As teachers we all know that a student is going to need to practice a new concept several times if they’re really going to learn it, besides isn’t this half of practicing? But how do you get young children to understand this concept? Try this.
Get a set of plastic animals.
The goal is to collect 5 animals (variation: Collect as many as you can throughout the lesson.)
Each time a child plays the section correctly they choose an animal to place on the piano. Young students love this and I no longer hear any complaints about repetitions!
Favorite animal sets have been
Pets
Snakes, Lizards and Frogs
Birds
Fish
Sea Animals
Horses
Dogs and cats (each dog is a different breed)
Go get your own set of animals this week and try this!
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