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August 7, 2018 at 7:05 pm
in reply to: Use 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 1.
August 7, 2018 at 7:03 pm
in reply to: Use 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 1.
August 7, 2018 at 7:02 pm
in reply to: Use 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 1.
Participantgood things to say to parents! I always feel like parents are the professional of their own kids and many parents may not like to hear me tell them things… even though I have this degree, training, music skill, and five kids of my own! Your sentences are helpful for me.
August 7, 2018 at 6:56 pm
in reply to: Use 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 1.
ParticipantMy first SM1 session is planned as follows:
FIELDS OF GOLD
The most recent version of Field of Gold is playing in the room when parents enter and unload and arrange their things. They are welcomed to lay their baby on a blanket and form a circle together as they enter the doorway. Large frame drums form a circle with the number expected and I ask them to sit outside of one.
COME GATHER
When the music finishes. I play in C starting pitch G, chords C F C E7 A7 D7 G E7 A7 E7 C F E7 G C. “Come gather together and join me in singing, come gather together our voices are ringing, come join in the song, come sit and sing along, come gather together we’re all friends here.”
ALL OF THIS IS ME
Parents are invited to pick baby up or to simply pulsate gentle rhythms on their bodies from head to toe. I gently drum on my frame drum with my fingers.
CATERPILLER
Parents are invited to pick up their babies facing away in their laps (cross legged). I may take a twin or borrow a mom’s place with her baby to demonstrate the first time. Caterpillar caterpillar creetipy crawl, caterpillar make yourself into a ball. Let’s make a chrysalis Let’s make a chrysalis, and now it’s time to fly butterfly fly, fly butterfly fly, beautiful butterfly flying into the sky!”ALL NIGHT, ALL DAY
Parents are invited to pick up their frame drums to beat near their babies gently.I’LL BE BOUNCING TO THE MUSIC WHEN YOU COME
Parents are invited to pick up baby facing toward them for some standing or tossing. They can also keep baby laying flat if baby is content and it seems better for the baby.FLUTE LISTENING peek-a-boo
I will pass out scarves and play flute while parents play peek-a-boo or gently stroke the babies with scarves or toss the scarves around them. Then I will play for the families on low soft tones. A simple soft pleasing melody.BYE-BYE MUSIC TIME IS DONE
With guitarAfter first few sessions, after teaching all of these songs and the structure, I could play any songs on piano or guitar if parents seem to be independent with the flow.
August 7, 2018 at 6:52 pm
in reply to: Use 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 1.
Participantgentle, close, warm, inviting, bonding
1.Sprouting melodies 1 is a wonderful forum for introducing your baby to the benefits of music.
2.SM music can be very organizing for infants who are developing so rapidly, especially when guided by a music therapist who is trained to understand the musical characteristics and needs in early development
3.SM1 is a wonderful forum for parents to form bonds with their babies, and with each other.
4.SM therapists use music with a variety of keys and modes and pay special attention to the keys that are chosen to sing in.
5.SM gives parents the opportunity to sing to their babies and acknowledges the fact that the parent’s use of their voice and special familiar timbre is the most meaningful to the baby.August 1, 2018 at 12:23 am
in reply to: Share some of your experiences with children of this age and level.
Participantspeaking of humming and baby singing. I have to tell you all, tonight, my 9-year-old was humming on the way home from his violin lesson. But I was talking to him. I said, you are humming while I am talking? He said with a giggle, “I can still hear you.” This kid has always squawked and made so much noise. In fact we have a saying we use for him, “please don’t make unnecessary noises.” BUT all I ever did was sing every detail of the day. It was just the 2 of us for the first 19 months and un utero too. The others don’t do this. Don’t get me wrong… he is very smart and socially well adjusted at school, but at home he does have some funny musical habits.
August 1, 2018 at 12:18 am
in reply to: Share some of your experiences with children of this age and level.
