Kindermusik Queen

Yesterday morning our church held its annual worship service celebrating the work of our early childhood education center (where Sam spends his Monday Parents' Day Out), the children that attend, and our church's children. It was a delightful service with balloons dancing at the altar, children squealing in the halls, and ice cream cone cupcakes after the service. (Mmmmm...ice cream cone cupcakes)

My favorite part of the service (besides the ice cream cone cupcakes) is when the various childrens' choirs sing. No one sings with more pure joy than a five year old, and watching them is a lesson in Christ's teaching that we must become like little children to enter the Kingdom of heaven. This year, I was in the choir loft for the service, which meant that I could only see the back row of each choir, and the backs of the back row at that. So I was able to watch their director. Lisa is a dynamic director and watching her coax a performance out of the kids made me realize that she will be a marvelous Kindermusik educator when she starts teaching this summer for Joy.

After the service, I mentioned my opinion to Lisa. She responded with a comment of how glad she was Joy couldn't see her because a strategically located group of balloons. "She is the Kindermusik Queen," Lisa finished.

Lisa is right; Joy is an excellent Kindermusik educator, and since the Queen would never blow her own horn, her servant is here to do it for her. Joy keeps a Kindermusik blog for her families that lists fun ideas of crafts, and games, and outings around town. Her creativity sometimes astonishes me, and it must other people as well. In this month's issue of Tune In, Kindermusik's online newsletter, there is a link to a fabric-play activity suggested by a Kindermusik educator. One guess as to where that link goes.