There has been a lot of excitement in my professional life lately, and it’s time for a blog post update. To celebrate, I am also offering 20% off your entire shopping cart! This “back-to-school” discount is good from September 1 through September 15. Keep reading […]
Blog Posts
Phonological Awareness – What Is It?
Phonological Awareness What is it? And why does it help us learn to read? Phonological Awareness: What is it? Phonological awareness is the ability to detect the sounds in language without thinking about the meaning. Stated more concisely, a child who has developed phonological awareness […]
Intergenerational Literacy Program
Recently, I finished up another 7-week session of “Literacy & Learning through Music,” an intergenerational literacy program at the Omro Area Community Center in Wisconsin. Thanks to an anonymous donor, this was the first time we were able to bring the kids and grandfriends together two […]
Silly Nilly Song to Teach Rhyming
I love gathering inspiration from other music therapists who are working in private practice while also developing their online presence both locally and as a resource worldwide. When free resources are offered, I nearly always sign up for the mailing list so that I can […]
Learning & Literacy through Music
Connecting Learning & Literacy Aside from the fun alliteration of the L’s rolling off the tongue, there is a tremendous connection between literacy and learning. And many opportunities to make community connections—more alliteration!—when literacy is the focus. In my private practice, I travel a large […]
Using the Stretchy Band to Teach Literacy
Several summers ago, on a family “vacation” to visit my sister (and a bunch of cousins to my children), my sister over at Bear Paw Creek talked me into doing a video shoot with one of her products—the Stretchy Band. This wasn’t exactly what I had […]
Potato Chip Drum Song
One of my favorite things to do over the summer is organize a group of kids for a “Learning Through Song” class. Some of these kiddos I’ve had in therapy over the years and some are contacts from an early childhood music class I used […]
