http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2008/05/19/incentives-for-teenagers/ Relax, Share, and Laugh! Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:39:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2008/05/19/incentives-for-teenagers/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Stengel99 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:19:24 +0000 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/?p=81#comment-155 Vanessa's idea sounds great. I think as students get older, we need to move away from extrinsic rewards like candy or stickers and move toward intrinsic rewards. For example, if a student wants to play a certain piece, they need to master certain new skills first, like being able to play the scale of the key of the piece, count any difficult rhythms, etc. I think the concept of delayed gratification also applies; doing the difficult or "boring" tasks before getting the treats. I've been thinking about this issue a while, so maybe I'll take your cue and write a post about it. Good question!!! Vanessa’s idea sounds great. I think as students get older, we need to move away from extrinsic rewards like candy or stickers and move toward intrinsic rewards. For example, if a student wants to play a certain piece, they need to master certain new skills first, like being able to play the scale of the key of the piece, count any difficult rhythms, etc. I think the concept of delayed gratification also applies; doing the difficult or “boring” tasks before getting the treats.
I’ve been thinking about this issue a while, so maybe I’ll take your cue and write a post about it. Good question!!!

]]> http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/2008/05/19/incentives-for-teenagers/comment-page-1/#comment-46 vanessa Tue, 20 May 2008 15:40:56 +0000 http://www.pianoteacherblog.com/?p=81#comment-46 when I was a teenager and taking piano lessons my teacher would bribe me with fun music to play. Music from popular movies, top 20 artists, things like that. She would spend the 3/4 dollars on some sheet music that she knew I would be really excited about. I remember she got me the Forest Gump song and....ha ha From a Distance by Bete Middler too. :) when I was a teenager and taking piano lessons my teacher would bribe me with fun music to play. Music from popular movies, top 20 artists, things like that. She would spend the 3/4 dollars on some sheet music that she knew I would be really excited about.
I remember she got me the Forest Gump song and….ha ha From a Distance by Bete Middler too.

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