SuzukiPortland and SuzukiLakeOswego
Parent Development
New Parents entering the SuzukiPortland and SuzukiLakeOswego program participate in a 10 hour class to discover how the Suzuki Philosophy translates into current home life, daily practices, and lessons. The purpose of this class is to help parents become the home teacher, able to partner in a positive way with both teacher and child. Creating this student/parent/teacher partnership is known as the the “Suzuki Triangle.”
Every parent participates in the parent development class sometime during their first year in the program. Class times are TBA, and there is a separate fee for this class.
Reading List for Parents
Required reading for the Parent Education class for new Suzuki Parents:
- Nurtured By Love, Shinichi Suzuki ISBN 0-87487-584-6
- Ability Development From Age Zero, Shinichi Suzuki ISBN 0-87487-580-3
- Helping Parents Practice, Edmund Sprunger ISBN 0-9767854-3-9
Recommended Reading:
- How Muscles Learn: Teaching the Violin with the Body in Mind, Susan Kempter
- Teaching From The Balance Point, Edward Kreitman
- The Myth of Ability—Nurturing Mathematical Talent in Every Child, John Mighton
- The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How. Daniel Coyle
- Journal of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, a quarterly publication of the SAA. Available from suzukiassociation.org
