Monday, March 26, 2012

Singing

Madelyn has loved music since she was pretty little.  She loves to listen, to dance, to clap, and to conduct the music.  She loves to sit at the piano and play "songs" for us.  But, until tonight, she really didn't sing along with songs with a recognizable melody or words. 

She has this book of nursery songs with "The Wheels on the Bus," "Old McDonald," "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," and "The Hokey Pokey." I'm actually not sure how the Hokey Pokey ended up in that line up.  I did not put the book together.

Tonight, as happens many nights, her nursery songs book was one of the books she wanted to "read" at bedtime.  Usually she does the motions and laughs, occasionally makes an animal noise during Old McDonald, but that is it.  This time she sang along.  Mostly on key, and with definitely recognizable words.  Not for the full songs, but for good portions of each of them.  For her music loving parents, this was a BIG breakthrough!

1 comment:

The Three 22nds said...

very nice! Berean sings, but the tune is usually not anything we recognize...she can thank her genetics for that. Isn't it fun to watch them learn new skills?