The Bird

The girls have been taking a music class since January. It is a really cool program that teaches kids basic music skills and to play the piano. By the end of the first level they will be able to compose simple music.

The beginning level of the program is for 3 to 5 year olds. I am lazy and want to keep the girls together for any extracurricular activities as long as possible. Flower was a few months shy of 3 when we started but the teacher was willing to give it a try. Flower did pretty well and is able to play basic songs on the piano.

A large part of playing the piano is teaching your fingers to move together and separately while reading the music. We play a lot of games and sing songs that teach the kids to move their fingers separately. Those of you who play the piano know each finger has a number. The thumb is finger 1, the pointer finger is finger 2, etc.

The first two months of class we spent a lot of time moving our fingers independent of the other fingers and it was tough for Flower. She had a hard time holding finger 3 and finger 4 up individually. About a month ago she must have figured out how to move finger 3 because all of the sudden she started pointing with it. Not just once or twice, exclusively….with both hands.

I knew what she was doing and was proud of her. She had been working on moving fingers 3 and 4 for so long. She was able to use finger 3. Dear Husband was mortified. I guess it must be a daddy thing. I wasn’t bothered at all when Flower held up her middle finger to point out the window as we were driving through town. She finally mastered a difficult task so I think she should be rewarded. DH wants her to use her pointer finger. I guess we can comprise and start working on pointing with finger 4….that shouldn’t offend anyone.