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Holiday Activities

by Linda | Dec 13, 2015 | Activities, Autism, Blog, Chanuka, Christmas, Developmental Disabilities, hanukka, Holidays, Impulse Control, Instrument Songs, Intervention ideas, Kwanzaa, Motor skills, Movement, Multi-needs, social skills

December is full of holidays that we can build music therapy interventions around. Since I mainly work in school settings, I design activities using secular songs and cultural aspects associated with each holiday. This is also important because it doesn’t...

Indestructible Maracas

by Linda | Jan 15, 2015 | Blog, Instruments, Motor skills

[fb_button] If you are looking for maracas that seem to be indestructible and sound good, I highly recommend Hohner’s Kids S363 Mini Plastic Maracas. I have used these maracas in my music therapy sessions for almost five years and none of them has ever broken....

Fun with Tambourines

by Linda | Oct 24, 2014 | Attention, Autism, Blog, Following Directions, Impulse Control, Instruments, Intervention ideas, Motor skills, Movement, Multi-needs, social skills

Tambourines are great instruments because they give instant feedback and are easy to use. This Fall, I taped different pictures of items we see during the season to the front of each tambourine. I used a fantastic new tape I found at our local teacher’s store,...

Make Your Own Egg Shakers

by Linda | Apr 18, 2014 | Activities, Blog, Creativity, Following Directions, Impulse Control, Intervention ideas, Motor skills, self-esteem, sequencing

Looking for a project to do this weekend with your children or next week when plastic eggs will be on sale? Easter is a great time to stock up on fillable plastic eggs and make home-made egg shakers! This is a great activity that works on fine motor skills, following...

St. Patrick’s Day Activity

by Linda | Mar 16, 2014 | Activities, Blog, Following Directions, Impulse Control, Instruments, Motor skills, Social, St. Patrick's Day

I always have fun planning activities around a St. Patrick’s Day theme! There’s a large variety of music that can be used….instrumental jigs and reels, vocal standards, music that is fast or slow, etc. In addition, there are rainbows, shamrocks,...

Rainbow Wrist Streamers

by Linda | Feb 2, 2014 | Blog, Motor skills, Movement, Multi-needs, Streamers

Never underestimate the power of wrist streamers! At the beginning of the school year, I purchased rainbow streamers on wrist scrunchies from Bear Paw Creek, LLC. They work wonderfully with individuals of all ability levels because of their design. Since they are...