On Sunday, I returned home from a wonderful 2 week vacation across Florida with my hubby-to-be. We drove from Miami to Pensacola to meet up with family and ended our journey in St. Pete Beach to celebrate the wedding of one of my good friends. (The wedding even included a flash mob choreographed by my [...]
"Here is a song about S...S, S, the letter S!" Here's a little tune to address the letter S. There are a few ways to implement this activity: You can ask children to identify various S-word pictures; you can play "I Spy" and ask them to identify various S-words around the room; or you can sing nonsense words [...]
It's a Saturday....errr Sunday Song Share! Yay! As I posted on Facebook, my hubby-to-be and I were looking at wedding venues yesterday, so I didn't have a chance to post a new song release yesterday. But here it is for your listening pleasure...a song about body parts for kids! Image courtesy of Sura Nualpradid [...]
Empathy. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the definition of empathy is: the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner. I decided to explore this [...]
Welcome to another edition of...Saturday Song Share! The weather has been unbearably hot here in Miami (as always!) With that being the case, I thought it would be appropriate to release my song entitled "I Like to Eat Ice Cream." I can eat ice cream any time of year, but there is nothing better than cold [...]
This week has certainly been exciting! I shared on Facebook that my boyfriend of three years and I are engaged! Yay! Start thinking of some wedding songs that you can share with me please :) In addition to this life changing event, I also had another two articles come out that highlight music therapy. Back [...]
No, not really! It's just the name of the newest release for my Saturday Song Share series! Hello and Goodbye Songs are an important part of my music therapy sessions for children with special needs. They are not necessarily right for all populations and settings, but for my children's groups, they provide structure and predictability, as well [...]
Does this seem counter intuitive or what? If it does then read on... I am one of those YES people. If an opportunity comes my way, my first instinct is to say YES. You want me to present for your students? I would love to! You want me to lead a Saturday morning music therapy [...]
Happy Saturday Song Share! I hope you've been enjoying the latest: Flora the Fish (for your beachy session plans) and Say Hello and Shake Hands (a greeting song for kids!) Today's song is for your instrument jam sessions. Whether you're using drums, bells, shakers, or any other type of instrument, this song will be great! Have [...]
Happy 4th of July everyone! I am looking forward to some much needed R&R today, as well as fireworks at the Biltmore Hotel tonight! I hope you are spending your 4th of July in a relaxing way and that you'll be enjoying it with family and friends. :) If you follow me on Facebook or [...]
