Christy | The Practicing Pro
Let's change up your home practices during the Halloween Season!
In the Suzuki method of learning, they have an absolutely brilliant philosophy that you do six or more review pieces a day and this is the foundation and the most important part of your practice!
Do you need a SUPER FUN HALLOWEEN Themed activity to use for YOUR Review Pieces?
Well, I've got you covered!
With my Pumpkin Faces Review Piece Activity you can keep YOUR REVIEW happening effortlessly making it exciting and fun this Halloween Season!
Reviewing helps you to learn faster!
By playing six review pieces each practice while inserting the new things you are learning in between, your learning curve goes up quickly with less work.
If we pick up our instruments and spend our entire practice time doing new things, thinking that spending more time on our new things will help us learn faster...that is actually incorrect. Your brain actually attaches new skills to old familiar ones.
Try to do half or more of your practice by doing things you already know well - then the rest of the time drill your harder new things in between.
This will give you the highest and fastest learning curve.
Reviewing Pieces helps Improve Memory
We want to improve our memory!
When we have a good memory, it is almost like having a superpower! We can learn faster and better recalling things from the past. Then we connect new things to the old things as we recall them.
As you review your pieces, every day, it will be magic how you can increase your learning both in ease and speed. When you use practice review charts and you keep track of the 6 songs you are reviewing daily then and as the list gets longer your memory gets longer at the same time!
Imagine the benefit of having such a wonderful memory when you are taking a course and need to write an exam!
FREE PDF
Pumpkin Faces - Downloads
Here are the Pumpkin Face Pieces to use in the Review Pieces Activity.
Pre Colored
Pumpkin Face Pieces (colored) - FREE pdf download
Pumpkin 1 (colored) - FREE pdf download
Pumpkin 2 (colored) - FREE pdf download
Pumpkin 3 (colored) - FREE pdf download
Pumpkin 4 (colored) - FREE pdf download
To Color
Pumpkin Face Pieces BW - FREE pdf download
Pumpkin 1 BW - FREE pdf download
Pumpkin 2 BW - FREE pdf download
Pumpkin 3 BW - FREE pdf download
Pumpkin 4 BW - FREE pdf download
How to use the Pumpkin Faces for Review Pieces
The way you use the Pumpkin Faces for review is to print the Face Pieces and Song List for your level (or the blank one if you want to fill it out on your own).
Cut out all the Face Pieces and Pumpkins and write the numbers from 1-20 on the back of each piece.
Put all the pieces (including the pumpkins) into a hat or bag or bowl.
Close your eyes and pick out a piece!
The number that is on the back of the pumpkin piece that you chose will tell you which review song to play (Refer to your Song List to know which piece corresponds with each number. You can use one of the Suzuki ones provided or make your own on the BLANK sheet).
As you play more songs you will get more pumpkin face pieces!
When you get enough you can build your Jack-O-Lantern Face and see how big of a Jack-o-lantern Pumpkin Patch you can make!
This is what I used:
Pumpkin Pieces Download - printed
Song List Download (choose the one that fits you best)
Scissors to cut out all the pieces
A bag or bow to put all the pieces into
Pen or Pencil to write numbers on the back of each piece
colored pencils/markers (optional if you choose to color the black and white pumpkins)
Song Lists for Pumpkin Pieces - Downloads
Blank Review List - FREE pdf download
Pre Twinkler Violin Review List - FREE pdf download
Pre Twinkler Cello Review List - FREE pdf download
Book ONE Violin Review List - FREE pdf download
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