Create a plan for songs and music experiences to use in a Sprouting Melodies 2 session.

[Meredith Pizzi]

[Megan Goddu]

Preclass/Instrument Exploration: Let the families get settled to begin music.
Hello / Gathering: Hey! Hey! Come and Play! (EKS)
Body Percussion: All of this is Me (EKS)
Lap Ride: Wiggly Giggly Car
Instrument Play: Dancing in the Middle
Gross Motor Movement: March with My Baby (really enjoyed this song)
Cool Down: Just Like Me
Goodbye: Thank you for the Music

[Emily Seymour]

Pre session-  Instrument exploration
Hello/Gathering:   Hey Hey Come and Play! (EKS)
Body Percussion: There’s No One Quite LIke Me  (Margie La Bella’s Music Therapy Tunes) 
(I would add movements to this based off of the text of the song)

There’s no one else quite like me. 
There’s no one else quite like me. 
Like Me.  Like me.
There’s no one else quite like me. 
From the top of my head all the way to my  toes. From the back of my ears to the tip of my nose. 
There’s no one else quite like me.

Lap Ride/ Bonding Song: Hold on Tight (EKS)
Instrument Play:   Sit with Me and Shake  (MRP)
Gross Motor Movement-  Move Your Body Along  (Rachel Rambach) http://timetosinghello.bandcamp.com/track/move-your-body-along
(^ I would adapt some of the commands for this population.)

Cool Down- Pick Your Hands Up High (EKS) with scarves at a slow tempo.
Goodbye- Goodbye Song (MPR)

[Emily Seymour]

Here are my questions for week 7:

Would you be willing to share the guitar chords for Sit with me and Shake?
What do you use to clean your instruments?
Besides Imagine, where can I find current research on this population?  What are the most interesting studies you’ve read?

[Kristen Macleod]

Instrument Exploration: Let families settle in.  Hello/ Gathering: Hey Hey Come and Play (EKS).  Body Percussion: All of this is me (EKS). Lap Ride: Wiggly Jiggly Car (EKS).  Instrument Play: Sit with me and Shake (MRP).  Gross Motor Movement: March with my Baby (MRP). Cool Down: Where is my face (EKS) with scarves. Goodbye: Goodbye (MRP)

 

[Anonymous]

Welcoming– instrument exploration,  Hello/Gathering:  Hey Hey Come and Play (EKS),  Body Percussion:  I Can Clap My Hands (Learning Through Music), Lap ride/bonding:  Hold On Tight (EKS), Instrument Play: Play Your instrument With The Music (Learning Through Music), Gross Motor Movement: Using Scarves, a song I wrote “Up and Down,” Cool Down: As Big As Can Be (EKS), Goodbye: Good-bye (MRP)

Words to “Up and Down”
And up and down, And up and down
To the side, to the side, to the siiiiiiiidddddddeeeee
And up and down, And up and Down
To the side, side, and Stop
(lots of room for slowing down and speeding up, anticipation, and surprise)

[Meredith Pizzi]

Thanks again for sharing so many new songs with the forum! Margie and Rachel have great resources on their web sites. Erika, could you share the melody of your Up and Down song with us?

Great questions for the week, Emily. Imagine is a terrific resource for current practice. Dr. Kern also shares the full text of a number of her studies on her web site.  At the end of a number of the blogs on http://www.RaisingHarmony.com there are research citations. One of the benefits of being a Sprouting Melodies provider is access to a member research site with info and practice suggestions from the newest articles.

[Lauren Bevilacqua]

Inst./Room Exploration  while families settle in.
Gathering – Hey Come and Play (EKS)
Body Percussion- All of this is Me (EKS)
Lap Ride/Tickles – Wiggly Jiggly Car (EKS)
Songs About Me -That All Makes Up Me (EKS)
Instrumental Play – Shake your Shaker! ( Parody of Belafonte’s “Jump in the Line”)
Gross Motor – I Can Move around (EKS)
Cool Down- Thank You For the Music
Goodbye – Goodbye (MRP)

[Michelle Muth]

