How to Help Your Child Practice

• Attend lessons regularly and teach your child to watch lessons in progress if he/she must wait his/her turn.
• When you practice at home, use the same routines and sequence of events you observe at the lesson.
• Often a child appears forgetful at the lesson. Do not become alarmed or interfere by giving your child hints while he/she is trying to pay attention to the teacher.
• The child's attention should be centered on the lesson and the teacher.
• Let your child make mistakes, because the lesson is a learning process. A mistake is not the end of the world.
• Do not scold your child if he/she makes a mistake, but resolve to practice more and better.
• Sometimes the teacher will invite the parent to participate. At such times, a complete response is expected, so pay close attention.
• Younger brothers/sisters are always welcome to attend, to listen and learn, but this should not be at the expense of the child receiving instruction.
• When watching the lessons of other children, show interest in these students, but avoid making comparisions between your child and others.