[Carla Carnegie]

I have really enjoyed the course material, and learning from each of you participating in this online forum with me.  I most look forward to being able to extend my music therapy business to include young children and their families.  As you stated, it is not a side line business, but really an extension of what we already do and are as music therapists.  This will definitely help bring music therapy as an allied health profession to the general public in a different way and level than I am working at currently.  I  value the community and continued learning and support to both us as music therapists, and to the families we serve that will be offered through being a member of the Raising Harmony/Sprouting Melodies family.

 

[Carla Carnegie]

I have really enjoyed the course material, and learning from each of you participating in this online forum with me.  I most look forward to being able to extend my music therapy business to include young children and their families.  As you stated, it is not a side line business, but really an extension of what we already do and are as music therapists.  This will definitely help bring music therapy as an allied health profession to the general public in a different way and level than I am working at currently.  I  value the community and continued learning and support to both us as music therapists, and to the families we serve that will be offered through being a member of the Raising Harmony/Sprouting Melodies family.

 

[Carla Carnegie]

I have really enjoyed the course material, and learning from each of you participating in this online forum with me.  I most look forward to being able to extend my music therapy business to include young children and their families.  As you stated, it is not a side line business, but really an extension of what we already do and are as music therapists.  This will definitely help bring music therapy as an allied health profession to the general public in a different way and level than I am working at currently.  I  value the community and continued learning and support to both us as music therapists, and to the families we serve that will be offered through being a member of the Raising Harmony/Sprouting Melodies family.

 

[Carla Carnegie]

I have really enjoyed the course material, and learning from each of you participating in this online forum with me.  I most look forward to being able to extend my music therapy business to include young children and their families.  As you stated, it is not a side line business, but really an extension of what we already do and are as music therapists.  This will definitely help bring music therapy as an allied health profession to the general public in a different way and level than I am working at currently.  I  value the community and continued learning and support to both us as music therapists, and to the families we serve that will be offered through being a member of the Raising Harmony/Sprouting Melodies family.

 

[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.

[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]

I forgot—-additionally, I have rhythm sticks, West castanets, and a buffalo drum.  Remo is a good brand.  I am planning on adding an ocean drum soon as well.

[Carla Carnegie]

most of my instruments came from West Music.  I am ordering soon the small tom-tom floor drum. I have wrist bells, ukelele, small shakers with handles for maracas, small frame drums, paddle drums and mallets.

[Carla Carnegie]

1) your baby needs lots of sensory input, so it’s great you are helping him jump up and down in your lap.  Just make sure upon landing his feet actually touch the ground.  this helps give him the sense of “grounding”. You can also  just tap the bottoms of your baby’s feet to offer that sensory input.
2) It’s ok if your baby wants to hold many instruments at once.  He may or may not want to be picked up to do a musical activity.  He my pick up an instrument and drop it several times to do something else.  It’s ok to move in and out of a musical activity, or just stand still.  He is taking it all in and processing just the same.
 3) your baby is  fine exploring, then coming back to “home base.”  He is forming that sense of self, so there is a lot of back and forth, this is normal, and we welcome it here.

4)It may seem your baby wants to put everything in his mouth—-don’t worry, that is how he is learning about his world and processes. This is the beginning of playing an instrument.  That is why we have a “Wash Me” basket to put instruments in afterwards.  These are cleaned after every session.

5)hand clapping can be assisted this way: put your arms underneath your baby’s arms while holding him on your lap facing outwards.  His hands will be on the outside of your hands as you clap.  This way, your baby can feel the rhythm through your hands, and imitate

 

 

[Carla Carnegie]

just finished reading more comments—Meredith, I am glad there is a video to watch a SM 2! I am going to watch that one myself.  Kristen, I am like you, not having had the opportunity to work with very young ones since my very early practicum experiences while in school.

[Carla Carnegie]

seems everyone else has hit this nail on the head.  My thoughts are much the same as the rest of you—watching the cues of the children, watching our own level of  energy to match that of the children, but not over the top, frightening them.

We want to support their growing and moving forward, yet not over-stimulate with the level of energy and excitement in the music experiences and songs beyond what is appropriate.

I think of the arch of the session should be lower to higher and then bring them back down in activity and stimulation.

 

[Carla Carnegie]

stimulating, playful, energetic, variety, grounding

[Carla Carnegie]

I like reading what you all are saying in regards to the community setting.  I just got done trying to bring “music experiences” to 2nd-6th grade kids in the Parks and Rec setting.  Through them, I found that a program called Tune Tales, is providing music using mostly CD’s for the Parks and Rec.  They also show on their website they provide music to developmentally challenged kids.  It is very important we have a distinct separation between “clinical”  settings, with goals and objectives, and “community well-being” settings.  The facilitators seem to have music skills, but I wonder about the background and training such as we have received as MT’s, and the continuing ed we continually add to our professional lives.   The more I learn about what my community is currently providing, the more I can see the unique position I am in to bring my skills  both as an MT, musician, and more fully educated professional to enrich the lives of families, helping and encouraging, and equipping them to bond, grow, and develop together through music.

[Carla Carnegie]

1. to learn about their world and feel safe in it, babies need to develop trust.  They need to hear your voice.  If your baby startles, lower the volume and sing, moving slowing with your baby.  This will help bring inward stability in your baby.

2. Your baby’s vocalizations are the beginnings of singing and the use of language, imitating your singing and speaking to him/her. Sing and speak often!

3. Your babies responses to music may not look like how an adult responds.  He/she will likely respond differently to calm, sedative music versus faster, more active music.

4.  Your baby instinctively moves his/her body rhythmically to music, though at first it won’t be synchronized.

5. Your baby loves repetition! Over time he/she will recognize and respond to familiar songs, which can be a source of calming and soothing to him/her.

[Carla Carnegie]

evolving, appropriate, functional, awareness, and bonding

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