Music Together Jam Bay

Husha My Baby is towards the end of your CD, so make sure you are getting to those ending songs...isn't it a beautiful story-song? Some of the other music you heard in class was from Ladysmith Black Mambazo...off their Warner Bros. Collection: and also from the South African Story thru Music, Gift of the Tortoise:

We are approaching week 5 out of 9 of the STICKS collection...are you noticing that your child is becoming more and more familiar with the songs in her book? Does he ask to listen to the CD constantly? Repetition is the mother of all learning, hence the reason I encourage you to listen/sing/read the songs often. They are making the connection now that they know the songs we do in class!!! I love this timeframe of our learning together. You can continue to help your child experience a love for music by: 1) playing the CDs in the car and at home...start it in the middle or push random too! 2) reading through the songbook like a regular book on her bookshelf 3) turning the CD off sometimes and playfully singing with your child a capella (without any other music-just your voice) The goal to all of this is that your child achieves Basic Music Competence, which is the ability to sing in tune and keep a beat. But really, it's not a goal...because the playful, non-performance approach th...

So this Valentine's week in class, we'll be doing some songs about love that are not in the STICKS collection...like the traditional sweet children's song: A tisket a tasket a green and yellow basket I wrote a letter to my love but on the way I dropped it I dropped it, I dropped it, and on the way I dropped it a little boy picked it and put it in his pocket As far as Music Together music, we'll be free-dancing to the Love Song of Kangding before we try some Tai Chi with it next week. See you soon! Melinda