- Praise participants often.
- Explain the reasons for certain movements.
- Utilize clear and concise terminology.
- Use visual cueing.
- Provide breakdown of rhythmical and movement design to facilitate the success of participants.
- Teach exercises in a progression–easy to hard, light to heavy. Rhythmical progressions should be simple to moderate, moderate to complex.
- Teach movement and rhythmical combinations separately, then together.
- Develop movement and rhythms that challenge the physical and cognitive level of participants and include modifications often. When possible tell your participants what muscle is being targeted in a given movement.
- Use activities of daily living (ADL) examples whenever possible.
- Provide proper build up and break down of both rhythm and/or movement patterns.