{"id":2277,"date":"2010-10-12T21:51:18","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T01:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisaflute.com\/fluteblog\/?p=206"},"modified":"2016-05-11T13:25:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T13:25:32","slug":"do-you-want-to-practice-now-or-in-10-minutes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisaflute.com\/fluteblog\/index.php\/2010\/10\/12\/do-you-want-to-practice-now-or-in-10-minutes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you want to practice now, or in 10 minutes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When my kids were younger, I found that the most useful line in establishing consistent practice routines was: &#8220;Would you like to practice now or 10 minutes from now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This simple line accomplishes several things:<\/p>\n<p>1) Lets kids know that you respect that they might have something else they&#8217;re in the middle of which may be important for them t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2637\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lisaflute.com\/fluteblog\/index.php\/2010\/10\/12\/do-you-want-to-practice-now-or-in-10-minutes-2\/timer-blog\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisaflute.com\/fluteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/timer-blog.jpg?fit=237%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"237,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"timer blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisaflute.com\/fluteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/timer-blog.jpg?fit=237%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisaflute.com\/fluteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/timer-blog.jpg?fit=237%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2637 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisaflute.com\/fluteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/timer-blog.jpg?resize=237%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"237\" height=\"200\" \/>o come to completion with before they stop and move on.<\/p>\n<p>2) Makes it clear that you&#8217;re assuming practice will happen. 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