Teach Suzuki Podcast - by Paula E. Bird

Teach Suzuki Podcast - by Paula E. Bird episodes:

• 10.06.2019

  183 TSP Make My Job Easier | Dear Parent

  This episode is an open letter to parents or students who study a music instrument and sets out the basic steps for parents to ensure their children succeed. Other Resources Atomic Habits by James Clear How to Encourage the Teach...

  
• 09.29.2019

  182 TSP Setbacks | Managing Your Expectations

  How do we recognize a setback in our practice routines or our learning progression? How can we address these setbacks? What are the dangers of unrealistic, uninformed, or nonexistent expectations? Today’s episode will discuss all these topics and suggest some...

  
• 09.22.2019

  181 TSP The Reluctant Student

  What can we do if a student refuses to participate in lessons? How do we handle the reluctant student — the student who does not seem to be engaged with lessons or learning? How to Encourage the Teach Suzuki Blog...

  
• 09.15.2019

  180 TSP Good Citizenship

  Dr. Suzuki told us that teaching music was not his main purpose. He wanted to make good citizens. He said, “If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline...

  
• 09.08.2019

  179 TSP The Power of Checklists

  We do a lot of different things in a day. What if there were a way to speed up our daily, weekly, and monthly tasks so that we could squeeze a few minutes free, or better yet, make our tasks...

  
• 09.01.2019

  178 TSP Draw Them In: Build Concentration and Focus

  I live on a ranch with chickens, dogs, alpacas, and several donkeys, along with the occasional horse. My rural ranch life has provided me with many colorful examples of activities and techniques about how to be an effective parent or...

  
• 08.25.2019

  177 TSP Don’t Make Life Easy!

  Parents naturally want to shield their children from frustration, struggle, and harm. The greatest gift parents can give their children is the value of work. Nature gives us examples of work to hatch, to thrive, and to grow stronger, taller,...

  
• 08.18.2019

  176 TSP Starting a New Student and Parent | Resources for New Parents/Teachers

  Starting a new relationship between a teacher, student, and parent is an important step, and there are many things to be sure and put into place for the relationship to succeed in the future. Today’s episode looks at how a...

  
• 08.11.2019

  175 TSP How Do You Get Things Done?

  How do you get things done when you do not want to do anything? How do you deal with clutter — physical, mental, and emotional? How do you handle the tendency to procrastinate? This episode looks at several reasons why...

  
• 08.04.2019

  174 TSP Change Your Perspective

  Have you considered your perspective and how you think about things? Do you have a process that you can follow to find out what your perspective is? Today’s episode offers a six-step process that asks particular questions to discover what...

  
• 07.28.2019

  173 TSP Listen to This!

  Many of the Teach Suzuki podcast episodes are archived now, but they are still relevant to a teacher or parent. This episode looks at the topic of one of the first podcast episodes. An important element of the Suzuki Method...

  
• 07.21.2019

  172 TSP Suzuki Method’s Six Philosophy Points

  Earlier episodes of the Teach Suzuki Podcast have been archived and are not easily found by listeners who are new to the podcast. Here is an important early episode. The Suzuki Method contains 6 basic philosophy points that are the...

  
• 07.14.2019

  171 TSP In the Beginning

  Are you a parent with a child studying music using the Suzuki Method? Are you a teacher who uses the Suzuki Method? Are you a student learning with the Suzuki Method? If you are any one of these or perhaps...

  
• 07.07.2019

  170 TSP Get Creative

  Suzuki teachers and parents role model coping and managing strategies about life for our students and children. This takes a lot of work. We have to think of what to do as a role model as well as think about...

  
• 07.04.2019

  003 TSP Are You Listening

  Today’s episode discusses the importance of listening to ability and skill development. Every person who has struggled to learn new music repertoire will find the information in this podcast episode helpful. How to Encourage the Teach Suzuki Blog and Podcast...

  
• 06.30.2019

  169 TSP The Summer Challenge

  Summer breaks and vacations present challenges that differ from the rest of the year. Today I look at three ideas that have been successful in my studio at guiding my students and studio parents to practice more without complaint. I...

  
• 06.23.2019

  168 TSP So What?

  What do you do when a student or a parent comes into your teaching studio with a set of excuses for why they did not practice enough or at all? Have you tried, “so what?” How to Encourage the Teach...

