Our Suzuki piano lessons at our little school are, in a word, amazing. It's not just the teacher, or the lessons.... it's the combination of the comfortable setting of the school house, the beautiful collaborative learning between the kids, the dynamic teacher, and the natural method of Suzuki. It just works, and it's just amazing.
My boys have forgotten everything they learned from Suzuki violin. Let's face it, they have been out of it for years... and years to an 8 year old is like decades to an adult. I'm not sure if there are little nuggets tucked away back in their minds, that they are completely unaware of, or if they are just taking to this extremely well on its own. Each of our five students in class are doing an equally awesome job!
We began these lessons the second week of August. Here it is, late October, and not only are they able to play a few songs with both hands, they are learning something more important: the ability to pick out a song by ear and the familiarity with the keys to feel comfortable doing so. Asa and Addison learned "Be Still and Know" in a week and a half. Maybe if I had learned in a similar manner, I could have ventured off of the notes on the page a little. Instead, I could only read and play.
Needless to say, we will be continuing our group lessons.
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