One of a Kind

Today's class had One. One of a Kind Miss K.  Mr. A was missing because his grandmother was out of town. Miss B has moved to the Thursday night class. Miss A was just missing. One of A Kind Miss K was super at rolling the ball and she sang our new song in honor of the Monarch migration:

Butterflies, Butterflies,

Flying through the sunny skies.

Her pronunciation of "butterflies" was excellent. She even had butterflies on her shirt!  Since Miss Caitlin needed to go back to her work place quickly due to short staff, I taught alone and didn't have enough hands to photograph the fun.  

Still working on:

• Staying in the circle
• Non verbal encouragement
• Listening
• No feet or hands on the instrument keys

Doing well with:

• Ball rolling
• Cuckoo
• Greeting with handshake offered freely!
• Matching pitches
• Keeping the beat
• Playing pianissimo on nose and drums
• Mooing
• Quacking
• Listening to story time

Progress and excitement

We have so much fun in Baby Music Class.  Progress in the past months has included finding fingers for finger play and motions to songs. And saying lyrics at the appropriate moment within the body of the songs. We see duck tails regularly. And experience silence when listening for the drum, triangle, and rain stick.  Solos on the drum, with the wood block and with other instruments with mallets have gone to a new level as mallets are being held more loosely and efforts are made to play solos with beautiful tone.  I love teaching these sweet little ones and their families! 

 Playing a solo on the glockenspiel while others in the class listen for high and low pitches, or a signal to turn around 

 Giving Mom a hug after Pat-a-Cake!

 We dance so fast that we're a blur! Skipping to my Lou!

 Shake it up, baby!