Ages 5-14 · Book 3, Confidence · 4,299 places
Practice Habits
Boring, counted, unglamorous and the only thing that has ever worked. Written so a family can actually keep it.
Built on Ellis Abel and the Magic Triangle — “Turn fear into confidence, one step at a time.” A character series, not a curriculum with a worldview attached.
The five sessions
- Session 1
Name the one skill, small enough to practise this week
- Session 2
Read the story and connect the wall to their own thing
- Session 3
Set the rep count, write it down, keep it boring
- Session 4
Miss, fail, and log it as a rep rather than a verdict
- Session 5
Show the count at the end and let them read it themselves
Questions leaders ask
Is practice habits in your area a religious program?
No. Ellis Abel is a character series. Each volume carries one named core value — this one is confidence — and the story does the teaching. There is no doctrine in it, nothing to opt out of, and it is used in public schools, libraries and secular programs as readily as anywhere else.
What ages does this work for?
Ages 5-14. The story is read aloud, so a child who cannot read yet is fully in it, and the discussion prompts are written in two bands so one adult can hold a mixed-age room.
We have tried things like this in your area before and stopped. Why is this different?
Because it is ten minutes and it survives a missed night. There is no streak to break and nothing to catch up on — you pick up at the next chapter.
What if my child will not talk about it?
Then read it anyway and say nothing. Children answer days later, in the car, about something else entirely. The prompts are there when they are ready, not a toll you have to pay to finish the book.
The rules that make it work
Confidence is earned, in that order, every time
Commitment, then competency, then confidence. Almost every adult teaches it backwards by trying to install the feeling first, and children can tell.
Ugly reps are the work, not a warning sign
A child promised that practice feels good quits on the third attempt. Say in advance that it will look bad, and the bad-looking part stops meaning anything.
Praise the count, never the talent
"You're a natural" is a compliment a child cannot use and cannot rebuild from. Sixty reps is a fact they own and can do again.
Nobody is compared to anybody
The count is against last week's count. A room where children are ranked teaches the ones at the bottom to stop starting.
Adults commit out loud too
A coach or a parent naming a thing they are bad at and are practising anyway is worth more than any session on effort.
This is a character story, not a performance program
Technique belongs to the coach and the teacher. This handles the part that has nothing to do with technique, and never scores a child on either.
Practice Habits by metro area
Northeast
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- Practice Habits — Portland, ME
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- Practice Habits — Reading, PA
- Practice Habits — Manchester, NH
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- Practice Habits — Erie, PA
- Practice Habits — Binghamton, NY
- Practice Habits — Barnstable, MA
- Practice Habits — Burlington, VT
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- Practice Habits — Amherst, MA
- Practice Habits — Chambersburg, PA
- Practice Habits — Bangor, ME
- Practice Habits — State College, PA
- Practice Habits — Vineland, NJ
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- Practice Habits — Johnstown, PA
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- Practice Habits — Lewiston, ME
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- Practice Habits — Gettysburg, PA
- Practice Habits — Ithaca, NY
- Practice Habits — Elmira, NY
Midwest
- Practice Habits — Chicago, IL
