Do You Wanna Build a Snowman
Recently, I was preparing food in the kitchen when my 3-year-old grandson appeared and asked if he could have a carrot. I dutifully peeled one for him and handed it over, thinking no more about it. I was aware that he was on the kitchen floor behind me but wasn’t in my way, so I left him to it. When I eventually turned around, I saw he had created the picture above. “Is that a snowman?” I asked, “Yes, Grandpa, I want to watch Olaf”. I dutifully went into the other room with him and put “Frozen” on the telly. While the machinery was whirring into action, and to the astonishment of his mum, he started singing “For the first time and forever”. To our knowledge, he had never sung this before.
To me, this spoke of a 3-year-old’s imagination, creativity, and obvious links between brain development and music. He is exposed to plenty of music in his parent’s car (Audison Prima system), at nursery and when he visits me and asks me to play songs (most of which I have never heard) on guitar.
Keep listening to music all of the time, people. It is the most potent force for good at our disposal.
Merry Christmas, see you in 2025.
Carl
Editor
