Mind you, I’m not saying that this is necessarily a bad thing. Someone once told me that in order to produce a mentally healthy child, you should treat them as though they were the seventh of nine children. But then again, I grew up in Utah where people have to buy special big cars to accommodate their large numbers of offspring. Anyway, the point is that Luca does get less of my undivided attention than his big brother did at the same age.
This is one of the reasons that I decided to sign us up for a Kindermusik class with Monica Kruger at The Playhouse in Gràcia. This way, we’d get to spend some quality time together without any of the typical sibling or household distractions. The other reason I decided to sign us up for the class was to Get Us Out Of The Apartment. You see, the post-nap late afternoons around our place tend to get a bit tedious.
“Up! Up! Up!” Luca will screech. I pick him up. “Down! Down! Down!” he yells. I put him down. “Elmo!” he shouts. “You’ve already had enough Elmo today,” I say. “Cookie?” he questions. “No, no more cookies...” I wearily mutter.
After this exchange has been repeated three or four times, both his vocabulary and my patience are at an end and we pretty much have to leave the premises before one of us starts screaming.
I recently interviewed Monica about Kindermusik and why she thinks it can be beneficial for both children and their parents. Here is what she had to say:
Tell me a little bit about yourself
My name is Monica Kruger. I’m from England, via Edinburgh, I first arrived in Barcelona in 97. I’m married to a Catalan, we have two small children.
What is Kindermusik?
A worldwide community of music teachers committed to sharing music with mothers and small children. Kindermusik educators are enabling children to tap into a rich seam of culture and enjoy it as they gain physical, cognitive, vocal and social confidence.
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