While we are never too old to learn, it is better to start as early as possible. Our new Early Childhood Education classes will provide the musical basis for instrument instruction at age three. SID strongly encourages students and parents to come early and stay late thus taking advantage of the observation opportunities provided by the school. The parent is the teacher's helper seven days a week and is given careful instructions at the individual lesson on how to guide the child's practice. Our Parent Class, offered on a continuous basis, will provide the new Suzuki Parent with a variety of tools with which to maximize the experience for them and their child.
Students also listen for the purpose of review and familiarization of future repertoire.
Parents should play recordings of masterworks at home and take their children to concerts and recitals to hear examples of music played by professional artists. All music is memorized so that this skill becomes highly developed. Instruction by ear continues until the child is ready to read music as determined by the teacher. Most children learn quickly, as a result of having an enormous aural and technical vocabulary that is ready for translation to visual symbols. Group classes meet regularly to reinforce this process.