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January 8, 2014 at 1:43 am
in reply to: What kind and brand of instruments are you using in your groups with children of this developmental level?
ParticipantI am also using Remo and West Music, plus I have some Orff instruments from Europe (claves, wooden blocks etc). I am making my own instruments sometimes. Shakers are easy to make, just fill an empty sturdy coconut water can from Sprouts with dry lentils and cover with colorful duck tape, and there you go…..I do not like most of the toy instruments from Target etc. They do not produce pleasant sound at all. I bought some shakers in Guitar Store, but they are expensive there.
January 8, 2014 at 1:30 am
in reply to: Share your thoughts with the board members on the role of music therapy in community based settings.
ParticipantWe, music therapists, are trained to work mostly with disabled people. That means we have probably better knowledge about various defects in human developments comparing to others who provide formal music classes and who have no MT training at all. And that is something we should use to show our specialty. We can detect signs and defects earlier. When we work in community, we can help parents recognize the first signs when something is not right with their children. And I think that will be more and more appreciated by community. Plus, music is always therapeutic, no matter if the community is typical or disabled. I think it is important to have well trained people teaching these classes. I witnessed a lady who was taking a training at Music Together class to become a teacher of that program and I was horrified. She simply did not have the skills AND the training we do. I feel very confident that we, music therapists, are able to work in any setting. We have good people’s skills or at least we were trained to have them. Parents will recognize that. 🙂
December 16, 2013 at 2:49 pmParticipant5 words: Playful, independent, energetic, rhythmic, active
5 sentences: Even if you child does not participate right now, he is still getting a lot just by observing others. Allow your children to explore all the instruments and let them make a choice which one THEY want to play. Try to repeat that line your child just made up! He will like when you follow HIS lead sometimes. He is getting independent at this age.
Plan: Hello song; Clap clap clap your hands; Shoo Fly with scarves; Come on let’s make some music with movement; Like a lion, like a lamb body play; One one play the drum; Good bye songDecember 16, 2013 at 2:31 pmParticipantMy five words would be: Bonding, Gentle, Soothing,Comforting and Calm.
% sentences for parents could be: 1) Feel free to touch/pat your baby in rhythm of music for more sensory impact. They can not only hear but also feel the music with their bodies. 2) If you are afraid to sing, try humming instead. You child will like your voice anyway. 3) Your children might seem non responsive, but look at their eyes! Their eyes are tracking all we do here and trying to find the resource of the sounds. 4) This is perfect bonding time for you and your child. 5) Look how she is reaching towards you with her hand. She wants you to pick her up and sing!
Session Plan: 1) I Like this Song: sing a long 2) Hush a bye: gentle movement 3) Sit Down With Me: bonding song 4) Swimming Together 5) Hey a naa, hoy a naa: body/drum play 6) Twinkle Twinkle 7) Music time is overDecember 16, 2013 at 2:00 pm
in reply to: Discuss with the board the traditional and cultural music in your home community.
ParticipantWE have a lot of classical, folk, traditional/regional folk, jazz, pop, pretty much everything but mariachi……:)
December 10, 2013 at 4:51 pmParticipantI feel that we, music therapists, can bring more detailed and insightful information about childs development to parents. We also can recognize quickly when we see some developmental issue in particular child. We are also trained to help parents who are struggling. No other music teachers/ couches are trained like we are. 🙂
December 10, 2013 at 4:44 pmParticipantI am only working with adults right now, but I am using some of the “tricks” we are learning here. I agree with Erin on increasing levels of participation. I would add using as many senses as possible. Even severely handicapped people enjoy body play and scarves movement. Even if they can not do it on their own, I noticed they will track visually all what is going around and smile in response to it.
December 10, 2013 at 4:38 pmParticipant1. Singing: Awareness- will make cooing sounds when content; Trust- will make pitched vocalization and will imitate modeled pitches, will use hard consonants such as N, K, P, G or B randomly; Independence- will use glissando and slides when vocalizing; Control- will use melodic intonation along with simple words; Responsibility- suggest novel lyrics to known songs, creates his/her own melodies.
