Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Come Celebrate Emily's Suzuki Book 1 Party!

I have been "teaching" Emily piano for the past year. She took piano from a Suzuki teacher in 2005 and had almost completed Book 1 when we stopped taking piano. So when I started up again, we started over and have taken a longer time because I am not as consistent as an appointed lesson. But we made it and she knows all 17 songs from memory. When the four older children finished their Suzuki Book 1, the teacher had a "Book 1 Party" and we did it at our home, the children invited any friends they wanted and I provided refreshments. They played all the songs in the book and it was a nice finale to their accomplishment.

So I have decided to have a Book 1 party for Emily on the blog to memorialize the Book 1 for all of posterity, since all of my children have accomplished this feat and I am so proud of all of them! This post will be the first 5 songs, tomorrow we will post 5 more, Friday 5 more and the last 3 we'll finish on Saturday.

The first song is called "Honeybee". Hold your applause till the end:)


The second song in the book is called "Cuckoo"

Next comes "Lightly Row"

Fourth in the book is "French Children's Song"

and finally, the last song of the day: "London Bridge"

That's it for today, check in tomorrow for the next five songs!

2 comments:

Shelby Bingham said...

(Clapping with enthusiasm!) Bravo, Emily! Congratulations on completing the first book! You made it look so effortless -- isn't that the sign of true mastery? I know you worked very hard to get to this point! Keep up the great work! I look forward to hearing (literally) the rest of the pieces!

Amy Coons said...

Awesome! Love it! Keep going!