tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post4886917468113300616..comments2023-07-11T01:01:06.556-07:00Comments on Busy B's Piano Studio: Practice Incentive ReviewBusyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08999619023510410806noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980830295518367489.post-90252394688568545202014-01-03T19:51:02.091-08:002014-01-03T19:51:02.091-08:00I use a lot of incentives too. Mine are based on ...I use a lot of incentives too. Mine are based on completion of theory pages, scales, and pieces. I have about 30 students, so I divide them into about 4 groups. I make a thermometer for each child, and when they get 3 stickers, they get to put their name into a draw for a prize at the end of the semester. I usually do this in the fall and call it the Fall Challenge. This winter semester, I'm trying something different. I saw some practice chains on Susanne Hilton's blog - so plan to use them in the same way - as a results oriented incentive program. At the end of the semester, I'm going to melt their beads into suncatchers and present them to them at the year end recital. Hoping it works. Another thing I've done is to have about 8 or so different animals on the wall... that travel at different speeds... from snail to cheetah - and the ultimate - a roadrunner... and I get to decide just how fast they are moving that week. Their name goes under the picture of the animal.. the next week they can always do better or worse. Works pretty well.Mary Cumminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05868511935210591030noreply@blogger.com