Halloween is approaching and I don’t know about you, but I am loving coming up with my session plans this month. If you’ve read my blog posts in the past, you know I love a good themed session plan. Halloween is especially fun because there are so...
I recently had to move all my instruments and materials from the therapy center where I’ve worked for three years and move it back home. The therapy center was closing its doors and my materials needed a new home. This move allowed me to...
If you’re a regular here at the Wholesome Harmonies blog, you know I LOVE a good themed session plan. We’re getting to that time of year when theme ideas abound: there’s Harvest, Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Wintertime. I love all of it! I...
Mark your calendar! We have two pop up music sessions taking place at Miami Beach Library in September: Session: Baby Rock Music; open to babies (ages 0-2) and their caregivers Dates & Times: Thursday, September 22 & 29, 2016; 10:30 – 11:00am Location: Miami Beach Regional Library,...
In addition to offering music therapy services, another thing I love to do is offer adapted music lessons to children and teens with ASD. I’ve been teaching piano lessons to a teen and recently was starting to feel stuck with the lesson book. Plugging through...
What pop songs are you digging right now? Currently I’m loving “Can’t Stop the Feeling” by Justin Timberlake and “Try Everything” by Shakira. Anyone else? Sometimes it can be really hard to find songs that we can bring into our music therapy sessions. In my...
The ink has barely dried on my Beach Themed blog posts and already I’m realizing people are posting first day of school pics of their kids. That can only mean one thing – it’s back to school time! Looks like it’s time to shift gears....
I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready to put my summer session plans away just yet! I love using my uke and singing about relaxing days at the beach. There are so many creative ways to design sensory, cognitive, and movement activities...
I love a good themed session, don’t you? I like using themes because they help me think outside the box to find new ideas to use, and really inspire me to be creative in how I help my clients meet their goals. This month, it’s...
In last week’s blog post, I shared about how I’m using any summer “down time” I can find to get a head start on session planning for the Fall. If you’re in the same frame of mine I am and are need of some musical...