Hi there, young teacher here! I'm looking for advice on enhancing proprioception, posture, and ear training with one of my students, who has transferred to me from another teacher. She started violin at 8 years old in her home country, learned some basics and got up to Go Tell Aunt Rhody in Suzuki Book 1 and abandoned playing when her family moved here to Mongolia. She restarted with me around a month ago (as I'm one of very few English-speaking teachers in the country), so we're on lesson 5. She's now 10 years old.

Her posture, proprioception, and listening ability are a bit shaky, and I'm looking for advice to help. Especially with posture, my corrections haven't really 'stuck', and I want to make sure her set-up is solid to avoid tension/injury as we progress.

First, she sometimes confuses left and right hands, and places the violin in improper positions (while in rest position, or even setting down the violin on surfaces...…