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Time To Practice: Conversations for Parents & Teachers of Music Students

Christine Goodner

Do you support a young musician with music practice? Are you a music educator that works with young musicians? This podcast if for you! Hosted by Christine Goodner is an experienced violin and early childhood music teacher. She"s also the author of Beyond the Music Lesson, Positive Practice, Music Practice Makeover and resources all about helping families make music practice at home more effective with less conflict. TIME TO PRACTICE brings you weekly conversations with performers, teachers, and

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125 | Pitfalls to Help Young Musicians Avoid in Music...

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2026/04/29

Frequent expert guest Barbie Wong joins us this month to discuss a few pitfalls that young musicians can fall into in their music practice and a few ideas about what to do about them. Enjoy! Links in this Episode: Barbie Wong's Website We are Suzuki Sign Up Page through the SAA Oregon Suzuki Institute - Join Barbie Wong & Christine Goodner for the daily parent class as a part of your institute experience (look for the class in your registration form) Find Christine Goodner's Books HERE

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25:55

124 | Beyond the Keys with Jeeyoon Kim (Part Two)

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2026/04/22

This week I'm looking forward to sharing part two of our conversation with an award-winning classical pianist, educator, author and podcaster Jeeyoon Kim. If you haven't heard part one of this two-part series be sure to go back and listen to episode 123 either before or after you listen to today's episode. Today Jeeyoon Kim will share some of her thoughts about competitions for young musicians, speak about her new book Beyond the Keys and share a fantastic practice tip to send us off into our own

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123 | Jeeyoon Kim on Practice & Creating Connection...

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2026/04/15

This week on the Time to Practice podcast I'm thrilled to kick of a two-part series with award winning classical pianist, educator, author and podcaster Jeeyoon Kim. She shares what her childhood was like learning music in South Korea, the importance of students learning HOW to practice, and how we can create connections through music-making and sharing our music. Be sure to come back next week for part two! Links in this Episode: Jeeyoon Kim's Website can be found HERE Connect with Jeeyoon Kim on

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122 | Beyond Listening More: Strategies for Listening...

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2026/04/08

On this week's episode, we discuss what to do when simply listening more, is not getting us the results we expect. Links in this Episode: Support the podcast by purchasing the Recording (Video & Audio) of Christine Goodner's Talk on Supporting Attention & Focus in Music Students Teachers: A Studio Rate is available so that you can share with your whole program HERE Citations in this Episode: https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-strategies-improve-students-listening-skills

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121 | Four Slow & Steady Ways to Optimize our Progress

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2026/04/01

This week, I'm here to share an episode based on an article recently published in the American Suzuki Journal: Four Slow and Steady Ways to Optimize the Suzuki Method. I hope this prompts you to pull out your copy of the journal and have more than one way to interact with this article and I'm excited to share it in audio format like this. Links in this episode: Support the podcast by purchasing the Recording (Video & Audio) of Christine Goodner's Talk on Supporting Attention & Focus in Music

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14:51

120 | Looking Ahead to Summer Music Experiences with...

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2026/03/25

This week, musician and music educator Barbie Wong joins us to look ahead to summer and consider attending summer music camp. We share some of the benefits and also a few ideas to raise funds to help make attendance possible. Enjoy! Links in this Episode: Support the podcast by purchasing the Recording (Video & Audio) of Christine Goodner's Talk on Supporting Attention & Focus in Music Students Teachers: A Studio Rate is available so that you can share with your whole program HERE Barbie Wong's

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119 | Sarah Hart-Unger on Planning, Goals, & Music...

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2026/03/18

On this week's episode of the Time to Practice podcast, I'm thrilled to welcome Sarah Hart-Unger, MD, parent of three, podcaster and author of the new book Best Laid Plans: A Simple Planning System for Living a Life You LOVE. I'm a huge fan of Sarah's podcast(s) and book and when I heard that she grew up involved in music, practices with one of her own children, and currently plays her piano to enrich her life as an adult I was so excited to have her on the podcast to share her story and ideas about

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118 - Understanding Focus & ADHD in Young Musicians

Time To Practice: Conversations for Parents &... ·

2026/03/11

In this short episode, Christine shares some insight into understanding focus and ADHD related to music practice for young musicians along with a few resources to find more information and supportive ideas. This is the first in a few episodes over the spring on this topic - please reach out with what questions or information you'd like to see in a future episode! Links in this episode: ADDitude Magazine/Website Iceberg Handout from this episode created by ADDitude Episode 115 with Tera Sumpter

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On the Importance of Listening with Barbie Wong &...

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2026/02/18

Barbie Wong joins us this week for our monthly chat on topics related to supporting young musicians in their learning and music practice. This month we're talking about the importance of listening in a young musician's life. Links in this Episode: Find Barbie Wong's Website HERE Join Christine & Barbie in the Musical Nest Community Does Listening to Music Benefit the Music Learning Process on BulletproofMusician.com Join Christine's March 7th Talk as an Individual or as a Studio Resources at

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18:27

9 Ways to Spark Motivation for Young Musicians

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2026/02/11

On this week's episode I'm sharing 9 ways to spark motivation for young musicians with their music practice. There may be some new ideas, or they could be good reminders and help you take an inventory of something you know helps your child, or your students, but haven't incorporated in a while. Links in this Episode: Join Christine's March 7th Talk as an Individual or as a Studio Book Recommendation: The Self-Driven Child Episode 68 on Practice Challenges Year of wonder by Clemency Burton-Hill

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41:04

Practice Motivation & Screen Time with Megan Orton of...

