Teach Suzuki Podcast - by Paula E. Bird

One of the biggest struggles I have in my teaching studio is how to engage students to embrace, adopt, and enjoy the process of practicing slowly. Today’s episode demonstrates and discusses my process of evaluating my sound production while practicing s-l-o-w-l-y. Other resources Practice Challenges (episode 192): this episode discusses how to build a practice … Continue reading "193 TSP S-L-O-W-L-Y"

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This episode discusses an idea for developing practice challenges for ourselves. In this episode, I discuss how I used the idea of a practice challenge to work through a rehabilitation of a left-hand injury. I also discuss how these types of challenges can be created to address other issues such as consistency. Other resources This … Continue reading "192 TSP Practice Challenges"

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Today’s episode discusses an important part of our year and how we think about our future. During this holiday season, we can slow our pace to allow us to create mental space to clarify our priorities. How to Encourage the Teach Suzuki Blog and Podcast Buy The Twinkle Project You can support the blog and podcast … Continue reading "191 TSP Holiday Musings, What’s Next?"

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Here are some very important words. We are important. Because we are important, how we act, what we do, and what we say matters. Today’s episode reminds us of why it is important to remember this at all times, whether we are teachers, parents, or students. Other Resources Plucky Violin Teacher (Brecklyn Ferrin) SAA Building … Continue reading "190 TSP Important Words"

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Today’s episode looks at the subject of “teacher triage” and how a teacher might wade through student issues during a lesson. The medical community uses the word “triage” to assess the order of treatment based on the degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses. How could a teacher develop a triage system to assist the … Continue reading "189 TSP Pebble in My Shoe | Teacher Triage"

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What does marathon training have to do with learning how to play a musical instrument? Teachers can gather many ideas that are similar to the lessons learned from training and running a marathon. Other Resources Hal Higdon’s Novice Marathon Training Plan (website) Marathon by Hal Higdon  Marathon by Jeff Galloway [I am an Amazon Associate and the … Continue reading "188 TSP Lessons From Marathon Training"

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How does one live life to the fullest? How does one stay grounded while surrounded by life’s distractions? Today’s episode talks about one useful tool and an exercise that helps us to foster and reflect on developing character principles. Other Resources My A9 Blueline Journal The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron The Daily Stoic by Ryan … Continue reading "187 TSP Developing Character Principles"

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Teachers and parents spend a great deal of time and effort to get students and children to concentrate and focus. A child may look as if he or she is paying attention to us, but we may find out later that the child is not. Today’s episode looks at ideas to help students and children … Continue reading "186 TSP Pay Attention to Me! | Self-Management"

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Music teachers and parents of students who study music and develop the skills to play musical instruments need to focus on some crucial habits in order to succeed. Here are my five suggested habits for music teachers and parents too. Other Resources Habits of Highly Effective Suzuki Teachers & Parents (podcast) Excellence is a Habit (podcast) Three … Continue reading "185 TSP Five Habits for Music Teachers (and Parents too)"

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When you go on a trip, before you pull the car out of your driveway, you need to know where you are going. Today’s episode talks about the importance of defining your mission statement to design your life. Other Resources 7 Habits Card Deck Habits of Highly Effective Suzuki Teachers & Parents (podcast) Habit 2: Begin … Continue reading "184 TSP Define Your Mission Statement"

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