Yay! Only one week til Kindermusik Village Do-si-Do gets underway for the term. Jarvis & I have missed all of our wonderful friends over the past few weeks, we're very excited to see you all again next Tuesday :)
Do-si-Do is a fantastic unit - I can't wait to share it with you all. A really exciting component of the unit is the literature book. It's a little different to the previous books we've used, in that we use it in class every single week! Its title is 'This is my dance' and by the time we get to the end, that's exactly what we will all have - a joyful dance to share with our beautiful children.
A major focus of this unit is Rhythm & Movement - something which our babies are born with an understanding of! For nine or so months, whilst living in our warm bellies, the soundtrack to their lives was the steady sound of our heartbeat. As soon as our babies are born, they seek that familiar beat in the world around them. These familiar patterns help him or her to make order out of the chaos that is the outside world :) By providing lots of opportunities for rhythmic activity, we give our little ones recognisable, predictable & patterned information to latch onto.
Through the exciting movement we'll experience in Do-si-Do, our babies & toddlers will gain awareness of their bodies, and the amazing things they are capable of. They'll even learn about negotiating gravity (another rather alien concept when you've spent nine months living underwater!). Our children will learn so much from the rhythm & dance we will experience in this unit!
One brainwave I had the other day was to suggest everyone bring a sling or frontpack to our Do-si-Do classes - with most of our beautiful class members not able to walk for long, there'll be a lot of carrying to be done, and I know that I get super tired when I'm carrying Jarvis for more than a few minutes without our Mei Tai! I absolutely love wearing Jarvis, and wearing him to dance seems like a pretty wonderful idea.
Should anyone need a sling, one of our super talented class members, Jacquie, has some rather nice ones for sale through her shop, Cheeky Cherubs :)
Off I go to practice my moves for next week - have a fantastic week, everyone, and we look forward to next Tuesday!!
:) Kath & Jarvis
