Suzuki Music Camp August 5-8

Marissa, Christian's music teacher, recommended that Christian attend the Suzuki music camp which fit into a week that we did not have any conflicting activities.  There were three kids (ages 3-4) in Christian's class and his teacher Nicole.  Nicole came up with fun games to play with the kids to reinforce what they all have been learning in private lessons.  They played the "abcdefg" musical alphabet game, the rythyms recognition game (whether Nicole was playing "pepperoni pizza, ice cream cone or run mommy, run daddy rythms which are all to the Twinkle Twinkle beat), having the kids turn their backs and guess whether she was playing a high, low or middle note and also guessing whether Nicole was playing keys that were accelerating, decelerating or staying the same, they practiced their posture and their bows (holding their bow to the length of time it takes to say "hippopatumus").  There was also a parent session giving us tips on how to motivate to practice and also reinforcing that it isn't easy to keep kids motivated to play.  After one more private lesson this summer with Marissa, we'll be off until September, then we'll be back to our 30 minute lesson with her.