SUZUKI TRIANGLE (Student, PARENT, Teacher)

7 SUZUKI PARENTAL COMMITMENTS (short version)

1. Practice Daily
2. Listen Daily
3. Strive for Beautiful Tone
4. Strive for Technical Excellence
5. Review
6. Attend Group Classes
7. Create Positive and Nurturing environment


RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUZUKI PARENT (long version)

1. PLAYING RECORDINGS
Be responsible for playing the current record daily, helping to establish the basic patterns of record use.

2. ATTENDING LESSONS
Attend lessons, except on the advice of the teacher, after consultation. Keep in the background while there, remembering the child cannot learn from two teachers at once. If you handle it well, he will not often look your way during lessons after a few weeks.

3. TAKE NOTES DURING LESSON
Parent is quietly in the background during lesson, and acts as a 'secretary' by taking diligent notes, saving questions for the end of the lesson.

4. ALWAYS PRACTE HOME with the child = BE TEACHER's ASSISTANT AT HOME
Set up a routine of practice time at home and make a goal to 'weave practicing into your family life'.

5. BECOMING AWARE OF HOW THE CHILD LEARNS

6. LEARNING BASIC SKILLS OF THE INSTRUMENT

7. OBSERVING & LEARNING FROM OTHER CHILD's LESSONS


Additional resources on this topic:
http://www.cvsmusic.org/responsibilities_of_a_suzuki_par.htm