Sorry for the temporary hiatus. I’ve been working more here recently (as in every Monday and Friday all day). And I started Beth Moore’s bible study Stepping Up: A Journey Through the Psalms of Ascent last Thursday (Woohoo!… more on this blessing later).
Anyways, onto our focus today.. awhile back I learned about Music Together while reading through one of my Montessori resources. So Bean and I recently started participating in a Music Together class. Now mind you, prior to this class, Bean and I were prone to frequent music/dance sessions (although akin to the dance scene here in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids). But we have really enjoyed participating in the class and have learned some cool, new ideas too. Today I finally put in the “home” CD they gave us at class and we have been listening to it pretty much all afternoon. It’s great because it has all the same music we do in class, so now we can sing and dance to it whenever we want! There is also a CD for the car and I’m curious to listen to it now. Our teacher Allison told us last night that this music has different rhythms than the the music our culture has, so it allows us to experience rhythms of many different cultures. We sing songs, play musical instruments, dance around with scarves or pieces of fabric (which I have in mind to make for home), do rhythm repetition, sway to lullabies and generally just enjoy the music.
One of the best things about this class is that Beanie Girl started singing around the house a lot right after we started going. This may just be coincidence because I know it’s a common developmental milestone at this age, but nonetheless it has been such a joy to hear her sing. She frequently sings “Jesus Loves Me,” (singing “Oh No” instead of “this I Know”) “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” (singing “Bow Bow” instead of “Bow Wow”) and the phrase “Higher Higher Praisin’ the Y(L)ord” (which I think she made up trying to remember the words to “Hallelu Hallelu Hallelu Hallelujah Praise Ye The Lord”) *grin* We even got her to do it in front of the video camera the other day. I’ll have to post it once my dear husband edits it and burns it to a DVD, so stay tuned…
Other than our Music Together CD and Little Bean’s acapella singing, some other well-liked kid friendly music from our collection (including a music DVD) are: (in no particular order)
And a lifesaver from Bean’s baby days:
I hope this is helpful to any of you looking for some kid friendly music.
have a great day! tara
Very simple but looking nice!
Hi-
I am a Music Together teacher and loved your sweet post! I wanted to make a suggestion for a cd. It’s actually an OLD cd from my childhood in the 70s- “Free To Be You & Me” but a lot of people still love it. They may even have it at your library?
It may be a coincidence that your daughter starting singing more after starting classes but probably not. You know the rhythmic and tonal patterns they do on the cd? If you can make some up for her to imitate that would be great for her.
Jen-
thanks for the CD recommendation.. i’ll have to see if our library has it. we’
re always looking for fun music.