"I don't want to practice today!" my daughter said about her daily violin practice. "Why can't I just skip it and practice two hours on Saturday instead?" Thankfully, my husband, a musician himself, jumped in: "You get better results if you practice a little each day." The teacher in me couldn't agree more. He accurately described a learning method we educators know as "spaced practice." Whether it's learning how to play an instrument or learning times tables, it works and even provides something AI can't. Here are 4 reasons you should consider it for your children. 1. It's easier for kids to accept. Which sounds better? "You have to study your spelling words for an hour tonight because your test is tomorrow." Or, "Let's set the timer for eight minutes to go over your spelling words, and then you're done." Getting kids to do something is easier when you break it into smaller chunks of time that are spaced out over several days.  ...