GOING TO THE LESSON

• Plan to arrive a few minutes early to get situated and start your lesson on time.
• Park on the gravel strip by the driveway.  Please ensure there is enough room for two cars on the strip.  Please do not block the driveway.
• If there are 2 cars on the gravel strip, you may park on the left side of the driveway.
• Enter through the side door.  This is the studio entrance.  Don’t knock.
• WASH OR SANITIZE YOUR HANDS.
• Wait quietly in the waiting area before your lesson.  I will get you at your lesson time.

MATERIALS NEEDED

Notepad or recording device (for parent if accompanying younger children), any materials specified.

ARRIVING AT THE LESSON

• Take off shoes.
• Use the restroom before the lesson begins.
• Leave your violin case in the waiting room.  Parents, please get the violin ready for young students (7 and younger).
• Silence cell phone and put it away during the lesson.  If recording or taking notes with cell phone, refrain from texting,  phone calls, Facebook, internet, watching cat videos.  Please truly watch your child’s lesson, and do not be distracted by your phone.

PARENTS: DURING THE LESSON, ONLY ONE TEACHER AT A TIME.

• These policies are inspired from Ed Sprunger’s Helping Parents Practice, which I highly recommend for all violin parents
• Know it will take some time for your child to understand a concept.  Resist the temptation to direct or critique the child.  Let them find their way.
• Practice silence in observing your child’s learning process.  Do not repeat directions, instruct the child, or attempt to supplement the teacher’s directions verbally or with gestures.

AFTER THE LESSON

• Pack up and leave promptly so the next lesson can start on time.  Parents, please pack up the violin for young students.