July 7, 2017 by Dorothy Jones, Margaret Watts Romney
When is the ideal age to start a music education? Many teachers start students as young as 3 and 4 years old, but Dorothy Jones took to heart Dr. Suzuki’s admonition to focus on the babies. In this episode, we… Read more ▶
May 29, 2015 by Barbara Balatero, Heather Watson Hardie, Samara Humbert-Hughes, Laura Nerenberg, Alice Ann O'Neill, Kathleen Schoen, Danette Schuh, Rafael Videira
For many Suzuki teachers, SAA Conferences and Leadership Retreats are the best way to kick off summer. Packed full of inspiration and camaraderie, these events are not to be missed! Read more ▶
Early Childhood specialist Dorothy Jones and her daughter, ECE Teacher Sharon Jones, share their experiences with the value of pre-natal listening, including both listening music and speech. Their experiences with children who have been listening before birth have convinced them… Read more ▶
The hallway conversations between parents before and after class always intrigue me. Often, after class has ended and the teachers are writing their comments in the students’ baby class journals, bits of the conversations float into the room. “Is she… Read more ▶
“Dr. Suzuki, you seem to be more interested in the success of the early childhood programs than anything else. Is that right?” Suzuki replied, “Yes. It is so important, the early training. It is difficult to get support for this… Read more ▶
A closer look at the Suzuki Early Childhood Education zero to 3-year-old class: how the Suzuki triangle is applied to this foundational program, how teachers see the growth and development of children through skill layering, and how we teach parents… Read more ▶
Laurel Trainor and David Gerry’s research on very early musical training for babies at McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind has recently been published in Developmental Science and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Read more from ScienceDaily:
Babies’… Read more ▶
The SAA would like to welcome five new Teacher Trainers:
Amy Matherly
Charlton, MA
Violin
Nightingale Chen
Powell, OH
Piano
Priscilla Jones
Bainbridge Island, WA
Cello
Sharon Jones
London, ON
Suzuki Early Childhood Education
Haukur Hannesson
Uppsala, Sweden
Cello
ESA Level V Trainer, added to SAA Registry
We look forward to their service in this new and… Read more ▶
Dorothy’s introduction to the Suzuki Method was in the winter of 1968/69 when daughters Beth and Sharon began Suzuki violin study. Dorothy soon learned about the developments in Suzuki Piano and embarked on her career as an instructor and trainer… Read more ▶
Some of the good news is out with regard to David Gerry’s PhD thesis. You may remember from discussions during Suzuki ECE training or from the last two SAA conferences in Minneapolis that David undertook a project to examine whether… Read more ▶
Ten Things to Know
Suzuki Early Childhood Education (ECE) is a program for parent and child 0-3 years old. (There also is a Prenatal component in Suzuki ECE.)
Suzuki ECE is unique in its emphasis on natural development from birth and the… Read more ▶
SAA: Baby/Toddler Training and Growth in 2008/2009
At the 2006 SAA conference in Minneapolis, 28 teachers registered for Stage One (25 hrs)of the Suzuki Early Childhood Education: Prenatal and Baby years training. This was a new initiative of the SAA and… Read more ▶
Laurel Trainor, director the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind has been awarded a grant from the Grammy Foundation to study the effects of Suzuki ECE music lessons on infants. She and research partner David Gerry hope to show… Read more ▶
On May 10, 2005, I traveled to Huánuco to present the research on Early Childhood development that Roxana and I have been working on. I was very lucky to have Caroline Fraser traveling with me. She was going to give… Read more ▶
July 2, 2005 by Roxana Del Barco Herrera, Maria Luisa Del Rio
Arribamos a Colombia el día viernes 24 de junio para dar inicio al programa de capacitación de Estimulación Temprana Musical en los niveles I y II.
Tuvimos la participación de 11 profesores en el curso 1 durante la mañana y 12… Read more ▶
Jan5-25Festival Suzuki de Peru Lima, Peru Dinámicas para enseñar música en primaria Estimulación Musical 1 – Hola Bebé Estimulación Musical 2 – Hola Bebé Estrategias de la enseñanza para todos los instrumentos Kodaly 1 Kodaly 2 Lectura Musical 1
Jun28to Jul 4Thames Valley Suzuki School London, ON Suzuki Early Childhood Education Prenatal and Early Years, Stage 1 Suzuki Early Childhood Education Prenatal and Early Years, Stage 2 Suzuki Early Childhood Education Prenatal and Early Years, Stage 3 Suzuki Early Childhood Education Prenatal and Early Years, Stage 4 Suzuki Early Childhood Education Prenatal and Early Years, Stage 5
Jul13-17Alberta Summer Suzuki Institute Edmonton, AB Suzuki Early Childhood Education Class Suzuki Early Childhood Education Prenatal and Early Years, Stage 1
Jul19to Aug 1American Suzuki Institute Stevens Point, WI Students Suzuki Early Childhood Education Prenatal and Early Years, Stage 1 Suzuki Early Childhood Education Prenatal and Early Years, Stage 4