Things sure have been busy around here! My baby is now 10 months old and is cruising all over the place like a champ. It's a lot to keep up with, but she is just so much fun I can hardly stand it! {Check out my guest blog post over at Listen & [...]
Hey there! I hope you've had some time to poke around my website and check out the new design and new organization that will make things even easier to find (teen session ideas are all found here!) Today I'm starting a brand new video series that I'm really excited about! In this series I'll be [...]
I cannot believe Christmas is right around the corner! I have to admit I'm pretty excited about that. This is the first Christmas with our new baby and I've been having way too much fun singing carols with her and jingling bells together. I've also been singing carols during my sessions with my clients who [...]
It has been quite a while since I've been able to get out my weekly Wednesday blog post! Between a new baby, two weddings and a road trip from Florida to New York, it has been hard to find the time to get out a post. But today I'm back at it! I'm continuing a series [...]
Rockin' and Readin' kicked off last month at the West Dade Regional Library and it was a hit! Over 50 children and their parents attended and we had a blast singing, playing rhythm instruments, waving the parachute and hearing a singable story to "Ain't Gonna Paint No More." Rockin' and Readin' is a program I [...]
Today is the final installation of my Movin' and Groovin' summer blog series! Before you read any further, make sure you catch up the previous posts: Watch video of how I combine movement with learning shapes Watch video of how I incorporate movement into an activity to teach -AT words Learn some of my original [...]
I've really been enjoying being able to share my ideas for how to incorporate more movement into our music therapy sessions with kids! Sometimes I think I'll never need a gym membership because of all the stomping, spinning, hopping, jumping, and dancing I do in my sessions! If you're not caught up already, watch this video [...]
Did you catch Part 1 of my summer blog series on Music & Movement? Or as I like to say, Movin' and Groovin' in Music Therapy! Check out that video here - we're working on identification of shapes. Today, I want to share a video that incorporates movement into an individual session where we're working [...]
Today's post is Part 1 of my summer blog series on movin' and groovin' during your music therapy sessions with kids! Movement is so important when children are learning - it wakes up the body and the brain and actively engages children in the learning process. In the video below, I am working on shape identification [...]
One of my favorite things to do here on the blog is to create a series around a topic relevant to my music therapy sessions with children. Last summer, I created a summer blog series on how to incorporate Sensational (or sensory-based) Activities into your music therapy sessions with children with autism. The series was [...]
