In the past, I’ve used mini-sticker charts from Carson-Dellosa as incentives for my students. I wrote about it in a previous post. Whenever students completed the charts, they could pick one prize from a bucket of various goodies.
This year, I decided to use little note cards instead. The note cards are smaller and a little easier to organize on my bulletin board. I post all of the cards on the bulletin board because students love to compare charts with each other. I use different colored cards for each day of the week. Monday students are purple, Tuesday students are another color, and so forth.
Each time a student finishes a page (whether it be theory, a piece, or sight reading), they receive a sticker. After 15 stickers, they can have a prize from the prize bucket.
Students are really motivated by stickers! They count their stickers each week and note how many more they need until a reward.
Lauren teaches piano to students of all ages in New Orleans, LA. Teaching is her passion. She enjoys creating resources for her students and is the author of Ready for Theory®.
