dawn's piano

It’s a new year and we’re turning a new page - in our studio binders!  Did you know that student binders are our main throughway for communication on weekly assignments between student, teacher, and parent? Every week we write an assignment sheet detailing WHAT, and often HOW, a student should practice that week. Following these assignments plays a key role in practicing intentionally to establish consistent progress! There’s space to track daily practices throughout the week, and a box to add questions or a quick note to let me know how practice went.  But I’ve been noticing this school year in particular, that the binder is barely on many students’ radar despite my weekly reminders at lessons. This tells me I need to do a better job highlighting their importance for both piano kids and studio parents to be checking in on.  Enter our January challenge! Its a ‘Check Your Binder' challenge in which I hide a silly word in the written assignment each week during the month of...