Teach Suzuki Podcast - By Paula E. Bird

Earlier episodes of the Teach Suzuki Podcast have been archived and are not easily found by listeners who are new to the podcast.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 foundation of a successful Suzuki journey. Does it matter whether parents and teachers share the … Continue reading "172 TSP Suzuki Method’s Six Philosophy Points" The post 172 TSP Suzuki Method’s Six Philosophy Points appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 someone who wants to learn more, join the Teach Suzuki Podcast community. I recently discovered … Continue reading "171 TSP In the Beginning" The post 171 TSP In the Beginning appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 what our students and children need to see in their role models. This can be … Continue reading "170 TSP Get Creative" The post 170 TSP Get Creative appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 Contact Me I really enjoy hearing from my readers and listeners. If you have a … Continue reading "003 TSP Are You Listening" The post 003 TSP Are You Listening appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 mentioned a few resources related to the summer challenge and the summer daze: Episode 62: … Continue reading "169 TSP The Summer Challenge" The post 169 TSP The Summer Challenge appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 Suzuki Blog and Podcast Contact Me I really enjoy hearing from my readers and listeners. … Continue reading "168 TSP So What?" The post 168 TSP So What? appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 are and what we can do to improve these habits and routines, and let us … Continue reading "167 TSP Solvable Problems" The post 167 TSP Solvable Problems appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 our habits. I talked of two books that contain useful information about this subject area. … Continue reading "166 TSP Practice Small, Practice Deep | Mastery" The post 166 TSP Practice Small, Practice Deep | Mastery appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 direction. Here is another episode that discusses the value of learning another skill, such as … Continue reading "165 TSP Practice Woes" The post 165 TSP Practice Woes appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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: IDEAS COMPENDIUM For this month’s focus or theme, we were putting our attention on building … Continue reading "164 TSP Student Problems" The post 164 TSP Student Problems appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 into positive motivation to overcome struggles and frustration. Monthly Focus: IDEAS COMPENDIUM For this month’s … Continue reading "163 TSP Break Free from Limiting Beliefs" The post 163 TSP Break Free from Limiting Beliefs appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 building an “ideas compendium.” This week’s mission was to identify the struggles that teachers might … Continue reading "162 TSP Parent Woes" The post 162 TSP Parent Woes appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 build performance confidence. Monthly Focus: IDEAS COMPENDIUM This month’s focus or theme is to build … Continue reading "161 TSP Recital Celebration" The post 161 TSP Recital Celebration appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 all teachers discover in their studios from time to time. For additional blog articles that … Continue reading "160 TSP I Have a Rooster (Maybe You Do Too)" The post 160 TSP I Have a Rooster (Maybe You Do Too) appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 and motivation slow. Monthly Focus: Humor Our monthly focus is on humor. Humor connects us … Continue reading "159 TSP Fresh Out of Ideas" The post 159 TSP Fresh Out of Ideas appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 focus is on humor. We benefit from humor added to our lives. Humor builds pleasant … Continue reading "158 TSP Helping Parents" The post 158 TSP Helping Parents appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 identify and plan in order to maintain progress or keep from sliding backward. Monthly Focus: … Continue reading "157 TSP Refuse to Quit" The post 157 TSP Refuse to Quit appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 teaching studio? Maybe you have even heard these sorts of complaints in the workplace. Most … Continue reading "156 TSP It’s My Turn | Sibling Rivalry" The post 156 TSP It’s My Turn | Sibling Rivalry appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 the Suzuki Triangle roles. Monthly Focus: Preparation The month’s focus is Preparation, and March is … Continue reading "155 TSP Start From the Center" The post 155 TSP Start From the Center appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.

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 can help to solve behavior problems, build confidence, and assist children to work through emotional … Continue reading "154 Playful Parenting" The post 154 Playful Parenting appeared first on Teach Suzuki Podcast.