Submitted by Dianne Park, San Diego, California
Idea posted April 11, 2002
I also use the ribbon system, only they get a different colored, thin, satin ribbon to slip knot on the bell of their recorder after learning so many songs or a particular song.
I use all colors, but silver and gold are special. I award silver for the very hardest piece that year (usually a Renaissance or a Mozart, etc.) and gold for learning all the festival songs and going to our annual May recorder festival. My kids can't get enough of those ribbons. They will play on the playground, before and after school, and come in on lunch hour just to play for a ribbon!