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- Practice Habits — St. Louis, MO
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- Practice Habits — Kansas City, MO
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- Practice Habits — Indianapolis, IN
- Practice Habits — Cleveland, OH
- Practice Habits — Milwaukee, WI
- Practice Habits — Grand Rapids, MI
- Practice Habits — Omaha, NE
- Practice Habits — Dayton, OH
- Practice Habits — Des Moines, IA
- Practice Habits — Madison, WI
- Practice Habits — Akron, OH
- Practice Habits — Wichita, KS
- Practice Habits — Toledo, OH
- Practice Habits — Springfield, MO
- Practice Habits — Lansing, MI
- Practice Habits — Fort Wayne, IN
- Practice Habits — Youngstown, OH
- Practice Habits — Flint, MI
- Practice Habits — Canton, OH
- Practice Habits — Davenport, IA
- Practice Habits — Ann Arbor, MI
- Practice Habits — Peoria, IL
- Practice Habits — Lincoln, NE
- Practice Habits — Rockford, IL
- Practice Habits — Green Bay, WI
- Practice Habits — South Bend, IN
- Practice Habits — Sioux Falls, SD
- Practice Habits — Duluth, MN
- Practice Habits — Cedar Rapids, IA
- Practice Habits — Evansville, IN
- Practice Habits — Fargo, ND
- Practice Habits — Kalamazoo, MI
- Practice Habits — Appleton, WI
- Practice Habits — Champaign, IL
- Practice Habits — Topeka, KS
- Practice Habits — Rochester, MN
- Practice Habits — Lafayette, IN
- Practice Habits — Columbia, MO
- Practice Habits — Joplin, MO
- Practice Habits — Elkhart, IN
- Practice Habits — Springfield, IL
- Practice Habits — St. Cloud, MN
- Practice Habits — Racine, WI
- Practice Habits — Saginaw, MI
- Practice Habits — Iowa City, IA
- Practice Habits — Muskegon, MI
- Practice Habits — Eau Claire, WI
- Practice Habits — Oshkosh, WI
- Practice Habits — Bloomington, IL
- Practice Habits — La Crosse, WI
- Practice Habits — Terre Haute, IN
- Practice Habits — Waterloo, IA
- Practice Habits — Kenosha, WI
- Practice Habits — Janesville, WI
- Practice Habits — Bloomington, IN
- Practice Habits — Jackson, MI
- Practice Habits — Traverse City, MI
- Practice Habits — Rapid City, SD
- Practice Habits — Monroe, MI
- Practice Habits — Jefferson City, MO
- Practice Habits — Niles, MI
- Practice Habits — Sioux City, IA
- Practice Habits — Bismarck, ND
- Practice Habits — Wausau, WI
- Practice Habits — Manhattan, KS
- Practice Habits — Springfield, OH
- Practice Habits — Battle Creek, MI
- Practice Habits — Ames, IA
- Practice Habits — Mansfield, OH
- Practice Habits — Lawrence, KS
- Practice Habits — St. Joseph, MO
- Practice Habits — Sheboygan, WI
- Practice Habits — Muncie, IN
- Practice Habits — Sandusky, OH
- Practice Habits — Michigan City, IN
- Practice Habits — Kankakee, IL
- Practice Habits — Grand Forks, ND
- Practice Habits — Mankato, MN
- Practice Habits — Fond du Lac, WI
- Practice Habits — Bay City, MI
- Practice Habits — Lima, OH
- Practice Habits — Dubuque, IA
- Practice Habits — Decatur, IL
- Practice Habits — Cape Girardeau, MO
- Practice Habits — Columbus, IN
- Practice Habits — Kokomo, IN
- Practice Habits — Midland, MI
- Practice Habits — Grand Island, NE
- Practice Habits — Minot, ND
South
- Practice Habits — Dallas, TX
- Practice Habits — Houston, TX
- Practice Habits — Atlanta, GA
- Practice Habits — Washington, DC
- Practice Habits — Miami, FL
- Practice Habits — Tampa, FL
- Practice Habits — Orlando, FL
- Practice Habits — Charlotte, NC
- Practice Habits — Baltimore, MD
- Practice Habits — San Antonio, TX
- Practice Habits — Austin, TX
- Practice Habits — Nashville, TN
- Practice Habits — Virginia Beach, VA
- Practice Habits — Jacksonville, FL
- Practice Habits — Raleigh, NC
- Practice Habits — Oklahoma City, OK
- Practice Habits — Louisville, KY
- Practice Habits — Richmond, VA
- Practice Habits — Memphis, TN
- Practice Habits — Birmingham, AL
- Practice Habits — Tulsa, OK
