, every day! Just play your song through once carefully if
that’s all you have time for.
The author Sarah Wolf Frey is a 20 year veteran of
applied music teaching. In her words “There
are some ‘lessons’ that have become more and more true to me about life in
general...” This series is used by
permission of the author.
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