This blog post is on a Gem in the heart of Philadelphia - Little Theatre, Baby Wordplay.
Little Theatre at 2237 Greys Ferry Ave - Graduate Hospital area in South Philly
Totally recommend Miss Pam's class to anyone here in Philly. It's a walk in class where she sings songs, reads books and does her puppet shows. It runs all week from Mondays to Saturdays at either 10:30 or 11:30, and you can pop in whenever you have nothing to do with the baby. Each class is only $8 (or $7 if you get a set of 10). It's never too early to take your kid there... There were babies as old as 6 weeks there.
I thought that Shane would not have understood what's going on, but after a few sessions, I noticed that he's been paying attention to some of the songs that have become familiar, and he stops fidgeting when his name gets included in some songs, or when he can be thrown around during the songs. There was also the little horsey and doggy puppet that popped out yesterday which he just stopped and stared. Today, we had the little chick and bees on the puppet show. So much action! The Peanut butter, marmalade and jam song, the good old skimery ke dinky dink song... etc, so many things to keep the little bubs entertained. A whole 45 mins of non stop action! I love it too because I get to "fly" Shane up in the air quite a lot with songs like the astronaut going to the moon, noble duke of york, etc. Also, I love it that Miss Pam has like almost unlimited number of books... And they're so interesting books - pop ups, song books, peek-a-boo books etc.
Miss Pam and Shane
If you can see close enough in the background, there's Maya the doll which she uses in her stories and songs, there's itsy winsy spider amongst the twigs, old McDonald farmhouse, and a whole range of stuff hidden behind the curtains.
That's Miss Pam during her class
Miss Pam is looking to open several more of these around Philadelphia and is on a fund raising mission now. There's a video of what she does on the fund raising site Indiegogo. Stop by and see if you can help out!
