Comments on: Name Tags

By: Hungry?

Hungry? — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:55:16 +0000

[...] tried several different incentives with this little guy, and finally landed on the goofy nametag idea, convinced his silly personality would enjoy it enough to practice. When that didn’t work, [...]

By: Dan the Music Master

Dan the Music Master — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:10:53 +0000

The name tag idea is very cute. The possibilities are endless, in terms of the commentary that you could put in there.

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:27:44 +0000

Great idea. I want one that say, “Hello, I’m a great hair day.”

By: Mindy

Mindy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:46:13 +0000

This is good! Cracks me up a little! I once was telling a student something and had to repeat it several times because her mind was stuck on something else. I tapped into a pretend mic and said “Hello? Is this thing on?” Maybe I could write that on her nametag! LOL

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:24:27 +0000

I’ve been using some sticky notes I bought that say “I caught you doing something extraordinary” and sticking these on their music, but I like your idea better!

By: Mike Saville

Mike Saville — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:41:46 +0000

Have you tried this at the beginning of the lesson? Put ‘Rhythm Master’ on the badge when the lesson begins – I’m sure the student in question will be better at rhythm.

Whilst I don’t use badges, I will often tell a student something like ‘you are better than anyone else at dynamics’ and the result is then that they usually are.