Carter's 1st Grade Music Program

The 1st graders at Carter's school had their music program today. What a huge improvement from the kindergarten graduation, where they all sort of sang along, but mostly played. This year was ALL singing together and it was pretty much the cutest thing I have ever seen!  My mom joined me and did some video, which I can't wait to watch. Here are some pictures I snagged - though I couldn't find a great spot between all of the parents and the music teacher who was moving around all over the place. But, we still got some good shots!

Yes, but is he learning anything?

There are two super important things we would like to teach our child. Education and arts. We read on a daily basis. And he loves it. I can't even count how many books he has and he's getting to the point where he is quite interactive with story time, i.e., no more monkeys jumping on the bed! He LOVES that one. And the wheels on the bus book. He has so much fun with those because we are quite animated with our reading.

Fortunately, since we started him at such a young age, he's quite relaxed with reading. I don't feel as though I have to pin him down just to read. And when we are done with one book, he says "ta da!" (the end) and runs off to get another book from the basket.
As an avid reader, seeing his excitement and interest really pleases me, and I'm always happy to sit down and go through his collection of books with him.

Music is also important. We always have music on in the house. I prefer it over the TV, hands down. 99% of the time, it's country music. But he'll dance to anything. And he gets quite into the dancing!

For those who don't know, Eric is a really good guitar player. I bought him this very nice guitar our first Christmas together. It was a pretty penny, but well worth the investment.

Right now, he's learning how to play "Chicken Fried" and "Whatever It Is" by The Zac Brown Band. Carter loves just sitting and watching Eric play. He's completely zoned in.

And occasionally, he will gets curious enough to go up to Eric and Eric will let him play along. It's quite entertaining to watch the two.