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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 a parent or teacher say when a child says, “This is hard!” This episode explores what a parent and teacher can do to teach a child the value of hard work.
My book, The Twinkle Project, is discounted 20% through September 2, 2019. Last week’s episode shared a large number of resources for new parents or for teachers beginning a new student. One of those resources is my book about teaching violin, which I wrote expressly for this purpose. In this book, I lay out conversations that I have with new parents regarding the Suzuki philosophy, the basic features of the Suzuki program, the important components that will lead to successful practices and consistent progress, as well as many activities and instructions for proper posture and setup. One of my most useful items in the book is my checklist of activities, which lists all the activities I use to start a new student and progress through the beginning stages to the Twinkle Variations — in the progression order that I use with my students.
I am currently offering my digital book at a special 20% discount through September 2 (Labor Day). In order to claim the discount, on the final page of checkout enter the code fall2019 to receive the 20% discount. Be sure to enter “fall2019” at checkout to get the 20% discount. If you would like to hear the podcast episode that discusses how to start a new student and parent, click here.
I wrote The Twinkle Project, to help teachers and parents of young violin beginners. This book takes teachers and parents through all of the steps to teach a complete violin beginner all the way through the “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” variations and begin the next steps to learn “Lightly Row.” Included in the book are many forms and checklists to guide teachers and parents through the progression of steps to learn this important initial stage to play the violin.
The following video explains why I wrote this book.
This video discusses what the book is about.
Episode 54, The Twinkle Project (this podcast episode examines the book in more depth)
I am currently offering my digital book at a special 20% discount through September 2 (Labor Day). In order to claim the discount, on the final page of checkout enter the code fall2019 to receive the 20% discount. Be sure to enter “fall2019” at checkout to get the 20% discount.
Other Resources
If you would like to listen again to the episodes about “overparenting”:
How to Raise an Adult | Avoid Overparenting
What is Our Message? | How to Raise an Adult
Life Skills for Children | Avoid Overparenting
Teach Them to Think |Avoid Overparenting
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I really enjoy hearing from my readers and listeners. If you have a question, a comment, a suggestion, or an idea for future articles and podcast episodes, please consider contacting me. You can find me by email (paula@teachsuzuki.com) or find me on Facebook (Teach Suzuki).
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.
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Until next time,
Happy Practicing! Watch how you practice, and practice accurately!
—– Paula —–
© 2019 by Paula E. Bird
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