Classes have begun at Community Arts Center in Danville!

Welcome to the official Kindermusik by Samantha Blog! I am new to blogging, but I'm excited about giving it a try! I will attempt to post here frequently, so visit me often.

Today was our first class at our new location - the Community Arts Center on Main Street in Danville, KY! I was pleased to "sing hello, hello" to 6 smiling toddlers in this morning's Our Time class. The theme for this semester is "Wiggles & Giggles" -- and we've already enjoyed lots of both!

We began class with the special "Our Time Hello" song and each child decided how he/she wanted to be greeted -- with a clap, jump, wave, bounce, or dance! While doing fun hand motions with some silly songs and poems, we were working on fine motor skills as well as building language skills. Today during "Exploration Time" we discovered many different ways to play our rhythm sticks...who knew that 6 toddlers could make SOO many different sounds with just two wooden sticks?? We pretended to be little fish and big fish swimming and singing in the sea! One of the favorite activities today was to chant "Wishy-washy, wishy-washy, wishy-washy, Weeeeee!" while rubbing our hands back and forth to the beat. To practice active listening, the children gathered around and guessed the sounds of bath water running and splashing in the tub. Then we made our own water splashing sounds! For storytime we read Pete & P.J. about a little boy and his dog taking a bath. We played peekaboo and danced around with colored sheer scarves...one of my personal favorite Kindermusik activities! Then after a fun class, we all needed some rest, so we rocked and swayed along with a beautiful acapella rendition of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean." Class ended with our special "Goodbye Song."

This class will be going for 14 more weeks, and I am very excited to be a part of it!! There is still room for a few more toddlers to join us. Classes are held on Mondays @ 10:00 a.m. in Studio 4 which is located in the basement at CAC. For more info or to enroll, visit my website at www.kindermusikbysamantha.com.