Stories and songs - Water, animals and other simple things

 

Songs about water in Almagro

Today we went to a theater in Almagro, Castilla La Mancha. This theater is a tad off the beaten track, an obscure little place with animal sculptures in the garden, a children's`play area and a swimming pool. We could see ashes on the ground, in what looked like a gathering around a campfire from the previous evening.  The theater itself "La Veleta" Weather Vane,  it's small but inviting and thoughtfully decorated.  

The highlight of the show was an interactive activity, whereby a long piece of paper was placed on the floor. My son rushed to sit down, to find out what we would be doing. We were told to imagine the long piece of paper as a river, and we were given crayons to draw, my son grabbed one and immediately began to draw, one of the other parents looked cross that he had started without instruction, but no amount of persuasion from me could stop him.  

Moments later we were instructed to draw along to the music, dots and then circles and so on.  The story teller then handed out silk paper leaves, flowers and butterflies with some glue. Lyon loved this activity, but I'm not sure he was paying much attention to the story and I also don't recall what it was about exactly, but I did enjoy watching him be creative.

By the time the activity had finished and we returned to our seats, Lyon had had enough and wanted to leave. So we left the darkness of the theater behind us and escaped into the sunshine.  Lyon is only 2 and a half and he IS able to watch a show all the way through, usually, but on this occasion when the story teller wasn't playing any kind of instrument, Lyon would wander off!  So, from this I have learnt more so than ever, that music is a powerful tool and I MUST used the Ukulele more!