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Megan Orton is a Suzuki trained violin teacher, a parent, and owns Mindful Media where she shares about screen time and parenting and helps parents and caregivers make smart decisions about screen times in their homes.  We have a great conversation about how low efffort - high reward ativities like some kinds of screen time can make it hard to transition into more deeply focused work like music practice and some ideas to think about as you navigate screen time and music practice (or talk to families in your program who do).  Links in this Episode Find Megan Orton's Handouts and Website HERE Join Christine's March 7th Talk as an Individual or as a Studio Resources at SuzukiTriangle.com Connect with Christine on Instagram Request a Parent Talk, Presentation, or Book Club Discussion with Christine  TRANSCRIPT  

Music educator and expert on helping kids with musci practice, Barbie Wong is back this week for her monthly conversation with us on the podcast. We address the topic of helping foster practice at home for music students that is focusted and systematic vs "playing through" that many families tell us they are lookng to avoid.  Enjoy and let us know what you would add to our list!  Links in this Episode: Find Chrstine's Books HERE Find Barbie Wong's Website HERE Book - Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Anders Eriksson Join Christine & Barbie in the Musical Nest Community   Resources at SuzukiTriangle.com Connect with Christine on Instagram Request a Parent Talk, Presentation, or Book Club Discussion with Christine    TRANSCRIPT  

This week we're discussing the idea of music practice as quality time: quality time with your child (if you're involved in their music practice), quality time with our instrument, or with music we love and we'll hear from three parents who share how they think about music practice as quality time in their house.  If you have a story like this to share, please reach out, because I will be sharing more examples in a future episode!    Links in this Episode: Beyond the Music Lesson Book Amy Beth Horman Episode 48 & 49  Find Christine's books HERE Resources at SuzukiTriangle.com Connect with Christine on Instagram Request a Parent Talk, Presentation, or Book Club Discussion with Christine  TRANSCRIPT  

Speech Pathologist and Executive Function Skills expert Tera Sumpter joins us this week to talk about executive function skills and music practice. If you've ever felt like "something is going on here that is about more than music" this episode is for you!  Links in this Episode: Find Christine's books HERE Resources at SuzukiTriangle.com Connect with Christine on Instagram Request a Parent Talk, Presentation, or Book Club Discussion with Christine  Connect with Tera Sumpter & Find her resources below:  Instagram Education:  @TeraSumpter_SLP Global Executive Function Education:  https://community.terasumpter.com/ Website:  terasumpter.com The Seeds of Learning book   TRANSCRIPT  

As we enter the new year, this short episode is meant to give you food for thought as you set your goals or intentions for your music life in the new year. That could be for your own music practice or for your child(ren) involved in music lessons. Whenever you listen, I hope it gives you some good starting points to think about your own goals and intentions for the coming months.   Links in this episode:  Setting Families Up for Success: Join Christine's 10 hour SAA Enrichment course for teachers starting January 9th ARTICLE about setting intentions  Resources at SuzukiTriangle.com Connect with Christine on Instagram Request a Parent Talk, Presentation, or Book Club Discussion with Christine  TRANSCRIPT    

This week, as the holidays are upon us we're revisiting a practice tip from expert guest Nicola Cantan. This is a short excerpt from a longer episode 80 when Nicola came and joined us on the podcast. You can find the link to the full episode and to Nicola's resources below. I enjoyed revisiting this practice advice and found it super valuable and I'm sure you will too!  Links in this episode:  Setting Families Up for Success: Join Christine's 10 hour SAA Enrichment course for teachers starting January 9th Listen to the full interview with Nicola Cantan from Episode 80  HERE Nicola Cantan's Website: Vibrantmusicteaching.com Nicola Cantan's blog Practice Pie by Nicola Cantan TRANSCRIPT  

It's a busy time of year. It seems teachers, students and families alike are go-go-go. I am hitting pause this week to share 6 things keeping me motivated, inspired, and engaged in music over the last couple of weeks. My list may look totally different than yours, but I hope in listening to mine you can connect with what would go on YOUR list and that we all remember why we do what we do. Happy listening!    Links in this Episode:  Setting Families Up for Success: Join Christine's 10 hour SAA Enrichment course for teachers starting January 9th Resources at SuzukiTriangle.com Connect with Christine on Instagram Request a Parent Talk, Presentation, or Book Club Discussion with Christine  TRANSCRIPT  

This week we're welcoming Linda Piatt back to the podcast for part two of our conversation together. This is an important episode for parents and music educators that tackles the topic of unexpected and concerning behaviors that may come up. Linda talks us through a framework from Dr. Ross Greene that made all the difference in her family in both music practice and school.    Links in this Episode with Linda Piatt  Suzuki Teacher? Join Christine's 10 hour SAA Enrichment course starting January 9th Helping Parents Practice by Edmund Sprunger Gebrain on TTP Mindset Neuroscience Podcast, Stephanie Faye Music Practice Makeover by Christine Goodner Collaborative Proactive Solutions and Dr. Ross Greene link: https://livesinthebalance.org/our-solution/ Linda Piatt's Website TRANSCRIPT episode 108  

