William and I are learning a lot at Suzuki. For those of you not familiar with the program, the parents have to take basic instruction at the same time. The Suzuki method is based on the idea that children learn best through nurturing, so the parent is the only teacher at home. William is doing really well, so far he has learned the following things:
1. All the parts of the violin and bow
2. How to hold the violin and he is working on his bow hold (it is much harder than I realized!)
3. Popcorn fingers
4. Six different rhythms both by sight and sound
5. The foot positions and bowingj
I am certain there is more, but at the moment I can't remember. He will be ready for his real violin very soon!
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