Elias' Favorite: Music Time

Elias is almost 20 months old and LOVES to sing songs and dance. At daycare, his providers J and K say he LOVES music time. Some favorites moments, songs and dances include:

• Before age 1, he loved to listen to us sing or play: Baby Beluga and Wheels on the Bus
• Today, Elias' number one request is "E-I-E-I-O" (which for the longest time he called "EEYahYo"). This request has many meanings and interpretations such as:
• Show me videos of nursery rhymes/songs on YouTube on your phone (he asks anyone he knows has a phone, especially Grandpa!)
• Play kids music (Raffi, etc)
• Play the song "Old McDonald"
• Sing "Old McDonald"
• He requests "Row Row" AKA Row, Row, Row your boat. He especially loves the second verse: "when you see a crocodile, don't forget to scream" which is when he likes to let out a scream. Though sometimes he screams after the first verse too. It varies.
• He can sing the WHOLE happy birthday song by himself and often sings it in the car or when he's falling asleep
• He can sing all of "Twinkle Twinkle" in key. He gets that from his dad! 
• He can sing the whole alphabet song!!! This was his FIRST favorite song. When he started at daycare, he loved having me or J&K point to the letters on a banner as we sang the song multiple times in a row. We immediately purchased an alphabet banner that we hung in the playroom.
• Loves to dance to "Let it Go" (with a twirl with hands above his head) from the Disney movie Frozen. He learned this from the older girls at daycare and is too young to think this is girly.
• Loves "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" but mostly touches his toes. 
• Has been requesting "Rosey, Ashes" AKA "Ring Around the Rosey" all weekend recently (did you know: this song is about the Black Plague!)
• Has specific dances for his musical toys:
• Loves to flip the "light" on his table toy to play a song "turn the light on and off, and the switch goes up and down ...." as he does a specific stomping dance
• Loves to sway dance to the alphabet song on his table toy
• Loves to play his piano and xylophone
• Loves the "Cocomelon" (ABCKidsTV) and "SuperSimpleSongs" channels on YouTube

 Elias and his piano at 15 months

Elias with his Great-Grandmother, Grammy, playing piano at 17 months