Help!!!!

[velvetpage]

I've got a crocodile eating my hair! Aaaaahhhh!!!!




Okay, so it's a fisher-price Little People croc from Elizabeth's Noah's Ark set. It is joined as I type by Terence from the Rubbadubbers, who is a dinosaur (a T-rex, specifically.) They're chowing down with a right good will, and Elizabeth is having a ball with them.

Elizabeth and I walked over to the local discount food-and-drugstore place to pick up snacks for tonight, fruit, milk, and various and sundry other items. I had to keep an eye on her - she likes to pick stuff up and throw it into the basket of the buggy when I'm not looking. We would have come home with skittles, two lollipops, a jug of laundry detergent (I'm surprised she could lift that one) and a package of hot dogs - and those are just the things I dug out of the basket. She charmed everyone she saw, and I kept her fairly busy by getting her to push the buggy. It meant we covered the entire store at least twice more than we needed to, but it's worth it if she's tired enough for a nap soon.

And now, for your Cute Toddler Story of the Week:

"Tell me a story, Elizabeth."

"Onceuponatime there was an Opa named Elizabeth. He had a beard and he got food in his beard. Hahahaha!"

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[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

That should be interesting, actually - to hear how a bright and inventive child grows up, just a little ahead of ours. The daycare ladies are quite impressed with her. It was months ago, before her second birthday, when the daycare lady told me, "Did you know she could sing the alphabet?" I told her yes, I did know, and I knew she could do it in both English and French, too.

When did you get your daughter into music, and how? So far, I've been playing the piano for her and singing to her all the time, and she sings constantly, but I'm wondering about more formal lessons designed for young children.

[spiralsongkat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I started singing to her in the labor & delivery room, if not before! I've always sung to her, and played piano and guitar for her at times. She loves music, but has developed a strong preference for songs, things with lyrics. I used to make up little ditties for her when she was a baby, and now she likes to improvise songs herself, both with me and on her own. Some of the rhymes she comes up with are really creative! We also do quite a bit of singing along with her CDs in the car, on both short and long trips. We especially enjoy the music of Tom Chapin and Trout Fishing In America. Can you recommend other good children's music? I particularly keep on the lookout for selections that are pleasing to parents as well as kids. :)

In the past, I've toyed with the idea of getting her involved in one of the excellent preschool music programs (Music Together is a good one, local to us; my sister took both of her boys to their classes; they loved it and thrived on it), but in the end I decided that with my music therapy background, I could give her those sorts of experiences myself. Now, she and I are planning to attempt piano lessons in the fall -- on a fairly informal, low-key basis. If it doesn't work out, I'll back off and try again in a few months.

Certainly, there are some excellent music programs for young children out there. I don't know what's in your neighbourhood, but I've heard good things about Music Together and about Kindermusik.