- Practice Habits — Greenville, SC
- Practice Habits — New Orleans, LA
- Practice Habits — Knoxville, TN
- Practice Habits — Sarasota metro area, FL
- Practice Habits — McAllen, TX
- Practice Habits — Charleston, SC
- Practice Habits — Baton Rouge, LA
- Practice Habits — El Paso, TX
- Practice Habits — Columbia, SC
- Practice Habits — Cape Coral, FL
- Practice Habits — Lakeland, FL
- Practice Habits — Greensboro, NC
- Practice Habits — Little Rock, AR
- Practice Habits — Deltona, FL
- Practice Habits — Winston-Salem, NC
- Practice Habits — Palm Bay, FL
- Practice Habits — Augusta, GA
- Practice Habits — Durham, NC
- Practice Habits — Fayetteville, AR
- Practice Habits — Jackson, MS
- Practice Habits — Chattanooga, TN
- Practice Habits — Port St. Lucie, FL
- Practice Habits — Huntsville, AL
- Practice Habits — Pensacola, FL
- Practice Habits — Lexington, KY
- Practice Habits — Killeen, TX
- Practice Habits — Wilmington, NC
- Practice Habits — Corpus Christi, TX
- Practice Habits — Ocala, FL
- Practice Habits — Savannah, GA
- Practice Habits — Brownsville, TX
- Practice Habits — Gulfport, MS
- Practice Habits — Myrtle Beach, SC
- Practice Habits — Lafayette, LA
- Practice Habits — Asheville, NC
- Practice Habits — Naples, FL
- Practice Habits — Mobile, AL
- Practice Habits — Spartanburg, SC
- Practice Habits — Beaumont, TX
- Practice Habits — Tallahassee, FL
- Practice Habits — Fayetteville, NC
- Practice Habits — Montgomery, AL
- Practice Habits — Shreveport, LA
- Practice Habits — Hickory, NC
- Practice Habits — Lubbock, TX
- Practice Habits — Huntington, WV
- Practice Habits — Gainesville, FL
- Practice Habits — Clarksville, TN
- Practice Habits — Columbus, GA
- Practice Habits — Roanoke, VA
- Practice Habits — Hagerstown, MD
- Practice Habits — Fort Walton Beach metro area, FL
- Practice Habits — Kingsport, TN
- Practice Habits — Waco, TX
- Practice Habits — Longview, TX
- Practice Habits — College Station, TX
- Practice Habits — Tuscaloosa, AL
- Practice Habits — Laredo, TX
- Practice Habits — Slidell, LA
- Practice Habits — Amarillo, TX
- Practice Habits — Lynchburg, VA
- Practice Habits — Daphne, AL
- Practice Habits — Tyler, TX
- Practice Habits — Lake Charles, LA
- Practice Habits — Hilton Head Island, SC
- Practice Habits — Macon, GA
- Practice Habits — Fort Smith, AR
- Practice Habits — Panama City, FL
- Practice Habits — Charlottesville, VA
- Practice Habits — Gainesville, GA
- Practice Habits — Athens, GA
- Practice Habits — Monroe, LA
- Practice Habits — Punta Gorda, FL
- Practice Habits — Jacksonville, NC
- Practice Habits — Johnson City, TN
- Practice Habits — Lexington Park, MD
- Practice Habits — Warner Robins, GA
- Practice Habits — Auburn, AL
- Practice Habits — Florence, SC
- Practice Habits — Charleston, WV
- Practice Habits — Houma, LA
- Practice Habits — Bowling Green, KY
- Practice Habits — Dover, DE
- Practice Habits — Midland, TX
- Practice Habits — Burlington, NC
- Practice Habits — Abilene, TX
- Practice Habits — Jackson, TN
- Practice Habits — Greenville, NC
- Practice Habits — Blacksburg, VA
- Practice Habits — Odessa, TX
- Practice Habits — Vero Beach metro area, FL
- Practice Habits — Homosassa Springs, FL
- Practice Habits — Decatur, AL
- Practice Habits — Hattiesburg, MS
- Practice Habits — The Villages metro area, FL
- Practice Habits — Florence, AL
- Practice Habits — Dothan, AL
- Practice Habits — Sherman, TX
- Practice Habits — Valdosta, GA
- Practice Habits — Winchester, VA
- Practice Habits — Wichita Falls, TX
- Practice Habits — Rocky Mount, NC
- Practice Habits — Alexandria, LA
- Practice Habits — Dalton, GA
- Practice Habits — Texarkana, TX
- Practice Habits — Albany, GA
- Practice Habits — Morgantown, WV
- Practice Habits — Hammond, LA
- Practice Habits — Harrisonburg, VA
- Practice Habits — Jonesboro, AR
- Practice Habits — Wheeling, WV
