Episode 29 of “Songs for Music Therapy” includes songs and strategies for helping students learn to tell time. Songs include “The Clock Shop”, “Big Hand, Little Hand”, “The Counting by 5′s Rag”, “The Big Hand Doesn’t Stop”, and “Seconds, Minutes, Hours”.
“Follow Me” is an adapted version of a song by Elizabeth Gilpatrick. The first version includes learning the signs for forest animals. The second version is a completely different take on the song and includes the signs for farm animals. Other signs include: “follow”, “forest”, “farm”, “maybe”, “quietly”, “look”, “search”, “find” and more!
The Therapeutic Arts Program participated in music-themed olympics for the past two weeks. Included in this video is our “Olympic Theme Song” and the “Olympic Song Mash-Up”. The “Olympic Theme Song” provided opportunities for students to improvise and switch from one instrument to another during the song. The “Olympic Song Mash-Up” included a variety of session songs from our social skill group, discussion groups about the Olympics, instrument group, and music therapy group time.
Episode 28 of the Songs for Music Therapy podcast features two songs to celebrate the coming of spring! “Songbirds of Spring” includes ideas for creating colorful artwork and initiating a group discussion about the birds of spring. “The Wishing Tree” is in the style of an Irish folk song and includes ideas for song writing and lyric analysis.
Please visit The Music Therapy Show and listen to the latest episode. Music therapist Janice Harris interviews me and features Time for Music as a resource site. We talk about the Song Shop, the Songs for Music Therapy podcast, Blog Beat, and more! Thanks for the interview Janice!
The Spotlight Theater group is a new program for students and friends of the Music Therapy Department at the Hochstein School of Music & Dance. The group meets twice a month to explore creative movement, drama, instrument play, and singing through a variety of musical experiences and improvisations. We have also begun working on an original musical. In this experience we are:
1. Using props
2. Learning about musical form (A-B pattern)
3. Exploring facial expressions and body language
4. Working on self-control
5. Sustaining attention to different directors
6. Maintaining self-space in a group
7. Voicing simple sounds “sh” and exclamations!
Website Lillicotch.com
Powered by WordPress
Powered by eShop v.5