Confetti days

I happened upon the website of a really great music class ( part of Kindermusik) called " A Child's song". Each " semester" the class is centered around a different theme and the kids learn about music through this theme. This semester's theme is " Confetti days". It's learning about music rhythms through a circus theme. The teacher ( Ms. Jenny) is excellent and I am amazed by how much the kids take away from every class.

The class is a true music class- the precursor to music lessons. Once the kids turn five, they can pick an instrument they want to learn about and off they go! So this class readys the kids for that. So far Mack has learned the definiation for all the ways we can sing or play instruments ( presto, largo, piano, forte, etc) and about quarter notes and half notes. Mackenzie is one of the younger kids in the class ( it's range is 3-5 yrs) but she keeps right up with the other kids and they all have a blast!

Along with music education, the kids explore their emotions and how to express them as they sing along with the CD ( each child is given a copy of the CD to keep at home, too) .

Mackenzie loves this class and ,even though there isn't play ground equipment to play on before and after class like her other music class, Ms. Jenny still gets a freshly picked Marigold from Gram's garden before each class. And since Mack does miss the play part of class, we head to a park near by after class to get our run and jump on! Here's Mack sitting next to the duck pond watching the ducks play: