Yesterday, was a literal dream come true for me! I got to facilitate Rockin' and Readin' at the Gettysburg Library in Pennsylvania, where I attended storytime and checked out books as a kid. Talk about coming full circle. My family and I moved back to my hometown in Pennsylvania in 2021, and though I continue [...]
Library sessions are some of my favorite to facilitate. I love the calm atmosphere and getting to know the librarians and patrons through our classes. We've been offering Rockin' and Readin', Baby & Toddler Rock and Holidays with Wholesome Harmonies for various branches of the Miami Dade Public Library System since 2010. And recently, we [...]
In addition to the music therapy services and adapted lessons we offer to children and teens with special needs, there's another side of my business that I love: our developmental music classes. We've been working together with the Miami-Dade Public Library System since 2010 to offer these early childhood music classes at library branches throughout [...]
The library is one of my favorite places to be. I've always loved the smell of the books and the peacefulness that lives in the bookshelves. Well, that is the peacefulness until storytime starts! If you've ever been to one of our Rockin' & Readin music sessions, you know we get a little bit loud [...]
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. [...]
Ever since my Rockin' and Readin' at the Library program started back up in August, I've been thinking a LOT about singable stories, or as I like to call them Book 'n Songs. Because these sessions take place at the library, many of the interventions target early literacy skills. We work on letter identification, rhyming words, [...]
Rockin' and Readin' kicked off last month at the West Dade Regional Library and it was a hit! Over 50 children and their parents attended and we had a blast singing, playing rhythm instruments, waving the parachute and hearing a singable story to "Ain't Gonna Paint No More." Rockin' and Readin' is a program I [...]
