@article{2016,title={‘SUZUKI MOTHER TONGUE METHOD’ IN EARLY AGE EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OF THE MOTHER AS TEACHER},abstractNode={The Suzuki teaching method was created by Japanese violinist and pedagogue Shinichi Suzuki. The central tenet of his philosophy was that, in the absence of some physical problem, ‘every child can play’. Eventually, it became one of the most popular teaching methods in the world. The main philosophy is that children are the creators of the future. The aim is to educate them through music and raise them as hardworking, honest, generous and happy human beings who are good citizens of their countries and the world. The Suzuki method is not about raising well known artists. It is about helping kids finding happiness and personal growth through music. When Suzuki was in Germany for his education, he started to observe kids speaking German. Even though he, as an adult, had difficulty speaking it, small children quickly learned to speak comfortably. He began to think about the experiences that babies go through in learning to speak, and then worked for many years to adapt this process to violin teaching. In a broader sense, his Mother Tongue Method was also motivated by his experiences during World War II, when he saw the pain and suffering that children experienced. His overriding concern was that children, for whom he had much love, should never have to live through anything like this again. Music skill starts at an early age. The mother, especially, is the first teacher of small kids. Families can decide which skills they want their kids to learn. They may have to make changes to the child’s environment in order the support learning skills. All early age teaching methods give a big role to the mother as a teacher. But Suzuki brought this role to the forefront and made it more rigorous. For such an important mission, not only to teach children music but to teach them to love it, the mother’s role has to be equal to that of the teacher.},author={Zehra SAK BRODY},year={2016},journal={Kesit Akademi}}