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2026/02/04

Megan Orton is a Suzuki trained violin teacher, a parent, and owns Mindful Media where she shares about screen time and parenting and helps parents and caregivers make smart decisions about screen times in their homes. We have a great conversation about how low efffort - high reward ativities like some kinds of screen time can make it hard to transition into more deeply focused work like music practice and some ideas to think about as you navigate screen time and music practice (or talk to families

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Fostering Deliberate Music Practice vs "Playing...

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2026/01/21

Music educator and expert on helping kids with musci practice, Barbie Wong is back this week for her monthly conversation with us on the podcast. We address the topic of helping foster practice at home for music students that is focusted and systematic vs "playing through" that many families tell us they are lookng to avoid. Enjoy and let us know what you would add to our list! Links in this Episode: Find Chrstine's Books HERE Find Barbie Wong's Website HERE Book - Peak: Secrets from the New

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20:42

Reframing Music Practice as Quality Time

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2026/01/14

This week we're discussing the idea of music practice as quality time: quality time with your child (if you're involved in their music practice), quality time with our instrument, or with music we love and we'll hear from three parents who share how they think about music practice as quality time in their house. If you have a story like this to share, please reach out, because I will be sharing more examples in a future episode! Links in this Episode: Beyond the Music Lesson Book Amy Beth Horman

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54:21

Tera Sumpter: Executive Function Skills & Music Practice

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2026/01/07

Speech Pathologist and Executive Function Skills expert Tera Sumpter joins us this week to talk about executive function skills and music practice. If you've ever felt like "something is going on here that is about more than music" this episode is for you! Links in this Episode: Find Christine's books HERE Resources at SuzukiTriangle.com Connect with Christine on Instagram Request a Parent Talk, Presentation, or Book Club Discussion with Christine Connect with Tera Sumpter & Find her resources

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A Strategy for Setting Intentions for the New Year...

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2025/12/31

As we enter the new year, this short episode is meant to give you food for thought as you set your goals or intentions for your music life in the new year. That could be for your own music practice or for your child(ren) involved in music lessons. Whenever you listen, I hope it gives you some good starting points to think about your own goals and intentions for the coming months. Links in this episode: Setting Families Up for Success: Join Christine's 10 hour SAA Enrichment course for teachers

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14:27

Nicola Cantan answers the Question: How do I get my...

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2025/12/23

This week, as the holidays are upon us we're revisiting a practice tip from expert guest Nicola Cantan. This is a short excerpt from a longer episode 80 when Nicola came and joined us on the podcast. You can find the link to the full episode and to Nicola's resources below. I enjoyed revisiting this practice advice and found it super valuable and I'm sure you will too! Links in this episode: Setting Families Up for Success: Join Christine's 10 hour SAA Enrichment course for teachers starting

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6 Things Keeping Me Motivated & Engaged with Music...

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2025/12/17

It's a busy time of year. It seems teachers, students and families alike are go-go-go. I am hitting pause this week to share 6 things keeping me motivated, inspired, and engaged in music over the last couple of weeks. My list may look totally different than yours, but I hope in listening to mine you can connect with what would go on YOUR list and that we all remember why we do what we do. Happy listening! Links in this Episode: Setting Families Up for Success: Join Christine's 10 hour SAA

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Linda Piatt (Part Two): Solutions for Challenging...

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2025/12/10

This week we're welcoming Linda Piatt back to the podcast for part two of our conversation together. This is an important episode for parents and music educators that tackles the topic of unexpected and concerning behaviors that may come up. Linda talks us through a framework from Dr. Ross Greene that made all the difference in her family in both music practice and school. Links in this Episode with Linda Piatt Suzuki Teacher? Join Christine's 10 hour SAA Enrichment course starting January 9th

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Linda Piatt: Best Practices for Home Music Practice...

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2025/12/03

Expert Guest Linda Piatt starts off this two part podcast series with what she has learned as a parent of two young musicians (in addition to being a performer and music educator) about making home practice work. She has great tips & insights to share and I can't wait for you to listen! Links in this Episode with Linda Piatt Beyond the Music Lesson Book Discussion: A Parent talk FREE for Newsletter Subscribers (Sign up HERE) Suzuki Teacher? Join Christine's 10 hour SAA Enrichment course

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17:29

Making Music Practice Joyful & Effective: Tips from...

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2025/11/26

This week we're revisiting a short practice tip from three previous expert guest interviews: cellist and composer Bianca d'Avila do Prado, flutist and author Meret Bitticks, and violinist and nonprofit expert consultant Dr. Elizabeth Guerriero. Typically at the end of each interview I ask guests what their favorite practice tip or idea is at the time of the interview and its always great to revisit these little nuggets of wisdom on their own - I can't wait for you to listen! Links in this

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