music together

www.musictogether.com

when cole was born, all my mom friends kept telling me about music together. "you have to go to the classes!" they chorused, "it's so much fun!"

"um... okay," i replied cautiously. i wasn't so sure. the only places i really sing are in the shower and in the car and i wasn't sure if i wanted to subject a room full of strangers to my grammatically incorrect version of "frère jacques."

as cole got a little older, i realized that maybe i didn't know as many children's songs as i thought i did. and that i ended up repeating only the chorus of the few songs i did know. and perhaps my son was tired of me singing the tootsie roll commercial theme song. and most of the children's music cd's made me want to pull my hair out. so i gave in.

i'm so glad i did! music together is an internationally known early childhood music program that offers music classes for kids from babies all the way up through kindergarteners and the grown-ups who serve them. classes are mixed ages and offer sing-a-longs, instruments to play, rhythm chants and, if your instructor is as nice as ours, a guitar for your little ones to touch and explore. you'll also get two cd's of fun music to take home so you can force your child to listen to your off-key rendition of the songs they just learned.

classes are offered nationwide - go to the music together website to find a class near you! soon, you too will know more than one song to sing to your child. ready? join in! oh, the world looks mighty good to me, 'cause tootsie rolls are all i see.....