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Effective Music Practice at Home

Extracurriculars, Music · January 20, 2025

Effective Music Practice at Home

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Cardboard instruments are a rite of passage for be

Cardboard instruments are a rite of passage for beginner Suzuki method students.

They allow young hands to get accustomed to treating a small, fragile musical instrument with care.

Today on the blog I’m sharing how and why I made a cardboard viola for my 18-month-old. (I also share the template!)

#suzukimethod #violin #cardboard

Have you tried your hand at making a cardboard instrument?

Wee hours of the morning and working on my daughte

Wee hours of the morning and working on my daughter’s practice checklist for the week. ☕️🎻

Competition is over, so it’s time to dive into a new concerto! 🙃
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#violinist

Reading is such a foundational skill - don’t let

Reading is such a foundational skill - don’t let it fade over the summer!

Here are 6 tips for boosting reading this summer with your elementary student…

🍉 Plan outings around your reading (or vice versa).

🍉 Make the library part of your summer routine.

🍉 Dive into Shakespeare and try memorising some lines… and acting them out!

🍉 Get creative with when you do family read-alouds.

🍉 Don’t forget audiobooks for those long car rides.

🍉 Help your independent reader set goals for the summer… and consider rewarding her with book money if she meets her goals.

My daughter loves a book shop date with her mum. 💞

Happy reading! 📚🌴
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#homeschoollife #homeschoolmom #homeschoolblog #summerreading

We started science when we started school...

🥀 My daughter’s imagination is wild - from aliens and zombies (thank you, dad) to enchanted roses and mythical creatures.

🪐 She can start to comprehend what an atom is and how the solar system functions.

📚 I don’t assume something is too difficult and wait on it until she’s “older”. We just start with fundamentals and build up from there.

👧🏼👦🏼 It never ceases to amaze me how much even very young children can comprehend.
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