Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Music Class!
Last week, Skylee and I enrolled in Gymboree music classes. It took her half of the first class to warm up, but now she loves is. There are about 6-8 kids in our class (plus parents!), and every Thursday from 10:45-11:30 we sing, dance, and play with instruments. Today we learned a jazzy little song (with coordinating dance movements) about a trumpet player in New Orleans! Next week we are starting a 2 week series about folk music.
The class starts off with a "good morning" song, then we stand up, stretch, and wiggle all our body parts. After a few minutes of dancing, we learn a new song and sing it. After waking Mr Microphone, each kid takes a turn singing different tunes into it. We also pass a big drum around, each kid trying to keep the beat. :) That's Skylee's favorite part; she likes to drum loudly. At the end of the class, we dump out two huge containers of an assortment of instruments everywhere and play as an orchestra! Then, after the goodbye song, we're off for an hour of Open Gym in the Gymboree playzone. Slides, tunnels, trampolines, balls, obstacle courses, balance beam...the playzone has it all.
Today Skylee made a new friend: Ruby! They played the whole time vigorously. They took turns pushing each other in a wooden car, played "lion"- one chasing while one hid, made a little house under an obstacle course...and the best part is we'll see little Ruby again next week for more playing!
And an even better part..next week Daddy will be able to come to music class too!!
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