In my previous post, I discussed what I discovered about arranging the order of task in practice and in class. This is just a little addition to that.
I find practice starts best when we warm up with a favorite tune everyone knows and can play well. I tend to call it knocking the rust off. But the band gets in a groove, everyone is happy and smiling. We need familiar, get loose. Comfortable. It's kind of like an athlete warming up before the contest.
In class, kids need a warm up that is comfortable, familiar. They need an opportunity to get loose, stretch. It does not need to go so long that they tire, but just enough to knock the rust off.
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