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March 24, 2014 at 9:16 pmParticipant
Hum. I am unclear about what four music experiences this is referring to. I have gone through my notes and cannot seem to find a group of four of anything. What am I missing?
Regardless- I also feel more informed about my clients with developmental disabilities! I feel much more prepared to move them vertically through these stages. I am not working with any 0-3 aged clients currently, but I definitely feel as though I am more aware of the capabilities of my pre-school groups, and have found more ways to delicately challenge their developmental capabilities musically. I do wish that this training had more info on interventions for 3-5 year olds though. I feel as though there are some fast shifts in this age range that I am missing.
ParticipantHooray Elyse! Great work!
From here I will become a SM provider through my work 🙂 I have some groups that are pending in the future. I also feel that this is something I can find locations for in my more immediate community. I travel quite a bit for work, and it would be wonderful to have a program that I could share with local libraries and community centers. I feel inspired to seek out new locations for this great program.
ParticipantHooray Elyse! Great work!
From here I will become a SM provider through my work 🙂 I have some groups that are pending in the future. I also feel that this is something I can find locations for in my more immediate community. I travel quite a bit for work, and it would be wonderful to have a program that I could share with local libraries and community centers. I feel inspired to seek out new locations for this great program.
ParticipantI thought the red flags were particularly useful. I think my biggest take away was the review of child development. I took a course with Beth years ago, but at the time I did not have any experience with child development. Several years later I have had much more experience, and can visualize these milestones in the clients I have had. It makes it much easier to understand child development 🙂
ParticipantI feel that being aware of every child’s strengths and including these strengths in the group is vital to the success of each group. Being aware of various ways that children engage in music (through listening/watching/musicking etc.) and acknowledging their musical and non-musical needs in the moment is also important. Following the energy of the group, and/or altering it with musical elements (tempo, meter, dynamics, timbre) also help to engage and focus the group.
ParticipantI think that being part of an official early-childhood program is most exciting. I have considered joining another early childhood program, but always found them too perspective. I am so excited that Music Therapy has a brand that they can share with this population, and help inform out parents about the natural musical development of their children.
March 6, 2014 at 5:33 pm
in reply to: Share how you can explain to parents the difference between music for development and music for skill building.
ParticipantI think the difference between music for development and music for skill building is that:
– skill-building is more performance and/or educational based,
– where as developmental music is based more on enjoying and creating music from the natural abilities that a child develops as he or she grows.March 6, 2014 at 5:24 pm
in reply to: Use 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 3
ParticipantFamily Sprouts: Transform, Together, Bond, Explore, Play
Plan:
Greeting- My hello song ( to maintain consistency in all of my early childhood groups) or ‘Hey everybody”. Help develop a group pulse.Bonding Songs- Row Row Row- Older children love to row with each other or their siblings and parents. THis can be a fun group bonding experience. Hold on tight- whole family fun & participation. Positioning of older child between parent & younger child.
Songs about me- “All of this is me”- I love the minor key transition here to grab attention.
Instrument Song- ‘lets play some music together’ – gives space for instrument exploration and vocal improvisation based on the moment. Great song for multiple instruments and abilities.
Movement songs- “I can move around” or “oh don’t you wish”- one of my songs about moving around like animals, could be a great cognitive challenge to older children with ‘fill in the blank spaces’. OR “shake my sillies out” for a stopping & starting/surprise song. OR a scarf song ‘wind is blowing’ to sing about children’s movements.
Goodbye- I will still use my goodbye song and alter it based on group energy.
Sprouting Melodies 3: Learn, Grow, Intention, Identity, Feelings,
Greeting: My Hello Song (for consistency) Sit down with me- I like this as an embedded song
Bonding: Swimming Together (I love this for development of lumbar strentgth. I see 2-3 year olds in a pre-school, and initially they have a very difficult time sitting up). My Brand New Friend- Love this for my pre-school group again, great for group development 🙂
Songs about ME: Where is the Music? (I love this for awareness of a steady beat and incorporating more chants in my practice) Head to Toe- I JUST ordered this from amazon! What a fun recommendation.
Instrument songs: “You Play a little”- Turn taking and sharing. ‘Zip, Zip, Zip” – a rhythm stick song about cold weather.
