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October 21, 2014 at 11:33 pm
in reply to: What was your most valuable takeaway from this weeks’ content?
ParticipantThis presentation has helped me to clarify child’s developmental stage. I have a 9 month old boy and as I read and learned, I was remembering how he has developed and excited about how he will develop. This greatly helps me what to observe in the children when leading group music sessions and how to speak with parents who are worried about their children’s development. I have been working with numerous numbers of children with special needs 4 years old and up, so, I can tell when children around this age shows behaviors that are not typical. However, it is still difficult for me to point out what is normal and what is not in younger children. With this presentation, I deepened my understanding of child’s development.
October 21, 2014 at 11:27 pm
in reply to: Sing and learn some of the songs presented in the video. Share with the board your experiences using these songs.
ParticipantHi, I am sorry for the late response. I am trying to catching up with the assignments.
At my school, we offer music group and we emphasize the use of our own original music or originally arranged music. So, I have not used any of the songs that are presented in the presentation. However, I have been feeling a bit stuck with creating new songs for the class for 6 to 12 months old babies because they cannot do as much as older children in other groups. I have been thinking and creating songs to help mothers bond with their babies and we have created some that are very successful. By watching the presentation, I realized I did not really use the change of tempo and meter in one song. FOr example, the song Hold On Tight and Wiggly Car use this element. I will introduce this into my next song and present it to the group. Thank you very much.October 21, 2014 at 11:21 pm
in reply to: Discuss with the board the traditional and cultural music in your home community.
ParticipantI am from Japan and grew up surrounded by many different types of music from all over the world. So,I have influenced by various types of music and Japanese music is one of them. A use of pentatonic is the main characteristic in Japanese music. Especially, minor pentatonic called Japanese Pentatonic – Root, Minor 2nd, Minor 3rd, Fifth, Minor 6th – is often used. In terms of lyrics, as Japanese people do NOT prefer direct expression such as “I love you”, using metaphors to covey core messages is considered as beautiful.
October 21, 2014 at 11:14 pmParticipantI work with children from 6 months to 4 years old in a group setting. In the group with 6-12 months old, most of musical activities I present is to bring their awareness toward the sound, silence and music. Especially, the use of silence is important. When the young babies notice the sound and music, they look at the direction where the sound is coming from. I try to introduce make each activity simple and introduce ideas one by one. I also make sure to take the time for the babies to process new ideas and sounds. Sometimes, I see them moving their tongues and mouths as I and their mothers/caregivers sing to them. As they come to the group class more and more, some babies start to their bodies to the music and it is when I notice that they started to recognize the song, the sound, and the environment.
ParticipantHi Eryka,
Sorry that I did not respond you earlier. I did not notice your offering me help. Would you be able to set it up for me if I send you a photo? Or is this something only I can do it for myself?
Let me know.
September 30, 2014 at 11:28 pmParticipantI am a musical being and I am really good at enjoying music in any situation in any moment.I am an improvisor, not afraid of making music on the spot. Children in my music programs naturally learn to be in the music and enjoy creating music together. They learn that there is no right or wrong in music and the key is to discover sounds that excite them. This quality as a musician and therapist enables the children feel they are accepted.
ParticipantHello! My name is Kana Kamtisubo and I live in Queens, New York. I graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston and since I moved to NYC, I have been doing private practice. With its growth and my husband’s willingness to collaborate with me, we have opened a music school this year (actually we opened last week!). The school is called HUG MUSIC. As a music therapist, my professional experiences are in two areas. The main population I work with is children with autistic spectrum disorder. I have created an original method that combines music therapy and education which has been pretty effective. Many of my clients come to my practice for this. Another area is in clinical improvisation. I have been teaching music therapists who want to improve their clinical improvisation skills. I am a course author for Berklee’s Master’s programs (which will launch in 2015) and I developed one of their courses called, Clinical Music Improvisation. Upon opening the music school, my husband (who is a composer and guitarist) and I decided to run groups for babies and toddlers. We are creating it using our own approach but since Sprouting Melodies was designed by music therapists, I wanted to know how we, music therapists, can make a difference from many other early childhood music programs and offer programs with high quality. I am very excited about (finally) starting the course!
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