4/01/2009

Two Videos, No Fooling

I've written previously about how Fiona's reading ability has really taken off lately. The actual content here may not make a lot of sense since it's a comic strip in one of her magazines, but she's reading every word herself and it's not memorized:



We got a piano in January. We gave Fiona a choice between piano lessons and swimming lessons and she chose swimming, so she's not getting any training yet (we'll start in the fall). But she insists on having me show her how to play songs like Mary Had a Little Lamb, and she picks them up pretty quickly (even if I can't get her to use multiple fingers).

This song comes from the Valentine's issue of her Ladybug magazine (same issue she's reading from above) and is called Can You Put Some Love in Your Pocket? I showed Fiona how to play this on Sunday. 24 hours later she announced she was going to play it, and I got ready to help her through it since she'd only played it a few times the day before and I was certain she'd need help. Turned out she remembered the whole thing.

The version below is a little sloppier than she usually plays it--she's not Glenn Gould or anything normally (thank goodness), but most of the time she doesn't miss any notes. Enjoy.