Movement song: “animal boogie’ by barefoot books. Children LOVE identifying animals and replicating the movements. Snow is falling- scarf songs. “Will you come?” Love the melody of the old folk tune, great chance for suspended gross motor work.
Goodbye-I will still use my goodbye song and alter it based on group energy.
-I apologize that I used mostly songs in the videos again. I think that creating plans centering around them will help me to implement and remember them 🙂
ParticipantThe biggest challenge I have had for multi-aged groups is space. The library group I was running had a maximum of 12 families. During the last group, all families had babies who would be in the SM1 group, but two families had children who would be in SM3, and one extra family snuck in! There were almost 30 people in the room! The kiddos in SM3 age bracket really needed more room to move and dance, but meanwhile, some of my older babies were just learning to crawl. Phew! Helping the older kiddos define boundaries for movement by giving them colorful carpet squares to dance on seemed to help, but I wish I had some of these experiential songs for families when I lead that group. Giving the older kiddos responsibilities for cleaning up helped a bunch too!
I will have to learn to set boundaries regarding people per square foot.March 6, 2014 at 4:00 pm
in reply to: Use 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 2
Participant5 words: adventure and exploration, energetic, playful, surprise, moving
5 sentences:
-This group is structured to allow your children to explore.. the music, the environment, and even other adults, so please allow them move about and discover their place in the music and the group.
-It is OKAY for your child to participate in the music however they are comfortable.
-Listening and watching is just as important as singing
-They will often process the music silently during the group, and practice what they learned at home/in the car/etc.
-Even though your child may be in a different participation space (across the room, watching etc.) Please remember that they are looking to you for how to participate in a group. Watching you have fun will help them to have fun 🙂
-Instruments are cleaned after every session.Plan: (THIS is an age group that I do not have much experience with- so my plan is less origninal than my last)
Gathering/greeting: I love the HEY/HEY come and play song. It is a good introduction to my hello song where I can sing to every kiddo.Bonding Song: Wiggly Jiggly Car-
Songs about me: Can you see see me?- I am adding this in here because I would really like to learn this one and explore. I love the call & response, replication of vowels.
Instrument Songs: Shake it up baby- Challenge range of motion W/element of surprise and offer musical choices- High/low. Allow children to observe and make choices. Sing about what child is doing (watching, shaking, during music.
Dancing in the middle- love the idea of placing all my drums in the middle and encouraging people to drum together.Movement Songs: Scarf song- Wind is blowing. Encourage movements from side to side/up and down/circles etc. March with my baby- (I practiced the jumping & drumming so I may as well add this). This is a great for gross motor practicing. With older SM2 kiddos- I would like to add finger plays, such as ‘where is thumbkin’ or ‘5 brown buns’.
Goodbye- I will also use my goodbye song. Thank you very much- I like the hand offering, and shaking hands and the potential for transition out the room.
ParticipantI try to use more music and less words too. If something potentially dangerous, hurtful, or talkative happens, then I will intervene with words. A HUGE tool to use for talkative adults is dynamics. Lowering or raising the volume of a group helps grab the attention of people who may have lost focus.
ParticipantIn my practice, I think that the bottom line behind the level of stimulation are two things: relationship and energy-matching. I see this in all of my early-childhood levels. Once a child becomes more comfortable with what you are creating with them, then it becomes appropriate to increase your level of spontaneity, sillyness, and playfulness. I would never greet a new child with anything but a warm calm smile and gentle voice, but children who know me often respond with more energy and excitement, and I tend to mirror this.
ParticipantI used to keep Post-it plans to keep me organized when I was feeling doubtful or disorganized about working in new ways, but then one day something magical happened… a child took my post-it during the middle of a tune. Nothing wrong with giving yourself reminders of the structure until your intuition can take over. 😉
ParticipantI have a ton of instruments to use, but for this group I use the Remo nesting drums and the basic beat chiquitas. The library I held groups at had basic egg shakers and bells, but I was always afraid of the bells coming off, and that little hands could not hold the width of the eggs!
Also- I love using a baby taylor for this group so I can move and grove around the room with them 🙂 -
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