Participantinteresting. I never thought about fatigue in relation to reliance on parents. younger kids in a large family surely have a different experience. They often enjoy more activity for sure.
August 1, 2018 at 12:08 am
in reply to: Use 5 words to describe the music experiences in Sprouting Melodies 1.
Participantgentle, close, warm, inviting, bonding
1.Sprouting melodies 1 is a wonderful forum for introducing your baby to the benefits of music.
2.SM music can be very organizing for infants who are developing so rapidly, especially when guided by a music therapist who is trained to understand the musical characteristics and needs in early development
3.SM1 is a wonderful forum for parents to form bonds with their babies, and with each other.
4.SM therapists use music with a variety of keys and modes and pay special attention to the keys that are chosen to sing in.
5.SM gives parents the opportunity to sing to their babies and acknowledges the fact that the parent’s use of their voice and special familiar timbre is the most meaningful to the baby.July 31, 2018 at 11:57 pm
in reply to: Share your thoughts with the board members on the role of music therapy in community based settings.
ParticipantCommunity-based music therapy… I too had a chance to do an internship in a program that offered groups to individuals with mental illness in one setting and developmental disabilities in the other; as well as to community groups in senior centers. the role of the music was to draw everyone’s attention to one experience, build cohesion, friendship and interaction, reminiscence, joy. People need connection. If they can connect to each other that is great and the music helps facilitate this. If they cannot access interpersonal connections as deeply, the music gives them a connection to themselves and perhaps the clinician.
July 31, 2018 at 11:47 pm
in reply to: Share some of your experiences with children of this age and level.
ParticipantIn my experience, I have noticed in shopping centers, and everywhere that babies are attuned to the music around them. I always here babies cry, vocalize, scream right within the chord being played on a loud speaker. It is natural. My 5th baby is almost 2 but I remember he naturally moved and hummed along especially if I was humming. I am sure they all did it and surely hav videos of it. It is equal to learning the language of a culture. This is what we do. They learn language without letters or grammar. They also learn music without notation or musical concepts explained.
July 21, 2018 at 10:41 pm
in reply to: What value do music therapists bring to families of young children?
ParticipantMusic therapists bring knowledge of music and psychology. They bring a communication means that doesn’t need words. They bring sensitivity and attunement.
ParticipantI became a music therapist because I knew about life with disability, a sibling’s disability. I felt I was the lucky one to have the experience. I also was driven to advocate and found some sometimes unnecessary hypervigilance around injustices. I also knew that the skills I would develop as a music therapist would serve me and my family on so many levels, from providing me with human development theories to creative outlets and musical skills. Now, I am most excited about the fact that I have to offer my experience of motherhood. A house full of babies has shown me first hand about these developmental levels, people management, conflict resolution, and on and on. I bring confidence and real understanding of early childhood parents walks, balanced with the humility that comes from remembering and knowing very well the harsh reality of the difficulties–typical and atypical. This work will support my overall walk as a therapist–it will place me in a position to always meet new people and make new professional relationships, as children grow and as relationships build from year to year. Finally, I am so alive when running group music therapy! Moms and babies! I just plug in.
ParticipantMaura, I bet you are amazing with those families!!! I would love to come to one of your classes in the next few weeks. let me know when!…marcie
ParticipantI don’t have any groups at this time, but I do love running them. When I recently volunteered in my 6 year-old’s classroom the attention the children were able to maintain to me was amazing. These children seemed not to have had opportunities to bang on drums and let out their percussiveness. The teachers even moved in a little to protect my drum. No one was ready for the freedom. But it was a contained freedom with a proper flow of experiences, like Sprouting Melodies outline. I love frameworks that work, with a freedom to be the musician and person-centered person I believe I am called to be. After this classroom time, those teachers were endlessly grateful and went on and on for weeks about the time. They kept saying, “We loved it maybe even more than the kids!” This is my value.
July 16, 2018 at 5:31 pm
in reply to: How have you used these four music experiences in your practice?
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