building consistent Practice habits
Five of the tasks in the Practicing category of the Piano Olympics include practice streaks. Students can earn points for three-, seven-, 14-, 20-, and 30-day streaks, which they’ll track in their Piano Olympics booklets. Simply fill in one bubble (in pencil, so you can erase if needed!) with the date of each consecutive day you practice for fifteen minutes or more.
What counts toward a streak:
Any day that you practice thoughtfully to achieve a goal or improve something that you’re studying. You don’t have to practice for exactly the same amount each day to keep a streak. The goal is to build a sustainable, realistic habit of daily improvement.
What breaks a streak:
Skipping practice when you are able to practice.
What doesn’t break a streak:
If you’re out of town or on vacation and can’t practice.
If you’re very sick and unable to practice.
If you don’t have time to practice on a special holiday like Yom Kippur, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.
If a practice session doesn’t go as well as you wanted (use that as a learning experience!).