I’ve been on a library kick the past few weeks. I’ve been having an amazing time planning for my sessions at the library, which include baby and toddler classes and Rockin’ & Readin’ sessions for children of all abilities, including those with special needs. If you lead sessions at the library or if you want [...]
I just got back from taking my little one to story time and our local library and let me tell you, she loves it! Now that she's one, everything is more fun. She's getting into the movements of each song and she's very observant of the librarians when they read. I lead baby and toddler developmental music classes at library branches [...]
A few weeks ago I sent out a survey to my newsletter list and to readers of the blog to find out what topics they would most like to see covered in upcoming blog posts. The top responses were: #1 - session ideas for working with teens #2 - session ideas for working with children #3 - [...]
Hello there! I have been doing my very best to keep on my weekly Wednesday blog schedule. But with a 13-month-old, a new house to move into, and a full work schedule, it's been hard to stay on track! Today, though, I'm back at it and this post is all about the Tuneful Teens E-Book. [...]
Before I launch into today's blog post, I want to give a huge THANK YOU to those of you who took the "better blog survey" I sent out. Sara Devine was the winner randomly chosen to receive a free E-Book - The Rap Pack for Teens! I appreciate your survey responses so much and [...]
In my last blog post, I started a brand new series on how to AMP UP your teen music therapy sessions. I love using fresh, new ideas in my sessions, so I'm happy to share what's worked well with my tween & teen groups. Today, I want to share a musical game I created called the ABCs [...]
"Woo-oo-oo-ohh," "Woo-oo-oo-ohh." I constantly have this running through my head after I listen to "Best Day of My Life" by American Authors. It's catchy and it repeats over and over in the song...so I find it running over and over through my head! Today's blog post is the first of a series on how to [...]
I love Bruno Mars. He's got catchy tunes, a fantastic voice and puts on a great show when he performs live (can you believe those curlers?!) So it's not surprising that he's VERY popular with the tween and teen groups I lead for the organization Friendship Circle of Miami. When it came time to choose a [...]
In last week's blog post, I shared about the library programs we offer at the Miami-Dade County Library System ~ Rockin' & Readin' (a music therapy program that targets literacy skills) and Baby & Toddler Rock (both developmental music programs). I'm thrilled that we announced that we JUST received funding to expand and offer these programs at the Brockway Memorial [...]
Does it seem interesting that a post about the library starts with the phrase "Rockin' Out?" Typically you think about being very, very quiet in the library, but with the music therapy programs offered through Wholesome Harmonies, we are anything but quiet! Since 2010, I've been facilitating music therapy programs at Miami-Dade Public Library System. [...]
