music together with babyNOIR

Today was babyNOIR's first day at Music Togehter, and we loooooove it!!  Compared to the other baby music classes we took, our teacher Maureen is better trained to 1) grab and retain babies' and adults attention, 2) break down and explain, 3) project! - sing really, really well and loud, which helps the point 1).  The material we received is really good, too.  In the CD package they gave us, there are 2 CD's, so we can have one at home and one in the car.  How thoughtful!!

We like the songs.  They feel developmentally appropriate for babies with simple clear lyrics and catchy melody line.  I especially love the exploration of different types of rhythm - okay, I'm a drummer - there's even a song in 9/8 meter!  - These songs are so catchy, baby Kharin already started singing along this afternoon.  That was only the 3rd time she heard these songs - once in the class this morning, once at home while she was playing, then she started singing along when I put the CD on in the car.  I say they know what they're doing. 

We know the benefit of music in our lives.  It helps us develop mathematical skills, and it just makes us happy people.  I am really happy to have found a place where my baby can hang with her peers and really get in to music.

thinking of Music Together

We are about to register for the Music Together class for this spring!  Kharin had taken a season of fun, hang out with a lady with a guitar type "class," but she seems bored, or rather, not connected with it.  A child of musicians, she loves music - she sings and dances all the time - yet the class she's been taking doesn't really engage her.  I'm wondering if that is because the approach somehow isn't in sync with her developmental stage. 
So, I would like us to try the Music Together next.  It is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies and kids, and it's based on the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum.  It emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement, so I will be there learning with her.
I am super excited about it, and will be blogging about it once the class starts on April 16th!