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Piano SKU: AP.47757 Read What You Know & Play What You Read. Composed by Merlin B. Thompson. Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental; Suzuki. Suzuki Piano School. Book. 64 pages. Alfred Music #00-47757. Published by Alfred Music (AP.47757). ISBN 9781470641276. UPC: 038081545462. English.Play & Read is a reading program designed to introduce Suzuki Piano School, Volume 2 students to reading music. Six lessons with seven units each are based on the simple principle that students learn to read music most naturally by reading pieces they already know how to play. To ensure that students don't just play from memory without looking at the score, Play & Read uses scrambles of four-bar segments from six selections from Suzuki Piano School, Volume 1 repertoire to engage students in active reading. Students learn to read music as entire bars or groups of notes, and through singing, playing, pointing, saying, and writing. Titles: Little Playmates * Lightly Row * French Children's Song * Go Tell Aunt Rhody * Mary Had a Little Lamb * Cuckoo. About Suzuki MethodThe Suzuki Method is based on the principle that all children possess ability and that this ability can be developed and enhanced through a nurturing environment. All children learn to speak their own language with relative ease and if the same natural learning process is applied in teaching other skills, these can be acquired as successfully. Suzuki referred to the process as the Mother Tongue Method and to the whole system of pedagogy as Talent Education. The important elements of the Suzuki approach to instrumental teaching include the following:an early start (aged 3-4 is normal in most countries); the importance of listening to music; learning to play before learning to read; -the involvement of the parent; a nurturing and positive learning environment; a high standard of teaching by trained teachers; the importance of producing a good sound in a balanced and natural way; core repertoire, used by Suzuki students across the world; social interaction with other children. Suzuki students from all over the world can communicate through the language of music.