There is always a positive feeling in the air when I go to Ernestine. Though it was starting to get cold outside, I was warmly welcomed by a small group at first, but then we grew as the class went on. Though the older kids used to be the ones doing most of the vocal participation in the class, the younger kids seem to be growing their vocabularies exponentially, and even the youngest is babbling what seem to be lyrics to the songs, and claps along in time while exploring the room now that she can stand and walk! We sang You Walk and Walk and Walk and Stop, and the oldest kid infused a lot of humour into the song by adding ad libs for why we had to stop walking, jumping, dancing, etc. He’s hilarious! It was a whole new dimension of participation and I’m all for it!