Dear Waterdreamer, I did not get any messages
would you mind re-send it
looking forward to it

What are the requirements?  Kids ages? Length of time u expect to test? Etc...


Thanks

Gloria

No i haven't. We had the privilege of being able to take violin lessons at a Suzuki academy and although we are not affiliated with them any longer I believe they played a tremendous role in how my daughter has learned violin. I took classes as well. it is not mandatory but advisable.

My daughter is 8, she started to play when she was 4 - she will play for the first time -side by side- with the professional symphony orchestra in a concert this coming Saturday - needless to say we are very proud- now that being said it was not easy and it has ups and downs like everything related to children education. But I must say that I honestly believe that it is impossible or better said very unlikely that a child can learn without live instruction. I was told one in a seminar that a child needed to pay attention to 18 different variables when playing just one note. Piano is different you press the key sound will come relatively accurate (depending on piano tuning) but with violin is not just when or where press, is the finger position and not just that one finger, all of them, the angle of the wrist, the arm, the head even the feet.  The amount of pressure, the length of time, the amount of hair used ( hair from the bow ) ... It is too complicated to be done cold turkey in fron of a tv while the violin scratches ( that's all u will get the first year ) therefore do not expect immediate rewards from the music point of view.

Suzuki is famous because it places the kid in an win win all cover support system, where the teacher is teaching you as much as the children about the importance of having stress free lessons, therefore they teach parents so we vcan experience at first hand how difficult it is to coordinate all the variables at once, they also place a heavy weight in group classes which are set up as a place where your child will be taught and celebrated all the time, therefore kids are motivated to come back again and again. Google the method.  They are the most famous and reliable method in my humble opinion, if thought for a few years kids are able to join any school and carry on with progress.  But the beginning is crucial to get a kid to love or hate music.

Only problem with Suzuki they delay reading music until book 3 typically but we started and the transition was ok, remember they already have the perfect pitch in their heads and they are great at memorizing stuff so if they are motivated correctly it does not take too much time. Again it all comes back to the teaching and the support at home. Not pressure or nagging pls.

Hi Kimba!!!

Glad to see you are still here!!! 

I miss been here, hopefully I can catch up.

Leena is not doing gymnastics any longer, she was doing it 3 times per week, 3 hours. after 4 years she was
doing a little tricky stuff and her joins were hurting, she is very tall for her age so although her doctor kept saying she is ok
we got worried and decided to switch to swimming and diving,  she likes it, it is a tremendous work out, 4 times a week
one hour, I think this is better for us.

Homeschooling a little bit on the old fashion due to my mental laziness to put it nicely, but I am back, we are starting
doing our lessons in the right brain way and although she is 8 she still likes the cards and all the logic and memory games
we use.

are you familiar with Lumosity? she likes it very much. We kept the chinese and that is a challenge as I have not found
a local school that will work for her, we attend a chinese school but she is one out of 2 americans - it is a chinese school
for chinese kids who already talk but want to learn how to write, so we are hangging in there adding vocabulary as it is
the only think I can do right now....  we use a lot skritter.com   very good for learning characters and writing in the right order.

looking forward to hearing from you and what you are up to these days.. how old are your little ones these days?

My name is GloriaD - for those familiar with the site 2 or 3 years ago
Hi there hope you are still around so we can chat, for those new here
welcome, you are joining a very interesting group of people with one
primary goal: improve our kids quality of life!!

My family had to endure some serious heath crisis in 2010 and this
required my full undivided attention (plus homeschooling my daughter, ofcourse)
Everything is fine and under control now so I am looking forward to reconnect,
help and be helped  as it is customary here.

If I can be of any assistance dont hesitate to write.

Happy week everyone!

GloriaD

Thanks a lot !  I know the program I used before, indeed is expensive but good for this purpose.

Hope everything is going great with your and your projects

Talk to you soon

Gloria

Will definitely attend a US convention.

Hi there,

I have many materials from the IAHP that I am not using anymore so PM me if you are interested.

Thanks

Gloria

Very Cute!

HI DD Long Time without talking to you! 
I'm glad to see you guys are doing great.

Question I understand you did the basic layout for this video
in power point, but what software did you use to put it in a video?

thanks for your reply

Gloria

For younger kids I have used POCOYO search it in youtube there are also pocoyo videos in english with spanish subtitles and vice versa

For kids 4 and older I would recommend Rosetta Stone.

Dear KL   can you pls help with my question about LR Chinese?

KL  I am not able to download the chinese trial and apparently it is because I already (2 eyars ago) downloaded a trial for Little reader..?
how come we can not download multiple trials; I am interested in the chinese but I have to see it first and present it to my daughter
to make sure she will like it. Can you pls help me?>

Than ks

Gloria

Dear KL  thanks a lot for offering the coupons; any idea when will they be available for users? and can you pls be more specific in the criteria
for having access to those coupons? I have tried for weeks now to download the trial for chinese as I am not sure if this will work for us, but I am un able to do so, I upgraded my LR version, also my access key; but still can not download the chinese trial; so having access to coupons will facilitate us to buy it (without the trial)


Thanks a million

Gloria

Hello Everyone, is there anyone else using LR Chinese?   I am interested in trying it but I am not sure if we can redeem a discount with points or if there is a money back policy? can we preview the software?

thanks a lot for any input!

Gloria