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 [...]
Last summer, I moved back to my hometown in Pennsylvania and it still feels like a dream come true! My kiddos get to play soccer on the same fields I did, attend the same school I did, and go to the same library where I used to check out Baby-Sitters Club and Goosebumps books (90s [...]
Tomorrow, Friday, September 11th I'll be Zooming in to offer brand new VIRTUAL Rockin' & Readin' sessions for the Miami-Dade Public Library System. Typically, the music therapists on my team and I travel to library branches across the county to offer our program. Now, we're able to offer these sessions virtually, so "virtually" anyone can [...]
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 [...]
I’ve been on a library kick the past few weeks. I’ve been having an amazing time planning for my sessions at the library, which include baby and toddler classes and Rockin’ & Readin’ sessions for children of all abilities, including those with special needs. If you lead sessions at the library or if you want [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
