What rhymes with Santa? Well, except for a fruit-flavored carbonated beverage, there aren’t any real words that clearly rhyme with Santa. (If you think of one, please leave a comment below!) The important thing to learn from this post is that rhyming words DO NOT […]
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Rhythm, Rhyme & Repetition – Part 2 of 2
As promised in my previous post, it’s time to delve further into the topic of rhyming. We learned last time that the onset is the first sound in a one syllable word and all that follows it is a rime. Nope, that’s not a typo. […]
Rhythm, Rhyme & Repetition – Part 1 of 2
The majority of kids in early childhood pick up the skill of rhyming through osmosis. After frequent exposure to nursery rhymes, books, and singing, they spontaneously start generating rhyming words themselves. These frequently appear as “nonsense words” as they play with language. It might sound […]
Free Rhyming Song for You
Here’s a fun and slightly spooky rhyming song that can be used as a stand alone intervention to teach rhyme recognition. It also serves as an entertaining review of body part identification for kids that might need it. By using a physical prop like those […]
Celebrating the Lives of Lauren and Hannah
Many, many moons ago as a very young music therapist, I offered “Summer Music Camp” as a way to get the word out about my services. One call came from a mom named Russ. I can still hear her voice on the phone: “Why don’t […]
Book Review of Alphabet Stew and Chocolate Too
Hot off the digital presses — Petra Kern and the entire team over at imagine just released the 5th edition of an amazing online magazine focused on early childhood music therapy. Click here for a direct link to the magazine. A review of my book is […]
Making Connections
Following the theme of making connections for Music Therapy Advocacy Month, a wonderful discovery for me occurred when I started working with a six year old girl on the autism spectrum named Emily. As part of the assessment process, her primary goal areas were identified […]
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