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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Image via Bear Creek Paw We believe in engaging children in therapeutic music interventions that meet their sensory needs to help them focus in during the […]
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Welcome to the second song in the Circus Theme we’re sharing from Toneworks! Our first post was a song designed to meet the academic and kindergarten readiness […]
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Image via Some of the silliest sessions I have led had songs that centered around the theme of a circus. I’ll be sharing them through the […]
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I’ve talked about how much we love to use the Laurie Berkner Band’s songs during music therapy sessions. Today’s Friday favorite is another from the LBB […]