Sunday, January 04, 2009

My little musician

This morning Annabelle composed, wrote down, and sang five songs for me on the piano. Here are the titles she gave to the songs:

1. Baby take a bath
2. Baby, don't fly up in the air!
3. Baby have milky
4. Baby, go to bed!
5. Sun, break the windows!

Her interest in the piano grows. Several times she has asked me to show her how to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, so I point to the notes one at a time as she bangs out the melody. It's a slow process, but she loves it and sings along at the top of her lungs. Sometimes she forgets to keep looking at the keys while she sings and gets lost. It's pretty hilarious.

On Friday, after singing Twinkle Twinkle, she paused. Then she looked at me very carefully and asked me to show her how to play the alphabet song. Ah! Yes! It is the exact same tune! It was a wonderful to watch her in that moment as she figured it out all on her own.