Motivational Ideas

[Angela Bowles]

My friend and I have been sharing motivational ideas for our students.. since we are both piano teachers. She lives in Michigan, and I'm in Indiana.. so we have put an interesting twist on some of them. Most of the children think it's pretty cool, so I thought maybe some of you would like to try some and see how they work for you. We have put them in competition against each other, and they think it's the greatest thing in the world to beat the other state! HOOSIER'S RULE!!! :) One of the things we have done, is to time them on their flashcard drills. We have the same sets of flashcards for our kids, so it works perfectly. We don't necessarily have a prize for the winning state, but just the fact that they won pretty much does the trick! We have also decided to share a motivational idea with each other.. every other week. So, one week she will give me one, and then the next week, I will give her one. It is really nice to have a little break in "thinking"... and the students absolutely love to have something fun to work towards! Just some ideas that I thought other teachers would enjoy! Let me know if you have any ideas.. or if these work for you!