Happy Elephant Appreciation Day!

Sounds like some good qualities to instill in your child. Yes, September 22nd is creeping up again. Elephant Appreciation Day! Have you hugged an elephant today? You’d better find one tomorrow!

Kindermusik Fest

Don’t forget to join us at the Powerhouse tomorrow! We are celebrating our studio’s new Maestro status. We want every child in Oxford, young and old to come and have fun at our celebration. If you been in our Kindermusik classes in the past please bring a CURRENT photo to add to [...]

Home Made Play Dough

I have been thinking about doing this for a long time. Actually, my oldest son’s Mother’s Morning Out teacher gave me this recipe when he was about 18 months old. He is 9.5 years old now so you can see the idea has been kicking around in the back of my head for [...]

Relationships

“Relationships do not unfold in a vacuum. They are most rewarding when they become a vehicle for learning about oneself, about each other, and about the world. For toddlers, having things to do is a prerequisite for all these kinds of learning.”
-The Emotional Life of the Toddler
by Alicia F. Lieberman

Even the Seafood Hater Ate This One!

Ok, maybe he was just really hungry after having such a beautiful day which was not too hot to play outside. They both took full advantage and played with some neighborhood kids ALL DAY outside! Yeah!! One of the things that has always seemed wrong to me as a transplanted northerner is [...]

Baby Me

Poor little one. She looks so sad here. We realized recently that as the youngest with 2 older brothers Shaela was growing up in a house where the only thing approaching a doll was a Teen-age-mutant-ninja-turtle, Batman or Superman figure. Grandma and I took her doll shopping. That was a whole [...]

Bell Horses

Help your child learn about counting with this fun Mother Goose rhyme.
Bell horses, bell horses,
What’s the time of day?
One o’clock, two o’clock,
Time to go away.
Good horses, bad horses,
What’s the time of day?
Three o’clock, four o’clock,
Time to go away.
You can help your child hold up fingers at the proper times. You can get out some [...]

Consistency in Times of Change

As adults, we all know (or should know) that there will always be times in our lives that things happen, situations arise, that we have absolutely no control over – the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, even our child’s first day of preschool or first grade when it is suddenly [...]

Routines

We have many routines in our class, including our Hello Song, Instrument Play Alongs, Story Time, Dancing Time, Clean up Time, Rocking Time, and our Goodbye Song. Routines are essential to foster a sense of stability, cohesion, and overall satisfaction with an experience. They allow children opportunities to develop a sense of connection and belonging [...]

Mom’s Night Out

Finally, finally! After a long dry spell we have another Mom’s Night Out planned! Everyone is welcome and please feel free to bring a friend. This time around we really do have to have an accurate head count so that we can have enough chocolate. What’s that you say? Chocolate?!? [...]