Month: July 2017

070 TSP Habit 3: Put First Things First | Manage Yourself

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Stephen Covey’s Habit 3 advises Suzuki teachers and parents to put first things first in order to be effective when working with children. This is the third habit in the series of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Suzuki Teachers and Parents, based on the 7 Habits as set out by Stephen R. Covey. This episode discusses the importance of setting priorities and managing ourselves in order to be better at managing our time.

Here are links to the resources mentioned in the podcast (affiliate links):

7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (here is the Kindle version)

067: 7 Habits of Highly Effective Suzuki Teachers & Parents (podcast episode that introduces the series)

068: Habit 1: Be Proactive | Take Charge (podcast)

Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind | Scrooge & the Future Ghost (podcast)

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (here is the Kindle version)

The Inner Game of Music by Barry Green with Timothy Gallwey

If you have questions or answers or you would like to comment or leave me a voice mail, you can do so at (512) 537-6356. If you would like to send me an email, you may do so at paula@teachsuzuki.com. I welcome comments and questions about this episode and am interested in hearing about the perspective of other parents and teachers.

You may find more information and useful articles on my blog at: Teach Suzuki Blog.

Until next time,

Happy Practicing!

—– Paula —–

© 2017 by Paula E. Bird

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Reflections — Commitment to Raise Children

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Dr. Suzuki thought that of all the work that a parent does, raising children was the most important. He raised the question of why parents were too busy to spend time developing their children’s abilities and urged parents instead to decide whether being busy or bringing up their children was the more important.

This episode is part of the “Reflections” series of podcast episodes, which are short, minutes long reflections about a quote or other thought from Dr. Shinichi Suzuki’s philosophy or writing. The purpose of these reflections is to give parents and teachers a chance to spend a few minutes thinking about how great the impact might be on the world and our children with merely a slight moment of reflection about a behavior, thought, or attitude.

If you have a comment or suggestion, you can leave me a voice message on my voicemail line at 512-537-6356 or send me an email at paula@teachsuzuki.com.

For more information and articles, visit my blog at:

http://teachsuzuki.blogspot.com.

Until next time,

Happy Practicing!

—– Paula —–

© 2017 by Paula E. Bird

If you would like to make a donation to support the Teach Suzuki Podcast and the blog, click here to donate.

069 TSP Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind | Scrooge & the Future Ghost

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Suzuki teachers and parents need to begin with the end in mind in order to be effective today. This is the second habit in the series of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Suzuki Teachers and Parents, based on the 7 Habits as set out by Stephen R. Covey. This episode discusses why it is important to decide what we want our legacy to be.

Here are links to the resources mentioned in the podcast (affiliate links):

7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (Kindle version)

067: 7 Habits of Highly Effective Suzuki Teachers & Parents (podcast)

068: Habit 1: Be Proactive | Take Charge (podcast)

90-day Square (podcast)

90-day Square and other tools (blog article)

If you have questions or answers or you would like to comment or leave me a voice mail, you can do so at (512) 537-6356. If you would like to send me an email, you may do so at paula@teachsuzuki.com. I welcome comments and questions about this episode and am interested in hearing about the perspective of other parents and teachers.

You may find more information and useful articles on my blog at: Teach Suzuki Blog.

Until next time,

Happy Practicing!

—– Paula —–

© 2017 by Paula E. Bird

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If you would like to make a donation to support the Teach Suzuki Podcast and the blog, click here to donate.

Reflections — Cultivate With Love

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Dr. Suzuki thought that parents were cultivators and bore the ultimate responsibility for ability development. This episode asks the listener to question beliefs about a parent’s responsibility for the child’s education.

This episode is part of the “Reflections” series of podcast episodes, which are short, minutes long reflections about a quote or other thought from Dr. Shinichi Suzuki’s philosophy or writing. The purpose of these reflections is to give parents and teachers a chance to spend a few minutes thinking about how great the impact might be on the world and our children with merely a slight moment of reflection about a behavior, thought, or attitude.

If you have a comment or suggestion, you can leave me a voice message on my voicemail line at 512-537-6356 or send me an email at paula@teachsuzuki.com.

For more information and articles, visit my blog at:

http://teachsuzuki.blogspot.com.

Until next time,

Happy Practicing!

—– Paula —–

© 2017 by Paula E. Bird

If you would like to make a donation to support the Teach Suzuki Podcast and the blog, click here to donate.

068 TSP Habit 1: Be Proactive | Take Charge

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Suzuki teachers and parents need to be proactive and take charge. This is the first habit in the series of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Suzuki Teachers and Parents, based on the 7 Habits as set out by Stephen R. Covey. This episode discusses why it is important to become aware of our language and thoughts in order to feel stronger and more in control of the things that happen in our lives.

Here are links to the resources mentioned in the podcast (affiliate links):

7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (Kindle version)

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Kindle version)

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (Kindle version)

Excellence is a Habit (Podcast Episode)

If you have questions or answers or you would like to comment or leave me a voice mail, you can do so at (512) 537-6356. If you would like to send me an email, you may do so at paula@teachsuzuki.com. I welcome comments and questions about this episode and am interested in hearing about the perspective of other parents and teachers.

You may find more information and useful articles on my blog at: Teach Suzuki Blog.

Until next time,

Happy Practicing!

—– Paula —–

© 2017 by Paula E. Bird

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If you would like to make a donation to support the Teach Suzuki Podcast and the blog, click here to donate.

