Making Music
pamelamyers | April 21, 2014
Well, sort of. Mark is always trying to get Sam interested in music, whether it is listening or creating. I do support it, of course, I would love for Sam to be musical, but short of playing music for her, I am not much help. I can’t read music, or play it (something I still regret) and Mark can, so I leave it to him to instill these things in her. We both hope Sam has some musical talent, like her dad. Mark does a good job trying to educate her. She listens to all sorts of music with her, tries to point out the sounds of different instruments, and tries to show her how to actually play songs by explaining notes. I don’t know how much is sinking in, but we hope.
Sam and Mark were outside recently playing with her sidewalk chalk. She just got some new chalk for Easter from our neighbors, and one of the doodads was a holder for multiple pieces of chalk. We noted that it looks like the lines you use to create music. It didn’t take long for Mark to try to educate our daughter once again. We were both so pleased to see that she does understand the concept, that all those little symbols actually mean something. Because she created – this. We were so proud. Maybe there is hope for her musical future yet.
