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. [...]
I couldn't be more excited to share with you that The Attention & Perception E-Course is OPEN for enrollment (and available at a discounted rate), this week only, January 24 - 28th. Attention and perception are fundamental abilities that underlie all the other skills we work on with our clients and students. Our clients canāt [...]
Over the past few weeks, I've given you a little sneak peak into The Attention & Perception E-Course. We're winding down our spotlight series and it is almost time for the doors to open for enrollment (next week on January 24th - happy dance!) Last week, I shared how videos are used in the course [...]
One of the things I cherish most is the collection of session videos I have from my time working with children and teens in Miami over the past seventeen years. I've used these music therapy videos, with written permission from the parents and clients, as teaching tools on my website, in presentations, and in my [...]
Last week, I gave a little sneak peek into The Attention & Perception E-Course and some of the creative ideas you'll learn to target auditory perception skills (those skills that help our clients develop speech and language, follow directions in school, and socialize with friends = super important!) Today Iām going to shine a spotlight [...]
Do the words "cool" and "auditory perception technique" sound like oxymorons? Do you automatically think "bland" and "boring" when you think of developing auditory perception techniques? Do you wonder what auditory perception techniques even are?? Fear not, I will explain everything here. Last year, I created a new online course called The Attention & Perception [...]