- Practice Habits — Cleveland, TN
- Practice Habits — Salisbury, MD
- Practice Habits — Staunton, VA
- Practice Habits — Morristown, TN
- Practice Habits — Elizabethtown, KY
- Practice Habits — Lawton, OK
- Practice Habits — Goldsboro, NC
- Practice Habits — San Angelo, TX
- Practice Habits — Brunswick, GA
- Practice Habits — Anniston, AL
- Practice Habits — Owensboro, KY
- Practice Habits — Steubenville, WV
- Practice Habits — Sebring, FL
- Practice Habits — Pinehurst, NC
- Practice Habits — Beckley, WV
- Practice Habits — Sumter, SC
- Practice Habits — Gadsden, AL
- Practice Habits — Paducah, KY
- Practice Habits — Rome, GA
- Practice Habits — Victoria, TX
- Practice Habits — Hot Springs, AR
- Practice Habits — Hinesville, GA
- Practice Habits — Parkersburg, WV
- Practice Habits — Enid, OK
- Practice Habits — Eagle Pass, TX
West
- Practice Habits — Los Angeles, CA
- Practice Habits — Phoenix, AZ
- Practice Habits — Riverside, CA
- Practice Habits — San Francisco, CA
- Practice Habits — Seattle, WA
- Practice Habits — San Diego, CA
- Practice Habits — Denver, CO
- Practice Habits — Portland, OR
- Practice Habits — Sacramento, CA
- Practice Habits — Las Vegas, NV
- Practice Habits — San Jose, CA
- Practice Habits — Salt Lake City, UT
- Practice Habits — Fresno, CA
- Practice Habits — Tucson, AZ
- Practice Habits — Honolulu, HI
- Practice Habits — Bakersfield, CA
- Practice Habits — Albuquerque, NM
- Practice Habits — Boise, ID
- Practice Habits — Oxnard, CA
- Practice Habits — Stockton, CA
- Practice Habits — Colorado Springs, CO
- Practice Habits — Provo, UT
- Practice Habits — Ogden, UT
- Practice Habits — Spokane, WA
- Practice Habits — Reno, NV
- Practice Habits — Modesto, CA
- Practice Habits — Santa Rosa, CA
- Practice Habits — Visalia, CA
- Practice Habits — Vallejo, CA
- Practice Habits — Salem, OR
- Practice Habits — Santa Maria, CA
- Practice Habits — Salinas, CA
- Practice Habits — Anchorage, AK
- Practice Habits — Eugene, OR
- Practice Habits — Greeley, CO
- Practice Habits — Fort Collins, CO
- Practice Habits — Boulder, CO
- Practice Habits — Kennewick, WA
- Practice Habits — Olympia, WA
- Practice Habits — Merced, CA
- Practice Habits — Bremerton, WA
- Practice Habits — San Luis Obispo, CA
- Practice Habits — Bend, OR
- Practice Habits — Yakima, WA
- Practice Habits — Santa Cruz, CA
- Practice Habits — Prescott metro area, AZ
- Practice Habits — Bellingham, WA
- Practice Habits — Las Cruces, NM
- Practice Habits — Lake Havasu City, AZ
- Practice Habits — Yuma, AZ
- Practice Habits — Medford, OR
- Practice Habits — St. George, UT
- Practice Habits — Chico, CA
- Practice Habits — Billings, MT
- Practice Habits — Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Practice Habits — Yuba City, CA
- Practice Habits — Redding, CA
- Practice Habits — El Centro, CA
- Practice Habits — Idaho Falls, ID
- Practice Habits — Pueblo, CO
- Practice Habits — Grand Junction, CO
- Practice Habits — Logan, UT
- Practice Habits — Maui, HI
- Practice Habits — Santa Fe, NM
- Practice Habits — Hanford, CA
- Practice Habits — Flagstaff, AZ
- Practice Habits — Mount Vernon, WA
- Practice Habits — Napa, CA
- Practice Habits — Albany, OR
- Practice Habits — Bozeman, MT
- Practice Habits — Missoula, MT
- Practice Habits — Wenatchee, WA
- Practice Habits — Sierra Vista, AZ
- Practice Habits — Twin Falls, ID
- Practice Habits — Farmington, NM
- Practice Habits — Longview, WA
- Practice Habits — Cheyenne, WY
- Practice Habits — Corvallis, OR
- Practice Habits — Helena, MT
- Practice Habits — Fairbanks, AK
- Practice Habits — Pocatello, ID
- Practice Habits — Grants Pass, OR
- Practice Habits — Great Falls, MT
- Practice Habits — Casper, WY
- Practice Habits — Lewiston, ID
- Practice Habits — Walla Walla, WA
- Practice Habits — Carson City, NV
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