Name:___________________________________________

Date:__________________

Practice Right Tally Sheet

The goal of your practice is to get better playing your instrument, one small task at a time.

 Each day you practice, mark a tally for each time you practice the tasks in the first column.
Tally goals for each item are listed in each task box. Some things you do once every day you practice,
like stretching. Other things you get to decide when you want to work on them over the week.
 BUT: Only mark a tally for doing your task correctly! Don’t count the times you make a mistake.
 Short practice sessions 5 days a week are better than one big long one.
 It’s not about the time spent, it’s about achieving quality and improving your playing each week.

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

1. Warm up – stretch
(1x/practice day)

2. Finger Strength
Builders:
 Popcorns
 heyyah straight line
 Halt! wrist-to-shoulder
(5x/practice day)

3. Practice rest to ready

position (15x/week)

4. Practice ready position

to playing position & say
the poem) (15x/week)

5. Practice looking at your

playing position posture
in a mirror. (15x/week)
Violins: check wrists.
Cellos: straight
arms/elbows up

6. Practice naming each of

the strings. (15x/week)

7. Play the ant song

(15x/week)
(see if you can say the
words while playing)
Name:___________________________________________
Date:__________________

Parent Signature:___________________________________