One of the pupils I taught today sometimes finds it difficult to concentrate in the lessons and therefore quite often repeats the same mistakes. I guess he probably does the same thing when practising at home. So, today in the lesson I tried a different technique. We took a small 4 bar section and decided to play a game with it. The game was very simple. We made a pile of three counters and the pupil's aim was to move all three counters to a different position. Each time he played the section correctly a counter moved. However, if he played it with a mistake then a counter would move back to the original pile.
His reaction to this game was amazing! His face lit up and he suddenly became very competitive and keen to win the game. Not only that but he started to suggest improvements to the game! He decided that he could start off with 3 counters and when he'd managed that he would have completed level 1. He would then try the same game with 5 counters and if he succeeded with that he'd be at level 2 and so on!
He's now asked me if we can try a different game at his next lesson so let me know if you have any suggestions!
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