One of my passions is Suzuki piano teaching my 7 year old and just starting with my 3 year old. It is one of the most rewarding and challenging experiences of my life. I have done some searching to find other Suzuki parents but with limited success, so thought that one aspect of my blog would be sharing the up days and down days of being a Suzuki parent.
Yesterday was an example of a bad parenting day at the piano.
I had had 'some' frustrations earlier in the morning (creating 12 invoices for the next 12 months rent on our Moranbah property) and also dealing with a groupon voucher that has gone very, very sour ... and I had started practice too late to do our full hour of practice (so that I could get to my waxing appointment on time) .... (god my life sounds exhausting after I just read that sentence - not even a complete sentence yet!) .... so grumpy Mummy. Oh and also once again EduDaddy had made a bitter cup of coffee .... my coffee over piano practice is essential.... Anyway, my darling 7 year old who is rocketing through Book 2 did an excellent job at hands together of Cradle Song but the fingering is diabolical and by the 5th and 6th practice of the 3rd line kept mucking it up. If someone can tell me why they lose it on the 5th or 6th practice - they and I could make a fortune - it must be something neurological which is why if you 'push' through to the 7th time - it sticks in the brain amazingly. Anyway - hard to admit - but I yelled and threatened everything (no visit to grandparents tonight, no sleepover at friends tomorrow night etc) if he didn't get the fingering right.
Dr Suzuki would not be happy.
BUT because I am a wanna-be buddhist mother, after my waxing appointment, I did come home and apologise to 7 year old who as always had a smile, hug and said he would forgive me.
And here I was thinking I was the one doing the educating ....
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