This is a first!

This is my first attempt at worldwide publishing of my thoughts concerning my job. I am a Kindermusik educator, teaching music and movement classes for children newborn to five (even though the curriculum goes to seven). I've been doing this for almost eight years, and it is the best job I have ever had. I knew that music has a major impact on children, just from my experiences as a public school teacher. However, with the birth of my daughter eleven years ago, I began to see the impact that early musical experiences can have on babies and young children. I sang to my daughter, danced with her, did fingerplays, bounces, wiggles, and tickles, but didn't put her in a Kindermusik class, even though I had heard of it. I thought, "I do all that at home with her", forgetting how much I enjoy making music with others in my orchestra job and at church. When she was three and a half I enrolled her in a Kindermusik Music Box class at her preschool. After the first class she said, "Mommy, that was so much fun!" I called the teacher and asked if I could observe the class. She said yes, so I did, and came out saying, "I have to do this"! The rest is history. I teach classes for the Cadek Conservatory of Music, and I usually have an average of 110 students every semester in 12-14 classes a week. What a great job! I get to enjoy music all day long, lead parents and children in classes that help their children develop in all area, and I get paid for it! What a deal!