  
• 06.16.2019

  167 TSP Solvable Problems

  We all have problems and today’s episode offers five strategies to solve any problem. Monthly Focus: Habits This month’s focus or theme is to take a closer look at our habits. Let us focus on what our actual daily habits...

  
• 06.09.2019

  166 TSP Practice Small, Practice Deep | Mastery

  I think everyone should spend time in the “learning mode” in order to remember that the main road to skill mastery and ability development is filled with opportunities to practice small and practice deep by how we choose to build...

  
• 06.02.2019

  165 TSP Practice Woes

  Many teachers, parents, and students struggle with practice issues: lack of desire, lack of time, or lack of know-how. The practice struggle can be easily altered by a change in perspective and renewed commitment to take action in a different...

  
• 05.26.2019

  164 TSP Student Problems

  Many teachers struggle with student problems that can frustrate teachers’ lesson plans. Today’s episode looks at various student issues that teachers (and sometimes parents) encounter through various student age levels and discusses how teachers can address these problems. Monthly Focus:...

  
• 05.19.2019

  163 TSP Break Free from Limiting Beliefs

  Many teachers, parents, and students struggle to overcome limiting beliefs about their abilities to succeed or overcome difficulties. This episode looks at the power of limiting beliefs, how to break free from their negative pull, and how to transform them...

  
• 05.12.2019

  162 TSP Parent Woes

  This episode looks at three basic areas that teachers may struggle with the parenting part of the Suzuki Triangle: location, scheduling, and parenting issues. Monthly Focus: IDEAS COMPENDIUM For this month’s focus or theme, we were putting our attention on...

  
• 05.05.2019

  161 TSP Recital Celebration

  How do we prepare a relaxed and poised recital performance to demonstrate our work and skill development to our best abilities? This episode discusses building a recital preparation checklist, choosing recital selections, setting memorization deadlines, and showing students how to...

  
• 04.28.2019

  160 TSP I Have a Rooster (Maybe You Do Too)

  What happens if you raise chicken hens for the eggs and find out that you have a rooster in the bunch? What does this problem have to do with teaching and parenting? This podcast episode looks at the roosters that...

  
• 04.21.2019

  159 TSP Fresh Out of Ideas

  Are you feeling a bit blah? Do you recycle the same ideas over and over? Do you need some new ideas or ways to do things? This episode considers ways to address those times when our teaching and parenting enthusiasm...

  
• 04.14.2019

  158 TSP Helping Parents

  Helping parents? How can teachers help parents? Is there anything a parent can do to help a teacher understand what help the parent needs? This episode looks at these questions and offers some useful ideas. Monthly Focus: Humor Our monthly...

  
• 04.07.2019

  157 TSP Refuse to Quit

  We have preferred behaviors to accomplish particular goals, but many of us quit when we are unable to do our preferred behaviors because life interrupted our routines and disrupted our schedules. This episode suggests two more categories of behaviors to...

  
• 03.31.2019

  156 TSP It’s My Turn | Sibling Rivalry

  Sibling rivalry is familiar to all parents and teachers. “It’s my turn!” “I don’t want to go first! It’s your turn to go first!” “I get the front seat!” “I had the toy first!” Sound familiar in your home or...

  
• 03.24.2019

  155 TSP Start From the Center

  What connection is there between sleep relaxation exercises, chicken coop tarps, and Dr. Suzuki’s advice to self-reflect? Today’s episode looks at the “center outward” approach to teaching and parenting within the framework of the Suzuki teaching and parenting philosophy and...

  
• 03.17.2019

  154 Playful Parenting

  Today’s episode discusses Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D. This interesting book offers us entertaining stories and useful anecdotes to show parents (and teachers) how to build closer connections with their children. Through the use of play, parents and teachers...

  
• 03.10.2019

  153 TSP And Another Thing . . .

  What does perseverance, expectation, and awesomeness have to do with each other? Is there a connection? I argue that these concepts have a great deal to do with each other and will affect the development of our children’s and students’...

  
• 03.03.2019

  152 TSP 10 Feet Focus & The Preparation Road

  When we begin a journey or project, are we prepared? And even if we are prepared for the journey as we imagine it will be, will we be prepared for anything else that might come our way? How do we...

  
• 02.24.2019

  151 TSP What’s Your Story?

  Problems arise from our dramatic descriptions or retelling of events, whether about practicing, being busy, taking notes, or forgetting homework assignments. This episode looks at typical teacher, parent, or student stories and how they may adversely impact our ability to...

