“A child sings before it speaks, dances almost before it walks. Music is with us from the beginning.”-writer Pamela Brown All children are born with musical gifts. We instinctively sing, rock and dance with our babies. It creates a deep bond and it helps our children to grow and delight in the world. We, as parents, have long known what scientist have proven time and time again: children need music. Come share your love for music and dance with your child. Fall Kindermusik classes for infants to 5 year olds begin September 8 at St. Luke's church in Tacoma.

As parents, we have all heard and read that music has a profound impact on a child's development. We are often told that music enhances math performance or other scholastic endeavors. However, the majority of the benefits of early music exposure are much more personal.

Rain shmain I say. OK, I tried to say that, but at one point during today's visit to Celebration Park we did have to high-tail it to the car. We still got to spend about 45 minutes enjoying the new tot lot recently installed there, at S 80th and D streets.

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Yesterday we went to a birthday party for one of our favorite little people at Sunset Terrace Park in University Place. Sunset Terrace is a great park. It's got a large playground, plenty of open grassy space to run, a baseball diamond, and a nice new picnic shelter with bbq facilities.