Five Things I’m Loving This Week–February 4, 2016
Hello teacher friends!
Here’s this week’s round-up of violin teaching resources, tips, and tricks.
- I love this blog post from a fellow Suzuki teacher titled “A Student Hit Me.” Read it, it’s not what you think! All joking aside though, I’m excited to see a possible remedy for the limp fish bow hand!
- This is an old blog post, but I think it’s a great one! It’s by a dedicated Suzuki mom, and it’s called “Being a Suzuki Parent Is Harder Than Being a Homeschool Parent.” It’s a good post to share with parents in your studio.
- I may be a little biased because this article was written by my cousin-in-law, but I think this article in the Deseret News (major paper here in Utah) is fantastic. Tiffany Lewis is a journalist, and Suzuki mom. In her recent article, she compares the long road of parenting to the long journey of becoming a proficient Suzuki violinist. I loved it.
- Here’s another great blog post about motivating children to practice. I loved the suggestion about giving very specific praise before pointing out something that could be improved.
- For your listening pleasure, my favorite rendition of Ysaye’s Third Sonata “Ballade” performed by Ilya Kaler. It’s…stunning, it gives me chills.
Have a great weekend, and be plucky!
Brecklyn
Thank you for continuing to find and share these great resources! I’m getting all sorts of teaching ideas.
I’m so glad, thank you Greg!
I loved all of these, but especially the article by your cousin. I will be sharing this with the parents of my beginners’ group, who have their own informal class & “support group” while I work with the beginners group. Thank you so much for finding these gems and sharing them!
Thank you, Elise! I love the idea of having a parent class and support group. How do you put that together? Does someone else lead that class?