Hi everyone, we're the Pracsy Team. We think a lot about the week between lessons, and one theme keeps coming up in teacher threads: "practise the song" is too big an instruction for most students, especially two or three days after the lesson. Here's a simple card format, pulled together from what teachers in recent threads suggested. It fits on an index card, the back page of a notebook, or a WhatsApp message to the parent: THIS WEEK'S PRACTICE CARD Start here: the exact bar or line (for example, "Line 2, bar 5"). The one tricky thing: a single skill, repeated 5 times slowly. Then: play that line once, all the way through. Finish with: one piece you already love, just for fun. How often: 5 minutes, 5 days. Tick a box each day: ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Bring back: one question, or a 20-second phone clip of the tricky bit. Why it can help: It tells the student where to start, which is usually the hardest part. Parents can help without reading music, because the boxes are the job. Your next lesson can begin from the exact spot they worked on. For group classes (ukulele, recorder, xylophone), one card for the whole class works too. We'd love to learn from you: what's the one-line practice instruction that has worked best for your students? Drop it in the comments, and if you'd like the card above as a copy-and-paste version for WhatsApp, comment "card" and we'll reply with it.   submitted by   /u/jkusnong86 [link]   [comments]