Music Together September 12, 13

Fall Music Together classes are off to a great start!  I'm so excited that we have three fantastic classes in Lake Wylie this session!  It's wonderful to have some local make-up options.  There are classes at 9:30 on Mondays and 9:30 and 10:30 on Tuesdays in Lake Wylie.  Each class has only a few spots open.  If you want to invite a friend to try a class with you I would love for you to bring them along.

Thank you to all the mommies, daddies, grandparents, aunts!  You were amazing singers and dancers in class.  Your children will learn best by hearing you sing and seeing you dance and play instruments.

This week we danced to Jump In The Line by Harry Belafonte.  This is a fantastic song to dance to or play instruments with at home.  Click the link below to enjoy it at home.

If anyone missed out on the information from the coloring page handed out in class here it is!

"Audiation is defined as the ability to hear and understand music in the mind, when the physical sound of that music is not present.  Aduiation is not a skill that is immediately or quickly learned.  It is a skill that children develop slowly, through an ordered process over a period of time.  And it is best for children to develop this skill as soon as possible.  They can learn to audiate shortly after birth."  

Guiding Your Child's Musical Development 

by Edwin Gordon

You Audiate when singing a song like "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes and leave out (don't verbalize/sing) one part each time you repeat the verse.  We worked on audiation today when we did a drum break and continued playing to the beat of the song with no music (singing) present.  The songs we added the drum break to were Little Liza Jane and Funga Alafia.  They are paired together on your CD, but on separate pages in your song book.  I encourage you to get out drums or pots and pans at home and play along with this song this week.  It is a great recording to play along with!