Early on in the pandemic, I started a new tradition with my kids where every Saturday morning we'd go out for donuts and hold a "music appreciation" class on the drive, focusing on a different band/artist each week.
My kids are pretty young so this was not like an intensive education. I tried to keep it fun, choosing just a few catchy/accessible songs for each artist. (My selfish motivation was that I desperately needed a break from Kidz Bop.)
After a couple months, I started keeping a playlist of all the songs we'd "learned." Every Saturday, I would play songs and let the kids guess the band/artist. Even as the playlist grew to 150+ songs, it got harder and harder to stump them.
This morning, they had their ultimate triumph as I drove around for like 30 minutes trying to stump them and they nailed every song—Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin, Talking Heads, Elvis, Cat Stevens, Mariah Carey, Outkast, Bob Dylan, The Strokes. It was a proud moment.
My 3yo daughter just walked past me singing to herself, "Burning down the houuuse..."
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