Expert Guest Linda Piatt starts off this two part podcast series with what she has learned as a parent of two young musicians (in addition to being a performer and music educator) about making home practice work. She has great tips & insights to share and I can't wait for you to listen!    Links in this Episode with Linda Piatt  Beyond the Music Lesson Book Discussion: A Parent talk FREE for Newsletter Subscribers (Sign up HERE) Suzuki Teacher? Join Christine's 10 hour SAA Enrichment course starting January 9th Helping Parents Practice by Edmund Sprunger Dr. Molly Gebrain on TTP Mindset Neuroscience Podcast, Stephanie Faye Music Practice Makeover by Christine Goodner Collaborative Proactive Solutions and Dr. Ross Greene link: https://livesinthebalance.org/our-solution/ Linda Piatt's Website TRANSCRIPT  

This week we're revisiting a short practice tip from three previous expert guest interviews: cellist and composer Bianca d'Avila do Prado, flutist and author Meret Bitticks, and violinist and nonprofit expert consultant Dr. Elizabeth Guerriero.  Typically at the end of each interview I ask guests what their favorite practice tip or idea is at the time of the interview and its always great to revisit these little nuggets of wisdom on their own - I can't wait for you to listen!  Links in this Episode:  Beyond the Music Lesson Book Discussion: A Parent talk FREE for Newsletter Subscribers (Sign up HERE) Suzuki Teacher? Join Christine's 10 hour SAA Enrichment course starting January 9th Episode 69 with Bianca d'Avila do Prado, Find her music HERE Episode 64 with Meret Bitticks, find her book HERE  Episode 67 with Dr. Elizabeth Guerriero TRANSCRIPT  

This week we're welcoming back monthly guest Barbie Wong to talk about supporting teens and preteens in music lessons from both the parent and teacher perspectives. We'd love to hear what you'd add to the conversation after listening!  Links in this Episode: Barbie Wong's Website: Barbiewong.com The Musical Nest Community: Barbiewong.com/community Positive Practice: 5 Ways to Help Your Child Develop a Love of Music Monthly Newsletter: SuzukiTriangle.com/newsletter TRANSCRIPT  

This week we're talking about why we need community in music education, whether we're a teacher, student or parent/caregiver supporting our child in music and some practical ideas to build community around us to help support our musical growth and practice.  Links in this episode:  Article by  Dr. Elisa Janson Jones https://www.musicteacherguild.org/articles/community-building-and-its-long-term-impact-on-music-education-1   Request a Parent Talk, Presentation, or Book Club Discussion with Christine  Connect with Christine on Instagram  Christine's Website TRANSCRIPT  

Dr. Elizabeth Morrow a cellist, music educator, certified dyslexia therapist, and creator of NoteSense® joins us this week to share her multisensory approach to teaching note reading. We'll hear how she combined research on teaching students with dyslexia to read print along with her knowledge of music reading and theory to create a system to help students who are not finding success with learning to read music the traditional way.  Links in this episode: Office Hours Link Sat Nov 8th or Fri Nov 14 Elizabeth Morrow's Website: NoteSenseMusic.com Reach out to Dr. Morrow: info at notesensemusic.com Resources at SuzukiTriangle.com You can email:Christine at SuzukiTriangle.com or connect with her on Instagram Request a Parent Talk, Presentation, or Book Club Discussion with Christine  Google Form to submit your practice tip for a future podcast TRANSCRIPT    

This week Christine is sharing two tips for engaging music practice from listener Lauren, who is the mom of two Suzuki Piano students ages 7 & 11. She reached out and shared two engaging practice ideas that are working at their house for music practice. I can't wait to hear if you try them as well!  If you'd like to submit a practice tip for a future episode you can submit it through THIS form.  Links in this Episode:  Music Practice Makeover (Amazon, Bookshop.org) Q-bitz game  Episode 57 with Leslie Thackeray of the Practice Shoppe Listen HERE Episode 64 with Flute Teacher Trainer Meret Bitticks Listen HERE MyFreeBingoCards.com TRANSCRIPT  

Our frequent expert guest Barbie Wong is back this month for a great discussion on the comparison trap and how we can help our child(ren) make more progress in music lessons.  Links in this Episode:  Barbie Wong's Website: Barbiewong.com The Musical Nest Community: Barbiewong.com/community Christine Goodner's website: SuzukiTriangle.com Request a Parent Talk, Presentation, or Book Club Discussion with Christine  Monthly Newsletter: SuzukiTriangle.com/newsletter TRANSCRIPT