Recommended Reading for Parents

Your involvement in your child's string education is vital and will multiply the benefits of lessons and practice many times over.  Here are some useful articles and books that can serve to educate, inspire, and explain what music and string education can do for your family.

Books:
Nurtured by Love- The classic approach to talent education
By Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
This book is required reading for all new Suzuki parents
Link to purchase on Amazon

Ability Development from Age Zero
By Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
Link to purchase on Amazon

Helping Parents Practice: Ideas for making it easier
By Dr. Edmund Sprunger
Link to purchase on Amazon

Online Articles:
Article by E. Glenn Schellenberg
"Music and Cognitive Abilities"
This article is found on JStor, which can be accessed with your Houston Public Library Card.

"Twelve Benefits of Music Education"
Published by the Children's Music Workshop

"The Value and Quality of Arts Education"
Statement of Principles signed by
American Association of School Administrators, National Parent Teacher Association, and many other national education organizations