Hello my friends. I’ve largely been absent from the blog for the last year. I never intended to neglect the blog so long, and I’m so excited to be re-committing to writing and learning more about teaching. If you’re interested, over the last year, I… began teaching Suzuki Early Childhood Education classes became totally overwhelmed […]
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2017 Plucky Violin Teacher Book Club Schedule
I can’t believe it is already 2017! I really enjoyed the books we read in 2016, and can’t wait to continue to improve myself and my teaching by reading more great books. It was incredibly difficult to narrow down the selection to just one per month, so if you have other suggestions please include them in […]
Free Violin Nutcracker Arrangement
One of the many reasons we want our children to learn the violin or another instrument is to introduce them to the great music of the world. This is the perfect time of year to introduce your children to a wonderful work by a fantastic composer, The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. (Chai-kahv-ski.) You can introduce […]
Nurtured By Love: A Study Guide for Teachers and Parents
February’s book club pick was the quintessential Suzuki “manual,” Nurtured by Love by Shinichi Suzuki. I’ve read this book a few times now, and each time I am struck by the wisdom and love that this great man had for children, and for all people. I feel truly honored to carry on his great work, […]
My Favorite Quotes from The Savvy Music Teacher by David Cutler
This week I wanted to share with you some of my favorite observations from this month’s book club choice: The Savvy Music Teacher by David Cutler. This book has been inspiring and motivating me to be a much more creative and well, savvy music teacher. Here are Eight Amazing Quotes from The Savvy Music Teacher […]
Violin Teacher Book Club: How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk… Edition
Key Points from the Book for Music Teachers… For those of you who are new to this blog, Brecklyn and I are trying to set up a world-wide violin teacher book club for music teachers to study teaching, child development, and business skills. It has been a little slow to get started as we have […]
Four Essential Elements of Spectacular Sight-Reading
The most important one isn’t what you think it is… Are you a good sight-reader? If no, why do you think that is? If yes, were you born that way? My guess is that you said no. If you are a good sight-reader, it’s because you practice sight reading all the time. I don’t think anyone […]
The Plucky Violin Teacher Book Club
Join Us In Our Quest for Continuing Education One of my favorite ideas of the Suzuki Philosophy is the “three legged stool” of parent, teacher, and student to create an ideal learning environment. I also believe that there is another three legged stool that I have to keep balancing. These three legs are business owner, […]