Although my private practice Wholesome Harmonies has been around since I moved to Miami in 2006, my website and blog are only 1 year old! One of the main reasons I wanted to create a website and learn how to update it is so I can show music therapy in action. How many times have [...]
Happy Saturday Song Share to you! Five Fine Foxes is a song I wrote my very first year working at United Cerebral Palsy (UCP). The lyrics are taken from the B.E.L.L. Literacy Program, which stands for Building Early Language and Literacy. The program uses rhymes and chants to engage the children in practicing letter sounds and working [...]
I feel like it has been a while since I wrote a real blog post! Between forming my LLC, launching my new ebook, and some other projects that will soon be revealed ;) , it feels like I haven't had a moment to sit back and reflect on it all. Sometimes when you own a [...]
Launch Day is here and my new ebook Sensational Songs & Activities has arrived!!!! I am thrilled to announce that his resource is available, since it has been months in the making! In case you missed my announcements all over Twitter and Facebook, Sensational Songs & Activities: Sensory-Based Ideas for Music Therapy is an ebook jam-packed with intervention [...]
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 [...]
