by Devmelodies | Mar 2, 2011 | Activities, Early Childhood, Learning Through Play, Music, Music Therapy, Songs
Kids love bubbles. I know my child does and I also know that the kiddos I see for therapy go bananas over bubbles. The excitement that shows on their faces as you pull the bubbles out of the therapy bag (or when at home, from behind the bread basket) is just...
by Devmelodies | Feb 25, 2011 | Activities, Early Childhood, Music, Music Therapy, Songs
This week at The Learning Center we are discussing transportation and all of the fun things that go with it! This was the perfect time to bring out one of my old favorites from my internship. At the time, we were working on making choices (given three options, choose...
by Devmelodies | Feb 15, 2011 | Activities, Early Childhood, Learning Through Play
One of the things I love most about being a MOM is that I get to really celebrate holidays with my child. For Hannukah we made sure to introduce her to the lighting of the candles, saying the prayers, and even opening the presents on each of the eight nights. For...
by Devmelodies | Feb 9, 2011 | Activities, Early Childhood, Music, Music Therapy, Songs
With Valentine’s day coming up, I thought it best that I too add a little something into the Activity/Song mix. My husband and I are big fans of Bob Marley, more my husband than myself, but I thought I would take one of his “ballads” and adapt it for...
by Devmelodies | Feb 8, 2011 | Activities, Early Childhood, Learning Through Play, Music, Music Therapy, Songs, Tutorial
Back in November I had attended the American Music Therapy Association’s National Convention in Cleveland, OH. While going to many different concurrent sessions, I also had the opportunity to meet Marcy Marxer and Cathy Fink who are pretty fine uke players. ...
by Devmelodies | Feb 7, 2011 | Activities, Early Childhood, Learning Through Play
I was at the Children’s Discovery Museum a few months ago playing with my daughter and saw the most amazing thing! I was set up at the most perfect height for the itty bitties, there were several different colored items involved, it was an ever changing array...