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Repetition with a Purpose!

    It seems that a New Year's Resolution has found me! Not the other way around. I'm happy to embrace it and run with it (unlike most resolutions people make)! The resolution? Repetition with a Purpose!

     I have a lot of teaching supplies that center around counting the number of repetitions students perform to practice: pennies, beads, buttons... I also have ways to trick students into coming up with "the right" number of repeats to make: "15 is the magic number." "How old are you?" "How old is your Dad!?" (I love the horror on their faces when they realize what I've asked!)

    I'm grateful for the willingness of my students to play these repetition games. They're all really good troopers!

     Repetition with a Purpose is simply this: EXPECT THAT WITH EACH REPETITION THERE WILL BE IMPROVEMENT! I know - not the most unique concept out there - but I seem to be teaching lately as if I've just made and important discovery!

     For starters - if I assign repetition then the student will practice repetition. Remember - they're good troopers. If I assign repetition with a purpose then the student will practice repetition with a purpose. Yes - I now remember they're good troopers!

     Some of the purposes assigned to repetitions this week have been: improve intonation, counting, increase gracefulness, and just listen and make your own decision about what you'd like to improve!

     Thanks for joining me in looking through a magnifying glass as to the real reason we make repetitions. I'm so excited about teaching next week to see the results!

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