Monthly Practice Logs
Each student should aim to practice for 15 minutes 3 times per week in addition to band class. This can be done at home or during recess/lunch when the band room is open. Each month, students will complete a monthly practice calendar. Keep track of your minutes and the class with the most minutes practiced will win a free class! Individual students with the most minutes will also get a small prize.
Practice Tips
My goal is for practicing to feel productive and fun for each student! Here are some tips to keep things fresh:
- Play for fun! Use the notes you know or pick a scale, and make up a song or short line. Play along with a drum beat on YouTube
- Learn a song YOU want to learn! This YouTube channel has a lot of tutorials, or you can search "name of song" + "instrument you play" + tutorial... you'd be surprised what you might find!
- When practicing your band music, start with something familiar and easy. Then move on to something that is giving your trouble. Work on just a small section- up to 8 bars- and focus on the parts of that section that are giving you trouble. End with something fun that you play well!