Transition songs are a very important part of the daily routine for children, both within and outside of the music therapy session. I cannot tell you how many times singing "Everybody Sit Down" in a quiet voice has helped herd rowdy children back to the circle after a movement activity. I hear teachers singing "Clean [...]
I love being a music therapist for children with special needs. One of the main reasons is that I have the opportunity to create fun, educationally relevant songs and interventions. The administrators and teachers at UCP love that I am able to support the curriculum by creating songs that target specific academic concepts and are catchy and easy to memorize. I've [...]
Feelings are a very important topic for my students at UCP. Now that the children in the Kindergarten class can express how they're feeling, we hear "I'm mad!" or "That made me sad!" ALL day long. They're getting a lot of practice with expressing their feelings. Here's one of their favorite songs to sing during music [...]
Watch to see how you can use items from the outdoors in your music therapy sessions! Pod guiros! Podshakers! What are YOUR ideas?