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June 14, 2016 at 9:15 pm
in reply to: How are you planning on sharing this information with colleagues, administrators and families?
ParticipantI love how eager and ready all of you are! It is great to hear how you are already spreading the word and getting people excited for this program! I can’t wait to hear how things are going so be sure to hop on the Provider’s forum and let us know!
ParticipantIt so great to hear that so many of you are ready to become Sprouting Melodies Providers! I’m looking forward to having so many wonderful new providers added to our community!
Once you become a provider and have access to the Sprouting Melodies Provider Site Forum, check out the recorded Sprouting Melodies Provider conference calls. There is one in particular that Meredith and I were on called “How To Get Your Classes Going.” We talked about strategies for building awareness of your program and strategies for marketing and for retaining enrollments!
ParticipantI use the musical structure to either cue the response of going back to the parent/caregiver, or use a musical transition to cue movement to something different. For example, during a lap ride if I’m doing Row It Faster, I may cue “Quick! Get in Mommy’s boat” and pass the child back to the parent, or if they are walking let them move independently back to Mom. A cue for a transition may be a sung prompt, “do you want to play maracas?” This cue if used consistently will usually trigger movement to stand up and get ready to get a maraca from the bin.
I don’t think it’s wrong to let them sit with you if they are comfortable and are not moving away. It is a great opportunity to point out that the child is in the trust phase and is showing comfort and trust in you and the space now that they have moved away from the parent. I sometimes find children switch laps with other adults in the room and you no longer know which kid belongs with which parent, and that’s great! It’s all about forming relationships and exploring!
June 14, 2016 at 8:45 pm
in reply to: Share your thoughts with the board members on the role of music therapy in community based settings.
June 6, 2016 at 1:09 pm
in reply to: Use 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 3.
ParticipantGreat work on these! Your detail is great and it will be so helpful to have these plans if you decide to start your own program!
June 6, 2016 at 1:07 pm
in reply to: Share how you can explain to parents the difference between music for development and music for skill building.
ParticipantWonderful reflections everyone, Susan, I love how you are already seeing how you can adapt something in your work to meet your clients needs more effectively.
May 20, 2016 at 3:05 pm
in reply to: Share your thoughts with the board members on the role of music therapy in community based settings.
ParticipantCharniqua, I love how you wrote about creating memories with their babies and with other families. This is so true! Many of my Sprouting Melodies Families have built so many great life-long relationships with other families through our program. Several of the kids who have been coming since they were infants are now in preschool with some of the other kids they met in our classes and have built strong friendships! We even had to create a Sprouting Melodies 4 and Sprouting Melodies 5 class framework at our practice because our families just don’t want to age out!
May 20, 2016 at 3:01 pm
in reply to: Share your thoughts with the board members on the role of music therapy in community based settings.
ParticipantHi Julia! I like to explain Sprouting Melodies as being unique from other early childhood music programs because it is only run by Board Certified Music Therapists. The music classes use a developmental approach to music making where music is selected to meet the developmental needs of the children in the group. The groups are run by the child not by the book, so the provider is able to structure the classes in the moment without needing to stick to a curriculum. There is a general suggested framework, but each provider offers a unique experience just as each group is unique in and of itself!
I hope this helps you!
May 20, 2016 at 2:53 pm
in reply to: Use 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 1.
ParticipantNicole. You did a great job, you are welcome to use the song examples from the videos if that is all you have for this age group as well! As long as you are writing out specific songs/experiences then you are good! We want these to serve as class outlines for you to create and save for if you start groups of your own! Be sure to print out your plans so that you have them handy! Great responses so far, your detail is fantastic!
May 15, 2016 at 7:51 pm
in reply to: What value do music therapists bring to families of young children?
ParticipantI really enjoyed reading everyone’s responses!we don’t always realize our value, so I love this question. We truly have such a unique skill set!
May 10, 2016 at 1:18 pm
in reply to: What value do music therapists bring to families of young children?
ParticipantNicole, I love how you put that! Group “inception” is such a great way to think about the layers of benefit the families are getting!
May 10, 2016 at 1:15 pmMay 10, 2016 at 1:13 pm
in reply to: How have you used these four music experiences in your practice?
ParticipantGreat reflections everyone! It is great to hear how this course is bringing new awareness to the work you are currently doing!
April 27, 2016 at 2:57 pmParticipantI enjoyed reading all of your experiences with children you are working with or, Rebecca in your case, your nieces and nephew! It’s amazing what you start to notice and apply once you understand more about the levels of development!
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