I was going through some old pictures and found this one of my students, Gavin.  It reminded me of my favorite pre-twinkle chart.  I poste...

This is a chart I like to use when I feel like my daughter needs some intrinsic motivation to practice.  I like this chart because I can foc...

For those students who are fantastic and are trying to work on consecutive daily practice, a problem arises when the mom (or the practice pa...

It's a week until Easter and I finally have a small variety of charts to offer you for Easter.  If you have any Easter charts (or any ki...

My darling daughter, Caroline, has been wanting to play the violin since she could walk!  This is one of my favorite pictures of her as a to...

Yesterday was one of those days.  You know - the feeling of "why am I even doing this?"  As I'm driving to the lesson thoughts...

This is a practice chart I made a long time ago, but have never used it until now.  My girl's teacher decided to give it out to all he...

The start of the new school year has brought a new level of motivation for me and my kids. I've been thinking of making this practice bo...

For a twinkler, flashcards are very versatile. I start teaching the young twinklers to recognize a twinkle rhythm. As soon as they master ...

I love the feeling after a happy practice.  We are able to go the full length of practice without having a melt-down I give my daughter a hu...

Four kids is a lot to handle and do everything else I want to do!  I never seem to have time to do everything, but I have been working a lot...