This presentation show my top 7 tips and tricks to help parents with kids in music lessons.

1. Practice Tips For Your Child
Learning To Play Music.

2. Expect your kid to practice
without your help.

3. Whether you know music
or not, your child can
really use you help to
practice their instrument.

4. Whether you know music
or not, your child can
really use you help to
practice their instrument.
If you forget they have
to practice during the
week then your child will
most likely forget to
practice too.

5. Help your child develop
good practice habits.

8. With much encouragement and reminding from you,
practice habit will become Normal Routine.

9. be afraid to experiment.

11. Discover the practice habits
that work for you.

13. Some Experiments To Consider Trying
1. Practice different times of day… before school,
before dinner, right after school, etc
2. Try different incentives or rewards when you child
does well
3. Different instruments
4. Different style of music

14. let them practice only
what they want.

17. have goals for each practice
session and be focused.

20. always practice the
whole song.

22. isolate and zoom in on
small parts.

25. be too serious.

26. Practice time
doesn't have to
feel like a chore.

27. have fun and be creative.

28. Playing a musical instrument can be one of the
most fun and rewarding activities!

29. Playing a musical instrument can be one of the
most fun and rewarding activities!
- Encourage your child to make up their own song
- Reward system
- Incorporate practice games
- Let them show off
Here’s a good article for more ideas
http://hallmusicproductions.com/category/practice/

30. Bribe too much.

31. Linda Gordon, president and CEO of Gordon Training International, says
bribing the child sends the following message: "That activity must not
have any intrinsic value -- you must have to pay me to get me to
do it."

32. Linda Gordon, president and CEO of Gordon Training International, says
bribing the child sends the following message: "That activity must not
have any intrinsic value -- you must have to pay me to get me to
do it."
Bribing your child to practice can potentially hurt
their true potential.

33. use incentives.

35. 1.Encouragement: Telling your child how
proud you are of their efforts.
2.Let them practice their instrument outside
at a park (if possible). Practice in itself
becomes the reward.
3.Set small attainable daily practice goals.
The sense of accomplishment is
rewarding.
4.Use a reward system to earn small toys or
special treats.

36. ignore homework
assignments.

39. Do use a practice log to have
focused practice time.

41. - Record weekly goals/assignments
- Divide weekly goals into small daily
Goals
- Check off assignments when completed
- Record minutes practiced
- Review it each day!