Reflections — A Parent’s Influence

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Dr. Suzuki thought that a mother’s and father’s influence on children was great, and that “designing every day in happiness will result in a lifetime of happiness.” (Ability Development from Age Zero by Dr. Suzuki)

This episode is part of the “Reflections” series of podcast episodes, which are short, minutes long reflections about a quote or other thought from Dr. Shinichi Suzuki’s philosophy or writing. The purpose of these reflections is to give parents and teachers a chance to spend a few minutes thinking about how great the impact might be on the world and our children with merely a slight moment of reflection about a behavior, thought, or attitude.

If you have a comment or suggestion, you can leave me a voice message on my voicemail line at 512-537-6356 or send me an email at paula@teachsuzuki.com.

For more information and articles, visit my blog at:

http://teachsuzuki.blogspot.com.

Until next time,

Happy Practicing!

—– Paula —–

© 2017 by Paula E. Bird

If you would like to make a donation to support the Teach Suzuki Podcast and the blog, click here to donate.

067 TSP Habits of Highly Effective Suzuki Teachers & Parents

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This episode introduces a new series to the Teach Suzuki Podcast: the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Suzuki Teachers and Parents, based on the 7 Habits as set out by Stephen R. Covey. The episode will relate these habits to the Suzuki journey and suggest ways that we can strengthen our character, Suzuki relationships, and ability development skills and routines. This episode focuses on the framework for habit formation or change, including the steps to build a new habit or eliminate/replace an old one.

Here are links to the resources mentioned in the podcast (affiliate links):

7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (Kindle version)

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (Kindle version)

Excellence is a Habit (Podcast Episode)

If you have questions or answers or you would like to comment or leave me a voice mail, you can do so at (512) 537-6356. If you would like to send me an email, you may do so at paula@teachsuzuki.com. I welcome comments and questions about this episode and am interested in hearing about the perspective of other parents and teachers.

You may find more information and useful articles on my blog at: Teach Suzuki Blog.

Until next time,

Happy Practicing!

—– Paula —–

© 2017 by Paula E. Bird

Join the Teach Suzuki Community!

If you would like to make a donation to support the Teach Suzuki Podcast and the blog, click here to donate.

Reflections — The Ability to be Happy

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Dr. Suzuki thought that happiness was an ability and that children could be taught how to be thankful and build the ability to feel happiness.

This episode is part of the “Reflections” series of podcast episodes, which are short, minutes long reflections about a quote or other thought from Dr. Shinichi Suzuki’s philosophy or writing. The purpose of these reflections is to give parents and teachers a chance to spend a few minutes thinking about how great the impact might be on the world and our children with merely a slight moment of reflection about a behavior, thought, or attitude.

If you have a comment or suggestion, you can leave me a voice message on my voicemail line at 512-537-6356 or send me an email at paula@teachsuzuki.com.

For more information and articles, visit my blog at:

http://teachsuzuki.blogspot.com.

Until next time,

Happy Practicing!

—– Paula —–

© 2017 by Paula E. Bird

If you would like to make a donation to support the Teach Suzuki Podcast and the blog, click here to donate.

066 TSP Interviewing a Parent | How I Handle New Parent Communications

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When a new parent calls the studio for the first time, they may not know what information is important to share or request. Teachers may not have the time to handle these initial communications in a thorough way.

This episode sets out one way to handle these communications. From the initial phone call through the scheduling of the first lesson, the episode lists possible ways to handle the parent communications that will provide useful information to the teacher about the parent and the student.

Here are links to the resources mentioned in the podcast:

The Choleric Personality (podcast episode)

The Melancholy Personality (podcast episode)

The Sanguine Personality (podcast episode)

The Phlegmatic Personality (podcast episode)

If you would like to read Dr. Suzuki’s main books, here are the affiliate links to these books:

Ability Development From Age Zero by Dr. Suzuki (Kindle version)

Nurtured by Love by Dr. Suzuki (Kindle version)

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If you are a parent of a beginning violin student and looking for help in between lessons, consider my book The Twinkle Project as a resource of teaching points, learning steps, and games and activities to assist the parent in practicing at home. I include a great deal of information, tools, worksheets, and checklists to assist parents. A parent who struggles to remember what to do in between weekly lessons will find all the answers in this book.

Many teachers will also find this book a helpful resource because it gathers in one place all the information to be used to teach a beginning violin student from the initial start up steps to the point of performing all the Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star variations. I have included all the tiny steps that I use when I begin a young violin student.

wonderful resource and guide that has all the nuts and bolts organized so nicely for the twinkle stages of study … looking forward to sharing with parents as a useful tool towards goal setting, pacing and achievement! — MD Suzuki teacher

For more information about The Twinkle Project, including the two short movies that explain why I wrote the book and give a good overview of what the book is about and what it contains, visit here. You can purchase the book here.

If you have questions or answers or you would like to comment or leave me a voice mail, you can do so at (512) 537-6356. If you would like to send me an email, you may do so at paula@teachsuzuki.com. I welcome comments and questions about this episode and am interested in hearing about the perspective of other parents and teachers.

You may find more information and useful articles on my blog at: Teach Suzuki Blog.

Until next time,

Happy Practicing!

—– Paula —–

© 2017 by Paula E. Bird

Join the Teach Suzuki Community!

If you would like to make a donation to support the Teach Suzuki Podcast and the blog, click here to donate.