Music Class with Mr. Dave

A couple of weeks ago after work, I took Maddie to a music class with Mr. Dave at a children's store a couple of blocks away.  Mr. Dave is pretty well known among parents in Chicago.  The class is for kids from 0-3. We had taken Maddie to a class a few months ago but she was tired and overwhelmed as it got pretty noisy, and we had to leave that class early.

This time, we stayed the entire time and Maddie loved it!!  I had a feeling she would since she is now mobile.  We even ran into a friend from the Wicker Park playgroup - Jackie & her daughter Ruby!  We sat next to them and Maddie even gave Ruby kisses!

The class is essentially Mr. Dave playing his guitar and singing songs like "If You're Happy and You Know it" and "The Wheels on the Bus."  He then puts the guitar away for a bit and lets the kids play with tambourines and various other noise making instruments. He then blew some bubbles, which Maddie had never seen before.  He ended the class by letting all the kids strum his guitar.

When class started, Maddie sat very still watching Mr. Dave and observing all of the kids. All of a sudden it clicked that it was supposed to be FUN and she smiled and started to clap and got very excited!  She crawled around the entire room, and even right up to Mr. Dave as he was playing a song.  She even gave some kisses to a couple of unsuspecting little boys.

We hope to make it a more regular thing since there are classes Monday through Friday, and on certain days there are classes 3 times a day so we can work around Maddie's nap time.

Taking it all in

 

This little boy crawled up to Maddie and of course she went in for a kiss!  Ruby wanted to join in on the fun!

Going in for a closer look

I couldn't believe she got so close to him!