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The Heart Challenge

1/15/2021

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If you've been around for a little while, you will know that we have a different challenge or incentive for our students. Remember the Candy Corn Challenge?

Beginning on Monday students will be collecting stickers on their hearts for The Heart Challenge!

Here's how it works: Students will earn a sticker to put on their heart for every theory page and piece that they complete.

Simple, right?

There will of course be a prize for the student with the most stickers on their card at the end of the challenge. :)

Big thanks to Sara Campbell and the Piano Teachers of Canada Facebook group for the inspiration!
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October's Seasonal Incentive: The Candy Corn Challenge

9/28/2020

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This October we will be having our 7th annual Candy Corn Challenge! I know candy corn is a hotly debated candy, but I promise this is a challenge that works!

A little while back I wrote about how I use sticker cards as an ongoing incentive program.

This program had worked splendidly for 5+ years of my teaching, but I was noticing that several of my older students were getting frustrated at how long it took for them to complete 25 pages of music...especially compared to the little ones.

Then, something I've known for a long time finally hit me. If I'm to reach my students where they are, I must acknowledge the importance of instant gratification in addition to delayed gratification in their lives.

Every generation experiences a faster paced and more stimulating world than the one before it. It's only natural that this generation needs immediate feedback more than I did growing up. Now I run a studio-wide incentive program every few months that provides them with instant feedback.

For the first Candy Corn Challenge, I put together personalized theory packets for each student. At the time, it seemed like a good idea, but putting them together took ages and keeping track of those packets turned out to be a nightmare.

Last year, I overcompensated for my mistake and played Halloween themed games. It was fun and the planning was easy, but in addition to taking up a lot of lesson time; the older one's were bored with some of the games and the little one's hadn't learned many of the concepts yet.

This year's version of the Candy Corn Challenge is a hybrid of the last two. I've laminated some of the theory sheets I created that first year and added some letter name and interval cards. Starting next week, all students of the academy will start their lessons with a level-appropriate theory task. Every correct answer and every wrong answer that they fix on their own earns them a piece of candy corn!

Still wondering why candy corn?
1. You get a lot of candy for a little money. 4.5 pounds for under $10 at BJ's. Score!
2. They're small candies, so I don't feel badly giving even the little ones a few pieces.
3. I don't like it, so I won't be tempted to eat it. :)

Head over to my store to get your own copy of these Halloween themed worksheets & games.
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