Teach Suzuki Podcast - by Paula E. Bird

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 Suzuki Blog and Podcast Buy The Twinkle Project You can support the blog and podcast … Continue reading "183 TSP Make My Job Easier | Dear Parent"

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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 possibilities for addressing setbacks and managing our expectations. Other Resources Draw Them In: Build Concentration … Continue reading "182 TSP Setbacks | Managing Your Expectations"

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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 and Podcast Buy The Twinkle Project You can support the blog and podcast by making … Continue reading "181 TSP The Reluctant Student"

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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 and endurance. They get a beautiful heart.” How do we teach our children and students … Continue reading "180 TSP Good Citizenship"

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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 easier to perform so that we didn’t have to work so hard at them? How … Continue reading "179 TSP The Power of Checklists"

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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 teacher. This episode shares some of those rural lessons as I relate them to the … Continue reading "178 TSP Draw Them In: Build Concentration and Focus"

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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, and fuller. How can parents help guide their children to grow and thrive? What can … Continue reading "177 TSP Don’t Make Life Easy!"

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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 beginning music lesson journey can begin with a new student and parent. Other Resources I … Continue reading "176 TSP Starting a New Student and Parent | Resources for New Parents/Teachers"

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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 we clutter and procrastinate and suggests several possible solutions. Other Resources I talked about other … Continue reading "175 TSP How Do You Get Things Done?"

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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 perspective or bias you may be holding about an important topic, even though you may … Continue reading "174 TSP Change Your Perspective"

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