For Parents and Students
This section of our web site is intended to provide information for our Students and Parents.
Remember that more detailed information is often available in the band handbook and will be sent via From The Band Room emails each week.
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Remember that more detailed information is often available in the band handbook and will be sent via From The Band Room emails each week.
Please select a submenu item above to find the information you need.
How to Create a Successful Practice Routine at Home
In a perfect world, your child will rush home after school, take their instrument out, and practice for a half hour or longer with tons of enthusiasm.
This isn’t a perfect world.
It can be difficult for many students to practice on their own, simply because they don’t know how to structure it in order for it to become a routine. As a parent, there are a few things that you can do to help them get started:
In a perfect world, your child will rush home after school, take their instrument out, and practice for a half hour or longer with tons of enthusiasm.
This isn’t a perfect world.
It can be difficult for many students to practice on their own, simply because they don’t know how to structure it in order for it to become a routine. As a parent, there are a few things that you can do to help them get started:
- Set aside a specific time each day for practicing and post it somewhere where it’s a visible reminder if you can’t be there to remind them. Do this together. If they have some input, it’s more likely going to stick.
- Pick a designated spot where practicing will take place. Part of their practice should be allowed to take place by the computer so they have access to this site.
- Don’t allow for any distractions while practice is going on–silence those phones!
- Check their practice log every day and ask how their practicing went. Have them tell you/play for you what they are working on.
- Be supportive and encouraging when you can! Mastery doesn’t happen overnight–it takes time and dedication.
- Encourage them to listen to their concert music often. Listening itself is great practice, and how to do that effectively is listed on the “Concert Music” page of your child’s grade level.
- Encourage them to listen to other music that their instrument is played in–by listening to professional recordings, students can understand better what a characteristic tone of their instrument should sound like, and be more apt to imitate it.
- Encourage them to use proper PRACTICE STRATEGIES (scroll to image at bottom)