Fun With Music

So music has pretty much been our sunshine this winter. We go to the most excellent library program on Tuesdays that’s all about shaking our tail feathers to some pretty decent kids’ music. And on Fridays we go to a fancy, expensive music class that is WORTH EVERY PENNY. I especially like both of these activities because they are rare hours during the week when I feel Bastien’s behavior is 100% acceptable.

And that is why music has now crept into my suggested Winter Wednesday activity for you and your two-year-old. Because who doesn’t want an hour of acceptable behavior RIGHT NOW?

This week I tried to teach Bastien Musical Chairs… with mild success. However, that does NOT mean that it wasn’t a big hit. It just means that Mommy won every time. And for some reason this is A-Ok with the two-year-olds. A-Ok with Mommy, too. See how now we all win?

We also played Hide the Music Box. This one was particularly hilarious because whenever it was Bastien’s turn to hide it, he chose exactly the same hiding spot he just found the music box in. Mommy wins again! But he was pretty good at following the sound and finding the box before it stopped playing each time. And I even felt like he was learning something. Bonus!

For these activities we used a little plastic ipod-like device that only plays tunes from The Wiggles. Deduct one point from Mommy. But, they would work just as well with your iphone or similar music-playing device.

Here’s wishing you fun of the good, clean variety!