Dear parents,

Thank you for a wonderful year of music making with your children.  They are delightful!

Melinda Oriani

Music School of Delaware

Cherubs & Angels

The children are really engaged at this point in the year with finger plays, singing, instruments, and participating in the activities.  We enjoyed songs and a musical story about bees.  Music and focused listening with ocean sounds and creatures were a highlight in May.  They have now learned how to do circle dances, and love ‘riding the merry-go-round.’

Doves & Butterflies

In April, the twos focused on animal babies with songs & activities about chicks.  We sang about the things we can now do in “I Can Do So Many Things All By Myself.”  In May, we developed our counting skills with a song about 10 fish in the sea.  We moved to a story about whimsical whales and played “Seashell” on the resonator bars.

Lions & Lambs

The threes explored insects… both those that make sounds, like bees, and those that are silent, like the caterpillar & butterfly.  We enjoyed several musical stories that allowed us to move like these creatures. In May, we explored instruments from Central America (like the guiro & maracas), and an ocean drum as we learned about the seashore.

Stars

The stars enjoyed singing with ‘John the Rabbit’ who helped us learn about what he likes to eat. The children explored many instruments and musical stories this spring.  We also listened to bird and insect sounds and sang with our ladybug and frog finger puppets  Our favorite song from Earth Day was “This Land is Your Land’.  In May, the children got to listen to and try a violin during their instrumental demo with Lionel Thomas from the Music School of Delaware.

By Miss Melinda