Happy New Year!

After the best Christmas ever (see last blog), we built the biggest snowman ever. And then we did what we all came back for this year—we came back to learn!

First, we learned how to find our name on Miss Forbis's felt board.

Then we learned how to count snowmen under the watchful eye of Miss White.

And we took turns learning how to play Miss Paula's drum.

We learned how to play beautiful music on her keyboard.

And we learned to make our big red button say "More crackers!"

Just then Sponge Bob Square Pants hopped on the table.
"Enough work!" he said. "I'm Sponge Bob Square Pants. Guess what I can do with foaming softsoap. I can make snow, that's what! Come play with me."
So we did; soon our table was covered with foamy snow and lots of tiny playmates like whales and polar bears and seals and furry wolves.

Can you keep a secret? Learning is fun! That's what we learned today. What did you learn?

P.S. Miss Paula (left: a.k.a. Paula Scicluna, Executive Director of Rhythm & Rehab, now affiliated with Hayes Barton Baptist Church), recently announced that Jessica Albright (right), a music therapist with her group, was recently welcomed by the church as their new Director of the School of Music. Jessica graduated from Florida State University in the summer of 2011 with her MM in music therapy. Like Miss Paula, music is Jessica's passion. Already a certified NICU music therapist, she has much experience working with older adults, children and adults with developmental/intellectual delays.