Bye!

Let my preface by saying I LOVE our music class! Music Together is an incredible program, and our teacher, Bonnie, is exceptional! The Music Together approach encourages the actual experiencing of music rather than the learning of concepts or attempting to teach music. So, kids have a great time responding to music in their own way. Once, after a jam session, Bonnie commented that she had never seen a morocca stuffed so far into a little mouth before--hilarious, but scary. I guess music appreciation takes many forms!

So, Franny laughs, "sings", slaps her legs along with the music and has an incredible time. She clearly loves the music and the dancing, but she also loves being around other kids. And its interesting to see how different ages respond to music, since the class includes kids ages 0-5. Franny is the youngest, so exactly how she is absorbing the music is not always as obvious as with older children, because kids her age are not sophisticated enough to really keep the beat. But she clearly thinks she does, which is what makes it so much fun!

At the every class session there is a good-bye song (as well as a hello song), where everyone sings goodbye (or hello) to each child. At our Monday class, we were singing along, going around the circle, and finally got to Franny: "...good-bye to Franny, good-bye, so long, farewell," and Franny, with all her radiant charm, responded with an enthusiastic wave and a resounding "bye"! Everyone laughed so hard we had to restart our song. Franny was still waving as we were headed out to the car.