With the school year coming to an end, many families will go without the routine that school offers. Music students often lose their skills during this time because summer usually allows for a relaxed schedule, but I would not want that to happen to my students!
One thing that you can do to maintain your child’s skills is to keep a practice log. This helps because you can:
- Keep an eye on practice time.
- Clearly see if there are a few days without practice.
- Maintain focus on musical goals.
To use your log more effectively, I’ll share a few tips during the next few weeks.
Download your FREE practice log PDF here.
On with the show!
Tip #1 – MAKE A LEGEND
Just like making a legend of a key for a map, make a legend for the different things that you will be practicing.
Draw a box to make a chart on one of the blank sections of the practice log. If you like to work on scales, drills, and sight reading, the first column of the chart might have the simple drawing while the second has the label.
For example:
a zigzag to represent Scales
a round swirl to symbolize Drills
parallel lines to mean Sight Reading
This will keep your log from being too cluttered when it starts to fill up. You will also save time when writing down what you have practiced. It might also save you from quickly scribbling your work and then coming back later to not being able to read it.
See you next time, and have happy practices!
