If you've followed my blog for a while, you know I am a big fan of auditory perception and listening games. I use these games in my music therapy sessions with school-age clients and teens as a way improve their social relationships and their ability to focus in school. I have always created these games [...]
Spring has just about Sprung! Are you feeling a burst of creative energy like I am? Because of the great feedback we've received, plus multiple requests, I've put together Round 2 subscriptions for the Teen and Attention Elevate Packages. This means MORE creative ideas + MORE CMTEs. The Round 2 Teen Package includes so many [...]
It's a snow day here in Pennsylvania - a far cry from the 80 degree Januarys we experienced when we lived in Florida! Before I go outside to shovel and sled with my kiddos, I wanted to write up a quick blog to continue the Session Idea Blast Series I started last week. In the [...]
Happy New Year! Things have turned chilly here in Pennsylvania. We have a snow storm on it's way at the end of this weekend, which means my kiddos will inevitably have a snow day on Monday! 'Tis the season of an erratic school schedule. Nonetheless, I have big plans for later on in January - [...]
Holiday season is in full swing over here (our Christmas tree is up and in my sessions we are singing ALL the holiday songs). š Nonetheless, I am peeking ahead to 2025. How about you? I've had several people reach out and ask about joining one of theĀ Wholesome Harmonies E-Courses. Though these courses are currently [...]
The Tune In To TeensĀ andĀ Attention & Perception E-Courses will soon be going on hiatus for the foreseeable future. It makes me a little sad to say that. These have been passion projects for me - putting my knowledge and passion about music therapy with tweens and teens into these E-Courses, hearing your positive feedback and [...]
Over the past few weeks, I've shared how I use pop songs in a therapeutic way with my middle and high school students: To practice affirmations through rap with Bow Wizzle. To work on attention and perception skills using songs by Imagine Dragons and OneRepublic. To move and groove using songs by BTS and AJR. [...]
Have you been keeping up with the Pop Song Spotlight posts? The past two blogs have been about the best songs for working on attention skills with instruments (Imagine Dragons and OneRepublic are part of this spotlight) and the best songs for movement (a few are perfect for the upcoming summer months). Today, I'm spotlight-ing [...]
My pop song spotlight series started with a look at Snoop Dogg's kids album (it's a treasure, I promise you!), followed by a look at some cool, current songs I'm using to work on attention skills with instruments. Today, I'm focusing on the best current pop songs that can be used for movement. I usually [...]
Today's blog post title is a bit of a mouthful, I'll admit. But stick around, because this pop song spotlight is a good one. After taking a look last week at how Snoop Dogg's new kids album can be used therapeutically, I'm going to share some songs today that can be used to work on [...]
