So, Erin figured out a long time ago that "The ABC Song" and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" are sung to the same tune. Last night, she made it clear that she wanted Dada to sing ABCs at the same time Mama sang Twinkle, Twinkle. She held her arms up like a conductor and meted out our respective parts. And we complied.
When we were done she clapped and cheered uproariously.
And speaking of music, she also likes to hold a plastic plate to her chest and say "guitar," pretending she's playing it.
The girl will clearly need music lessons one of these days.
Thursday, April 09, 2009
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It's so fun to see the sense of humor coming out! Annikas favorite joke is to point at everyone around the room and call them the wrong name, then we have to say "No, I'm not dada, I'm mama!!" She thinks its a riot.
I don't think I realized it was the same tune until I was an adult.
I've decided to wait on throwing Baa Baa Black Sheep into the mix - that may be overwhelming.
And I noticed this as an adult too by singing these songs over and over again to Erin. Perhaps we also knew it as children and just forgot?
I had no idea it was the same tune until you just told me. Then you had to throw in "Baa Baa Black Sheep." My mind is blown. Surely there is significance in this. It's like the Fibonacci sequence. Or how you can sing almost any Emily Dickinson poem to the tune of "Yellow Rose of Texas."
Your child is clearly very advanced. Or at least way more advanced than me. Which may be a backhanded compliment.
I love to sing "Because I could not stop for death" to the yellow rose of texas. The juxtaposition is just so hilarious.
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