Kids Are Here!

In my teacher training class, we learned about how to teach all the Twinkles, Honey Bee, Cuckoo, and Lightly Row.  I knew some of it already, but everytime I go to one of these classes, I learn new things and get great ideas from other people in the class and of couse our teacher.  Each day, we will go through the pieces in Book 1 in detail.  That's what my class is this week, Book 1.

Tonight is the first night that all the kids, who are going to be students here at the Colorado Suzuki Institute, are here.  Their classes run from Tuesday - Saturday.  The teachers, who are students, like me, arrived on Saturday and Sunday.  Book 1 class is longer than any of the other books, so that's why I arrived on Saturday.  Part of the teacher training will be observing the kids' lessons, writing up reports about each lesson we observe, and handing them in to our teacher.  For Book 1, we have to observe 15 hours of lessons.  We have to attend 28 hours of our Book 1 class too.  So it's quite a big deal to get certified as a Book 1 Suzuki teacher.

Tonight is the fun party night for the kids (and teenagers), their families, and all the teachers who are either teachers or students at the Institute.  Please be sure to scroll all the way down into the brown part of this blog to see all the pictures from the party I took just now.  Hope you enjoy them!