Fall Schedule!

By popular request, I have finished my fall schedule early! You may find it on my website. The link to my website is under "View my complete profile" here at this blog. Feel free to contact me with questions!

Tiredness & Connectedness

Whew! Before class tonight I was doing my Spring cleaning (although it is summer) and I was so tired that I realized that I should have rested a bit today. Dragging myself to class, I set up the room and wondered how I would be really connecting with the children tonight being so tired. Well, as class began, they were so energized and exhuberant, I perked right up! They connected with each other in a very unusual way. They were so beautiful smiling to each other, touching each other, and really connecting on more than a superficial level that I was really touched just observing them. I noticed that they were so gentle with each other that the parents didn't interrupt to correct their behavior but were socializing among themselves! I felt a part of something very special this evening. Like I was simply providing the environment for this deep connectedness among my families! How beautiful for those with the eyes to see and the heart to feel!

Borrowing A Child

I had the most fabulous older couple come to my Sign and Sing class with a beautiful 18 month old girl! I, of course, thought they were her grandparents as many grandparents bring their grandchildren to Kindermusik. I said to the little girl "You brought Grandma and Grandpa with you!" With bright smiles and cheery voices they exclaimed "We are her neighbors!" They explained that they didn't have any grandchildren and being eager to share in a child's life, they borrowed their little neighbor to come to Kindermusik! How wonderfrul. It reminded me that I should be more open about wanting to borrow children for fun events since I have none of my own (certainly not by choice)! They participated very eagerly signing and singing and dancing!!!