Fun, exciting and rewarding. I give all my pupils a free notebook for them to use . This serves to outline practice requirements, and to award progress and effort . Parents can also use the book if any difficulties have arisen over the week. I also give fun stickers to younger pupils as a small reward !
I encourage note reading (of course) , the elements of music theory suitable to the age of the pupil.

A big favourite is an improvised , fun session at the end of the lesson to build confidence.. this may involve many genres of music, but a great sound is always created with my help .