Instrument Explore/getting settled
Continue with embedded music possibly Pachelbel Canon or some light African Drum music. Only instrumental no verbal as words can intrude in this instance.Gathering/GreetingHello to You song (from SM1) possibly more jazzed up with guitar. This would maintain continuity with SM1 and SM2
Bonding Songs
Wiggly, Jiggly Car: I love this song and think it would be so much time with lots of giggles taking placed
Songs about Me
Use Emily’s “Where is Thumbkin song” and introduce a scarf. Let it flow in the air and gently land on the child’s head, arm, whatever as the song begins. Then the parent can have the scarf over their head. Use the Peek a boo just like playing the peek a boo game. Where is “insert child’s name” Where is “insert child’s name” Here I am, Here I am I’m so glad to see you I’m so glad to see you Peek a boo/Peek a boo
Instrument Songs
I like this song: another of my favorites because the words are so easy. (I have a tough time memorizing words). Plus it’s just plain fun.Movement song Tune: Oh When the Saints go Marching in, I like to Move I like to (march, jump, walk) around the room I like to march, march, march, march I like to march around the room I like to march around the room
Cool Down
Introduce “The Hungry Caterpillar” book to group reading aloud while parents/caregivers use a scarf to be the caterpillar or move it in whatever way they wish. Child may still be up and moving around but parent should be on the floor and animate/move the scarf whether the child is in their lap or not.
Good Bye Song
Music Time is Done by M3

[Michelle Muth]

Love everyone’s session plans and ideas!  A question I have had and I’m not sure to post is how do you accommodate parents/caregivers with mobility issues that cannot be on the floor with their child (wheelchair bound, back issues, etc.)?

 

[Meredith Pizzi]

Great question, Michelle. I often have an adult or two who need supported seating, so I have small stools or lower chairs available for them to sit in. I think this is where we, as music therapists. shine. We know the importance of being flexible and adapting to the immediate needs of everyone in the group.

[Lisa Klostermann]

Instrument Exploration: Explore and settle in  Hello/ Gathering: Golly, Golly (see below).  Body Percussion: Can you See see see Lap Ride: Wiggly Jiggly Car.  Instrument Play: .Sit with me and shake  Gross Motor Movement:March with my Baby . Cool Down: Pick Your Hands Up High  Goodbye: Music is Over (Laurie Farnan.  I think it’s in “Music is for Everyone”)
Oooooooohhhhhh (wiggle fingers way up high! hold!)  Golly, Golly, Golly Good morning, good morning, good morning. Golly, Golly, Golly Good morning, good morning to __you____.  (do do do re mi sol, sol re sol, sol mi sol.  do do do re mi sol, sol re sol, sol do)  I learned this at a conference a million years ago. Sorry, I can’t remember who it was, but I recall her being a “big name” in early childhood???   Kids LOVE it.
 

[Vanessa Talbott]

When planning for this age group I really focus on the flow of up and down. This is a flow that works really well in my groups.
Gathering time
Hello
Lap Bounce to a gross motor of the chant/song such as Jack Be Nimble
Focus on gross motor movements with movement elements like start and stop, fast and slow, etc.
Instrument Play – example- Old Joe Clark
Another movement piece with or without a prop (scarves, balls, streamers)
Musical story time
Rocking/Bonding song
Circle Dance
Good bye

[Carla Carnegie]

Musical instrument exploration with background music as people gather.  Gathering:Hey! Hey! Come and Play! (EKS), to Bonding: Wiggly Jiggly Car (EKS)to “Can You See Me?(EKS) introducing scarves with this.

Moving into Instrument Play: “In My Little Hand” (EKS) with instruments, then moving onto gross motor movements:  with “March with my Baby” (MRP)

moving on to a cool down: “Honey, Carry Me” (EKS) , followed by the Goodbye Song:  “Thank You Very Much” (EKS)

I would love  story time with music ideas—-I love reading to kids aloud, but at a loss for what to choose that is Musical story time appropriate!

[Carla Carnegie]

Michelle, I myself have mobility issues, and I use a low chair, or a stool that is just the right height for me to get up and down easily.  Getting up and down from the floor is way to slow and cumbersome for me to do with a group, especially with instruments…..I would like to be able to especially welcome any parents/caregivers who have mobility issues, or their children.  This is an area I feel is overlooked and forgotten in other programs.

[Meredith Pizzi]

One of the first things I bought as a new music therapist was a rolling stool. Carla, do you have any other tips for us on mobility?

[Courtney Fanello]

Sprouting melodies 2 Session plan
 
 
 
Instrument Exploration- Please sit down and play with me
 
Hello- Good Morning
 
Body Percussion Where is the music?
 
Lap Ride   Wiggly, Jiggly Car
 
Instrument Play All night, All day (Listen to the sound of my drum)
 
Movement Can you follow (Do as I’m doing)
 
Cool down Can you see me? (Scarves)
 
Goodbye Music Time is over
 

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