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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...

DYNAMITE!!!!!!!!!

by Linda | Jun 13, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Instrument Songs, Movement

I recently posted this on Music Therapy Dynamic’s Facebook page, but thought I’d share it here too. (With some added suggestions!) Need an age appropriate song to use with teens or young adults? Check out Dynamite by Taio Cruz! I use it in group...

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,...

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...

Paper Plate Ice Skating

by Linda | Feb 10, 2013 | Autism, Blog, Intervention ideas, Movement

[fb_button] Plate what? Skating on plates? You bet! We’ve been enjoying a cold weather activity inside the classroom this week….ice skating. Sort of. Instead of ice skates we’ve been using paper plates. This is an easy, inexpensive and fun way to...