Tales from Milk & Cookies

Here are some delicious and scumptious tales of Milk & Cookies from home! There have been batches of more original stories shared that did not make it to the blog but were savored in class. Thanks for the delightful memories!

I love when Maya (age 18 mo) starts to sing different portions of Our Time songs on her own at home; she doesn’t sing much in class- but I can tell she listens when she bursts out ‘Shake, shake, shake—STOP!’ – Surekha

It's so wonderful to see her making the connection to things we have learned and experienced in the class. ...my parents have a piano at their house and my mom and Madison (age 20 mo) will "play" the piano together every once in a while. What she has been doing lately (in the past months or so) is playing just the highest black key and the lowest black key. She will lean way over to reach each of those keys and only those two keys!! I really think she is trying to understand the concept of highs and lows and opposites...just like we do in Kindermusik class when we do "loudly" and "softly" and "high" and "low." I was so tickled when I saw her do that at the piano! She really likes the different sounds that the two highest and lowest black keys make!" - Shelley

Santa brought a scarf, egg shakers, bells and rhythm sticks for Christmas. After a couple hours of extended family present opening, my husband found Karley (age 2) playing with the scarf and instruments in a quiet room by herself saying, “Yeah! Miss Sunny!” – Brenna

Ryan (age 2) loves to sing at home—he still won’t go to sleep without hearing To Market, To Market and Rise Sugar Rise (which he calls “Sunny’s songs”)— Sara

One more Ali (age 2 ½) story to tell, that my mom just relayed to me -- she is with them in Sunnyvale and we are getting a some nice quiet time here in sacto. I miss her, but the time to myself is quite nice! Before bed, my mom is laying down with Ali and tells her the story of the three bears. Ali listens intently and then when it's over, says that it's her turn to tell a story. She then proceeds to tell the story of "Pease porridge hot." Made me laugh. — Kristin

Madison (age 2 ½) loves to listen to “Milk & Cookies” CD at bedtime. She has a small CD player in her bedroom now. She also loves to wash the dishes, “scrub, scrub, scrub.”—Grandma Bettie

My daughter, Gianna (age 3) asks every day if she goes to see Miss Sunny today. -- Reina

We actually just got into Fort Worth this evening and preparing to unpack my Mom tomorrow..fun fun!! When we had stopped, Kaylin (almost 3) was riding with her Dad and I went to go sit with her while he ran into the gas station, I noticed that they had been listening to her music. One of the things that I thought was really cool was that she was starting to sing the words right as they were happening and knew the words better than I did. It was really cute. — Stacy