Parents
How Parents Can Help
• Show an interest in the music study of your child.
• Arrange a regular time (appointment) for him/her to practice.
• Find a quiet place where he/she can practice without interruptions. (Provide a straight-backed chair, a music stand, and a metronome.)
• Come up with a reward system for DAILY practice.
• Provide a safe place in which to keep the instrument.
• Keep the instrument in good repair with needed supplies in the case.
• Help your child be very careful with instruments, repair costs are high!
• Teach the importance of being prepared and on time for rehearsals, performances, classes, and lessons.
• Make faithful attendance at all band activities a priority. Children tend to value what adults value by example.
• Encourage him/her to play for others when opportunities arise in the home, church, school, and community.
• Provide private instruction with the best possible specialist in our area.
• See that he/she takes the instrument and materials to school every day and brings them home every day.
• Discuss with the band director anything that might help him to understand your child.
• Buy your child a personal planner in which he/she can put event and project dates.
• Keep the handbook in a safe place and refer to it often.
• Notify the director as soon as possible if your child is to be absent from rehearsals or lessons.
• See that he/she keeps up with academic studies.
• Attend parent meetings, concerts, recitals, and any other activities.
• Turn in fundraising money and orders on time.
• Be a positive, encouraging force in the musical growth of your child.
• Join the Booster Club!
• Arrange a regular time (appointment) for him/her to practice.
• Find a quiet place where he/she can practice without interruptions. (Provide a straight-backed chair, a music stand, and a metronome.)
• Come up with a reward system for DAILY practice.
• Provide a safe place in which to keep the instrument.
• Keep the instrument in good repair with needed supplies in the case.
• Help your child be very careful with instruments, repair costs are high!
• Teach the importance of being prepared and on time for rehearsals, performances, classes, and lessons.
• Make faithful attendance at all band activities a priority. Children tend to value what adults value by example.
• Encourage him/her to play for others when opportunities arise in the home, church, school, and community.
• Provide private instruction with the best possible specialist in our area.
• See that he/she takes the instrument and materials to school every day and brings them home every day.
• Discuss with the band director anything that might help him to understand your child.
• Buy your child a personal planner in which he/she can put event and project dates.
• Keep the handbook in a safe place and refer to it often.
• Notify the director as soon as possible if your child is to be absent from rehearsals or lessons.
• See that he/she keeps up with academic studies.
• Attend parent meetings, concerts, recitals, and any other activities.
• Turn in fundraising money and orders on time.
• Be a positive, encouraging force in the musical growth of your child.
• Join the Booster Club!
Parent Forms
Chapin Band Booster Club: .com.google.Chrome.LKzw7i