  
• 02.17.2019

  150 TSP Stop Hitting the Traffic Cones! | Practice Techniques for Speeding

  Today’s episode discusses the issue of students’ speeding through practice sessions or lessons. How can we effectively help a student find and remain at the most effective practice speed? Today’s episode discusses three areas where we can suggest controlling adjustments:...

  
• 02.10.2019

  149 TSP Give Me Your Word

  Today’s episode discusses the power of the words we choose to use — both negatively and positively. From this starting point, I discuss how the words we use and the power they have can create a new possibility of vision....

  
• 02.04.2019

  148 TSP Possibility

  Today’s episode focuses on the possibility that we can look for, find, or create in and for our children. As parents and teachers, do we see the potential or possibility in our children? Do we see beyond the daily noise and...

  
• 01.27.2019

  147 TSP Can You See It? | Intention and Vision

  Today’s episode focuses entirely on the weekly mission of getting clarity of our intention and vision. Monthly Focus: CLARITY Previous episodes introduced the new feature on the podcast: the monthly focus or theme and a weekly mission with some suggested...

  
• 01.20.2019

  146 TSP Any Questions?

  This episode takes a look at 7 focus questions that will improve our ability to teach or coach. I discuss the book, The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier. This...

  
• 01.13.2019

  145 TSP What is Your Story? | The Suzuki Triangle

  Today’s episode discusses a Suzuki Triangle goal setting tool that brings an interesting perspective to the Suzuki Triangle relationship of the parent, student, and teacher. This tool brings the goals of each person in the Suzuki Triangle relationship together and...

  
• 01.06.2019

  144 TSP Three Steps for Success | P-L-S

  Today’s episode sets out a simple three-step plan that leads to success on the Suzuki music journey. These three steps are simple to remember and follow: P-L-S. P – Practice L – Listen S – Support Monthly Focus: CLARITY Today’s...

  
• 12.30.2018

  143 TSP Can You See It? | The Power of Visualization

  One of the most powerful tools for creating successful practices, lessons, or change is visualization. Today’s episode offers a look at a few powerful visualization tools that teachers and parents can use to build future success in lessons, home practices,...

  
• 12.23.2018

  142 TSP The Power of Touch

  One important way to communicate and be strongly connected with another is by using the power of touch. Today’s episode discusses the value of connecting through touch and how we can include this power to deepen our connections and communication...

  
• 12.16.2018

  141 TSP Affirmations for Music Teachers & Parents

  Today’s episode discusses how to change our attitude and focus to create a more positive life that affirms our desired behaviors and attitudes. If you struggle with some areas of your life as a teacher or parent, try the steps...

  
• 12.09.2018

  140 TSP The Best Way to Plan (Annual Review)

  We are nearing the end of 2018. It’s time to do an annual review. In this episode I discuss several tools that help us to do an annual review. I focus time on the Best Year Yet! method as outlined by Jinny...

  
• 12.02.2018

  139 TSP Last Chance (2018)

  We are nearing the end of 2018. How can we use our time wisely right now to finish 2018 with style and prepare room for expansion for 2019. I propose several questions that I find useful to  help me clear...

  
• 11.25.2018

  138 TSP Conference Joy (IMTEX 2018)

  I recently returned from another wonderful International Music Teachers Exchange (IMTEX) conference in Remscheid, Germany, where I gathered together with many teachers from all over the world to share new ideas, discoveries, and solutions, and I met once again friends...

  
• 11.18.2018

  137 TSP Eva Belvelin Interview (Teacher Resources)

  I recently returned from another wonderful International Music Teachers Exchange (IMTEX) conference in Remscheid, Germany, where I joined many of my dear colleagues from all around the world to share ideas, discoveries, friendship, and our love of teaching music. Under...

  
• 11.11.2018

  136 TSP Polishing

  What do Suzuki teachers mean when they talk about polishing a piece? This episode takes an in depth look at the subject of polishing: what it is, when we do it, how do we do it, and how can we...

  
• 11.04.2018

  135 TSP Motivating the Older Student (Teenager)

  Motivating younger children is different and perhaps easier than motivating the older student. Today’s episode looks at the how teaching a teenager or older student is different and how a teenager’s basic needs may impact the learning process. I surveyed...