Sense-ational Activities ~ “Roll the Cabasa”

2019-10-12T20:37:16+00:00November 5th, 2011|

Tactile Stimulation Today I am starting a series about "sense-ational" music therapy activities. Many of the children I work with at UCP's Early Beginnings Academy have a diagnosis of severe and profound intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder. Both groups of children benefit from what we call "sensory based" activities - activities that tap into [...]

What is Your Name? (Woah!)

2015-04-07T22:28:05+00:00October 22nd, 2011|

Today I'd like to share an intervention from one of my individual music therapy sessions at UCP's Early Beginnings Academy. This song was written by my former intern, colleague at UCP, and friend, Amber Ewers and she has graciously allowed me to share it with you today. The first goal we are working on during this [...]

Do Your Clients Give YOU Ideas?

2011-10-12T13:12:28+00:00October 12th, 2011|

I was pondering this question last week as I watched one of my clients dig into my bag of goodies and start pulling out drums one by one. He began setting up drums of various shapes, sizes, and colors so it looked like a drum set: large gathering drum in the middle, surrounded by lollipop [...]

Today is Brought to You by the Letter…M!

2016-07-19T19:54:18+00:00October 5th, 2011|

Letter songs are always a hit with my children at UCP's Early Beginnings Academy. Learning the alphabet and recognizing letters are a huge topic for any preschooler or kindergartener! The teachers at Early Beginnings use a program called BELL (Building Early Language and Literacy) to teach phonological awareness, letter recognition, print awareness, and reading skills. I [...]

Shapes, Shapes

2011-09-24T18:29:36+00:00September 24th, 2011|

Shapes are a very important topic for my children at UCP. Circles, squares, triangles - you name it, they're learning about it! Here is a song called "Shapes, Shapes" (how creative!) that I wrote to help facilitate the process of learning shapes. Click here if you'd like to purchase the sheet music and use this song [...]

Book ‘n Song: “Ten Little Fingers”

2011-09-18T16:03:28+00:00September 18th, 2011|

Music therapy with the baby and toddler class at UCP is one of my favorite groups of the week. I get to see them meet so many developmental milestones, which is amazing - I feel like a proud mama! Our music therapy sessions focus on the following developmental areas: - Moving to music - Social skills: giving [...]

Feeling the Beat at UCP

2011-09-02T00:03:08+00:00September 2nd, 2011|

Last week the children at UCP's Early Beginnings Academy had the privilege of having a guest artist! Pedro, percussionist from University of Miami, came to visit the children and show them a variety of latin instruments. Here were some of the highlights... First, we heard the snare drum... We explored sounds that were soft and [...]

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