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“Practise for twenty minutes” tells a child how long to sit, not what to do. A practice card names two or three small things to get done, and the practice is over when they are. Write the card together.
Music teachers have long said it: a clock measures time spent, not what changed. A goal you can hear done (“even notes in the left hand”) or see done (“bars 5 to 8”) gives the practice a finish line and something to notice. Two or three is plenty; one small thing finished is a good practice.
There is no tally, streak or total on this page on purpose. A missed day is just a day; the next practice starts from the next small goal.
Nothing on this page is stored or sent. Print the card, or copy it onto paper.