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 * Week 2 Building Rapport **

Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with your pupils is extremely important. It is meaningless to teach if you can’t relate to them.

When appropriately, demonstrate knowledge of pupils’ interests and backgrounds, engage in verbal and physical behaviours that indicate affection for pupils (e.g. compliments, humour, smiles, appropriate physical proximity), and demonstrate a demeanour of emotional objectivity help in building rapport with your pupils.

Be generous with your compliments, check out 101 ways on [|How to Praise your Students].

Understand one of the most important emotional skills - **[|Emotional Validation]** will enhance the building of relationships.

For your first lesson with each class, do not rush into teaching. It is good to give an introduction of yourself and let the pupils know who you are and vice-versa. If the children are putting forth their best efforts, then criticism has no place in the music classroom. Support, encouragement, and gentle suggestions for improvement should be given freely.

//Well done! Good job!//