Remember last week, when I said the boys were sick? Well, now I’m sick. Super stuffy nose. I’m a mess, but I really don’t want to cancel students. I always feel like they get so derailed if we skip a week of lessons! What do you do when you have a cold? Skype lessons? I’d love to know, please share in the comments.
But don’t worry, I wasn’t going to skip my round-up of violin teaching tips, tricks, and resources from the around the web! It’s one of the highlights of my week.
- I really enjoyed the resources shared by Paula Bird in her recent blog post. I especially recommend listening to her blogcast, “Let’s Get Ready to Play.” I love to hear/see how teachers interact with their students. It’s invaluable information!
- Alan Duncan’s blog posts on The Suzuki Experience are always so great. I especially appreciated this one, here’s my favorite quote, “It’s hard to be greedy and grateful at the same time.” Since my one-word-theme for 2016 is gratitude, this really spoke to me. I realized that sometimes I need to step back and take the 30,000 foot view with my students and just appreciate how far they’ve come, and maybe not push SO hard all the time.
- This video short on “From the Top” made me laugh out loud. So funny, have you seen it? Do you have students who make weird faces while they play?
- I don’t know what it is, but I think I have a student with a broken arm almost 75% of the year, so I really loved this post on Claire Allen’s blog about what to do with violin students when they have a broken arm. What are your strategies for these times?
- I haven’t printed mine yet, but I am so excited to use these Composer Trading Cards with my students. I think they will work best for the 7-11 crowd.
Do you have a music teaching blog? I would love to read it, I just can’t get enough! Share your blog in the comments so I can check it out!
