Some of you moms are great at making sure your child hears the music they are to learn daily, and some of you aren't so great at it. There is always "proof in the pudding" if you know what I mean. The main focus of the Suzuki method is daily listening to the Suzuki repertoire and also listening to the great masters. Children will learn more quickly and easily the pieces in the repertoire if they are able to hear how the music is spoken in their head first.
None of us would have been able to speak our first word if we had not heard it before.
We moms do a great job decorating our homes with lovely flower accents and great trinkets which give our eyes a "treat" when we see it all arranged well. How about we focus on giving our ears a treat as well? Make sure there is "musical wallpaper" in your home. Your child will benefit greatly from this.
Here are some easy ideas for making sure we get good listening in each day:
*your child needs their own CD player, ipod, or mp3 player in their room.
*put a copy of the CD in your car -- don't forget to play it softly when you are running errands with your child in the car. (great multi-tasking)
*you can get fancy and rig your cd player to the lights in a particular room of the house.
*the longer the music plays, the better your child will internalize what they need.
I've tested this, tried it, and proved it true. Moms, believe me.
How much listening should you do each day? Shoot for 2 hours per day this week and lets see what happens....
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Any ideas to your children only wanting to listen to their other music? I will turn it on in their rooms and minutes later they have changed the CD.
Other music is fine as well. My kids listen to different kinds each day. They have been trained to put on the flute CD after practicing each morning- it helps solidify what they have practiced. I don't mind other music going at other times of the day- so there is no guilt when they listen to other stuff, as long as they keep the habit of putting on their Suzuki songs before, during, or after practice. This is how we work it at our home.
We have found and loaded up the iPod shuffle for Samantha so she can listen more! I really do read the blog...
Zane listens at night, but falls asleep quickly. I am going to record his current songs he is working on so they repeat and he hears them more often.
I turn on the CD for Allison in the morning to help her wake up and then she listens while she is getting ready for school. Later, in the afternoon, she practices each of the songs she knows with the CD. It helps her keep steady time and not go too fast on her songs.
Thank you for the advice. I was feeling guilty they weren't listening enough but I think were doing ok now.
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