PARENT OBSERVATION FORM

OBSERVER:

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DATE:

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How did the teacher greet the student at the beginning of the lesson?

• Did the greeting influence the lesson? How?
  

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• How did the student greet the teacher at the beginning of the lesson?
• Did the greeting (Suzuki student: rule of courtesy) influence the lesson? How?
  

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Was posture stressed?

• What specifically did the teacher do to set the student up properly, or to reinforce proper playing habits?
  

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How did the teacher help the child to accomplish this key point?

• (Look for different ways of approaching the problem such as listening, games, singing, drawing, exaggeration, separation of right and left hands, repetition, etc)
  

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How was the student attitude help to accomplish this key point?

• (Tried to follow instructions, concentrated to the teacher words, imitated the teacher’s hand, followed the games, imitated the singing, did the exaggeration, did play separate hands, repetition, etc)
  

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What instruction were given

• Directly to the parent?
• Directly to the student?
  

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