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Friday Favorites: {5 Songs for Sit-er-cise with Older Adults}
(Photo credit: sparkle glowplug) I don’t know about you, but I love incorporating some sit-er-cise after the hello song in music therapy groups when I work with older adults. Without fail, it doesn’t...
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Monday Music & Movement: {We’re Going to the Circus}
Image via West Music Scarves are a great way to motivate children to move in order to meet gross motor goals during music therapy session. Not only for gross motor movement, there is a sensory aspect...
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Monday Music & Movement: {Valentine’s Day BINGO}
Image via Hearts in Nature The older adults I work with never get tired of a few music therapy interventions (balloon volleyball to music anyone?). One is playing name that tune or music bingo. These...
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Friday Favorites: {Circus Tightrope Walk}
Image via Wikipedia One of the first things I did when I got to my internship was read, play, and sing through every music book that my internship site, The Family Partnership, had in the bookshelves....
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Monday Music & Movement: {Move Your Scarves Everybody}
Image Credit It can be tricky incorporate gross motor movement interventions during music therapy with toddlers. In our experience, toddlers tend to run away or explore shelves as soon as you ask them...
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Bonus: {Hey Guess What? It’s Valentine’s Day!}
Hey all, since it’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow we wanted to share one more Valentine’s day song with you. This one is a singing intervention and works well for preschoolers and early grade school. The...
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Friday Favorites: {Free Singable Little Books}
Image Via As I was teaching a violin lesson yesterday, I said to my student, “learning to read music is just like learning to read words…”. This statement reminded me of the little books that are...
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Friday Favorites: {The Animal Boogie!}
Dear music therapists, music educators, music therapy students, & caregivers of children, Have you met my friend, “The Animal Boogie”? If you haven’t had the opportunity to use this singable book...
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Monday Music & Movement: {When I’m Happy I Tap My Drum}
English: Managing emotions – Identifying feelings (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I love “If You’re Happy and You Know It” just as much as anyone else, but sometimes you need some variety in songs about...
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Friday Favorites: {The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Parachute Style!}
Image Credit If you’ve followed the blog for any time, you will know that both Lyndie and I have an abounding love for the Laurie Berkner Band’s songs. Today’s Friday Favorite is a cover the Laurie...
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Friday Favorites: {5 Little Fishies Swimming in the Sea}
Image Credit We find that tddlers and younger preschoolers always love a good fingerplay. 5 Little Fishies is a great one that can work on goals of anticipation, predicting repetition, moving across...
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Friday Favorites: {Baby Animals in the Spring}
Image Via Photo Credit: wsimmons We think there are endless possibilities for piggybacking classic children’s songs (examples here and here). Today’s Friday Favorite is no exception! In honor of the...
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Friday Favorites: {Rhythm Games Part 1}
Image Credit Last night I was talking with a lovely friend who is finishing up her senior year in the Music Therapy program at the University of MN. She has the wonderful opportunity to work as a...
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Monday Music & Movement: {Old Blue}
Image Via Pretty much every little one I know likes puppies. Today’s therapeutic music intervention uses the first verse of the traditional “Old Blue” to work on expressive and/or receptive color...
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Monday Music & Movement: {Oh Mr. Sun}
Image Credit I don’t know what the weather is like where you live…but in MN we have had sleet, thundersnow, and rain for the last week or so. Naturally, I am dreaming of sunshine and temperatures that...
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{Introducing ToneROCKS!}
Image credit Happy Monday morning to everyone! I want to share about an exciting new opportunity...
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Friday Favorites: {It’s Raining, It’s Pouring}
Image Credit We have had a busy week at Toneworks, starting Musical Playground groups in four Early Childhood Special Education and Mental Health Collaborative classrooms! One of the songs we have...
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Monday Music & Movement: {It’s a Beautiful Day}
Image Credit Welcome to another Monday Music & Movement! Today’s song is one that Lyndie, our other music therapist, taught me from a practicum and a second version that I learned from a different...
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Friday Favorites: {Aiken Drum, The Man on the Moon!}
Image Credit One of our favorite songs to work on pre-reading/pre-writing skills is a spin off of the old Scottish folk song “Aiken Drum”. In the original version, the verses each name different...
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Friday Favorites: {Milkshake, Shake it Up}
Image credit Today’s Friday Favorite is the perfect tune, especially considering our recent heat wave in Minneapolis! The intervention is adapted from the song “Milkshake” by Wiggleworms. You can...
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