2. Playing: Awareness- mouth or lick the instruments; Trust- will grasp instrument and hold it for short period of time; Independence- will move instruments from hand to hand occasionally ; Control- will cross the midd line in order to play instrument; Responsibility- will use each finger to play on a keyboard.
3 Moving: Awareness- will move rhythmically in the presence of music; Trust- will move body in response to music or rhythm; Independence- will move to familiar songs; Control- will adjust speed of movement to tempo of music; Responsibility- will learn sequences of movements/dances.
4. Listening: Awareness- will change body position in response to music; Trust- will look toward the location where the music had been; Independence- will look and smile when familiar song is played; Control- anticipates beginning and ending of music; Responsibility- adjusts responses in response to music/group.
December 10, 2013 at 4:10 pm
in reply to: Discuss with the board the traditional and cultural music in your home community.
ParticipantWEll, I was born and raised in Czech Republic, Europe, so my music and cultural background is different. However, I live here in US for 13 years and my son was born here. I spent many hours/days/weeks listening to US kids CDs and trying to learn american kids/folk songs. My family listens to classical music, rock, jazz, blues, folk and world music. Here in Arizona I was introduced to some Spanish tunes and I love them. Very energetic and melodic tunes suitable for any age. Plus, we have big mexican community here, so I am sure I will use some of them in my practice. 🙂
December 10, 2013 at 4:03 pm
in reply to: Sing and learn some of the songs presented in the video. Share with the board your experiences using these songs.
ParticipantI like the “How do you do and shake hands” song. I already know the part that is in Mixolydian mode from Music Together class and even I and my son took it many years ago I still remember this tune. So, I would definitely use it if I was working with children right now, which I am not. I also like the moment of surprise in this song, the whole note crescendo “Oh!” Everyone likes surprises. 🙂
December 10, 2013 at 3:51 pmParticipantWEll, I am a mother of child with autism, so I feel I have quite a lot of knowledge about developmental delays and so on. This class, however, teaches me a lot about normal development and I feel like it helps me to understand non-typical development as well. Hopefully this makes sense. I feel I can bring a lot of experiences from my private life supported by all the info from this class. I am quite intuitive and I know how to follow child’s lead. That is probably the most important skill for music therapist to have. Observe and follow your clients lead. I am glad learned what to observe and look for in this class.
December 10, 2013 at 2:49 pm
in reply to: Where will you go from here? How will this training impact your work as a music therapist?
ParticipantI love working with children. I am sure I will use a lot of what I have learned here. I am glad I have more knowledge and understanding about early childhood and music now. I am building my private practice right now. It will probably take me a while to get established, but it will all work out. Thank you Meredith and Elizabeth for great course and insight into this topic. I feel I can help many parents and their children now to enjoy each other and music. 🙂
December 10, 2013 at 2:40 pm
in reply to: How are you planning on sharing this information with colleagues, administrators and families?
ParticipantHello all, I am very behind with lesson 10. I have three visitors from my home country here and did a lot of traveling. Plus, for some reason I was not able to download all the materials from Lesson 10 to my computer, included evaluation form. Any suggestions? Anyway, I am back on the track now. I have talked with community center worker here in Chandler about introducing SM next year. They provide some basic music classes, but nothing for very small children, so he was interested. Two libraries contacted so far. Also, I spoke to couple of music therapists in the area about this class/program. Some are definitely interested. Looks like during next year we might do something together here in Arizona. 🙂
November 7, 2013 at 1:32 pm
in reply to: Share some strategies you have used to assure every child in your groups is successful.
ParticipantI never did music for early childhood groups, but I took Music Together classes with my son when he was small and learned a lot about kids and group dynamics just by being there…. I am looking forward to start my own Sprouting Melodies groups and will definitely use many strategies I learned here in the course.
November 7, 2013 at 1:26 pm
in reply to: Share what you are most looking forward to as you become a Sprouting Melodies provider.
ParticipantWell, I only have part time job. I took this course knowing I really want to do it. I am not just taking it for credit. 🙂 So, I definitely am looking for more info about marketing and promoting this great program here in Arizona.
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