If you're working in early childhood, or with kids, tweens, teens, or young adults in special education - you probably already know the value of regularly incorporating books into your classroom or sessions! They add visual cues, promote literacy, teach story and theme, the list goes on! Add MUSIC to some of those books, and watch engagement rise!! While you read, play and sing you may address:  reading and pre-reading goals! communication/language! social emotional learning and interaction! fine motor! "wh" questions! identifying characters, items, colors, shapes, and more! Ready-to-Si ..read more

February is the perfect time to lean into themes of kindness, friendship & love!! SO, let's chat February Favorites - favorite resources, favorite songs (for kids AND teens!), my newest YouTube video, and OF COURSE, a FREE download!! NEWEST FEB FAVE | My February, Favorite,...,,is now on YouTube! But it's no fun if I can't celebrate with YOU! So, I'm sharing a free coloring activity below to go along with it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNqSck7nbao&t=2s Watch We Go Together on: YouTube Listen On: Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music RESOURCES PACKED WITH LOVE | I also ha ..read more

January can hit hard!! We've come off the holidays, and now we're all cold and kids are stuck indoors... or at least more than usual!! These can be some of my hardest months for planning! SO, I wanted to show you 2 of my FAVORITE Winter Plans for that January slump! I use one plan FOR A WHOLE MONTH, rotating and changing up the same strategies/songs in different ways - hang on til the end to catch my tips for using a single song 4 ways! You can find my ,Wild Winter and ,Swirling Snow plans, along with 3 other winter themed session plans, PLUS all of the chords, visuals, printables, and demo v ..read more

Today I want to share with you ALL OF MY FAVORITE freebies, winter printables, go-to songs, winter playlist, (and more!) from over the years - in one place!! Let's jump in!! FREE 2023 Holiday Song Cards printable ✨ If you do not have my FREE 2023 Holiday Song Card printable, here it is!! It has goals, implementation ideas and chords on one side, graphic and title on the other! The cards provides an accessible way for students to choose their favorite, or you can use them to create a jumbo picture schedule! (Bonus: you get the chord cheat sheet on the back ;) The 14 holiday favorites include ..read more

My daughter and I were talking about the Chronicles of Narnia the other day, and she asked me what I thought was better - the books or the movies. We talked about how movies bring to your eyes what was only before in your mind. But books are just magical. As you read, you imagine. You learn. You wonder. And even as she struggled to want to read early on, her reading now has meaning because she's learned that it unlocks so many things for her! Street signs and birthday cards, stories and scripts! As teachers and therapists, we want to find ways to UNLOCK reading for unique learners, ALL learne ..read more

The Thanksgiving song | Ben Rector One of my favorite Thanksgiving Songs of all time is Ben Rector's "The Thanksgiving Song." It's a song about celebrating with family and friends, and the heart of gratitude. I've created a few FREE printables to go along with it to facilitate conversations about holiday traditions and thankfulness! There's a coloring sheet - draw your family traditions or something you're thankful for while you listen! Question cards - tape the the bottom of a frame drum and pass it around while the music plays. When the music stops, the person who ends up with it reads the ..read more

Fall is officially here! To celebrate the first day of fall (September 23rd), I dropped a new single, Fall is Here! AND I'm sharing the printable and chord sheet for it with you for FREE below! This song is one that you can use so many different ways!! So I'm going to share... ,3 Ways to Use Fall is Here! 1. Movement Song Check out this YouTube video for some silly dance moves to Fall is Here! https://youtu.be/Ui9jmtHQEOE Walk slowly in a circle or in place as you sing the verse together! Fall is here, fall is here, fall is here. See the apples grow. Feel the cool winds blow. THEN, spin in c ..read more

My middle started Kinder this year... which is just crazy to type. When I asked her what her favorite part of school was, can you guess what she said? "Playing with my friends!" I just love how quickly she calls her brand new buddies, "friends." It really is a sweet thing about the start of a new school year! Making new friends. Then there's my oldest. Going to school isn't as easy for her, and it takes a minute for her to warm up! But, finding old friends again after a summer away is a huge comfort to her at school! Isn't that the way it is with some of the kids we work with? Some just jump ..read more

I want to share a FREE resource, below! The Wheels on the Bus REMIX! Get silly with this classic favorite (think MadLibs) as you ring in the new school year!! I also wanted to share my... Top 3 Back to School Must-Haves! ,1. Prioritize Social Emotional Learning with ,Hello and Goodbye songs + Songs for Social Emotional Expression When I'm headed back to school, I know I'm going to need a Hello and Goodbye song! Whether you're a teacher having circle time, or you want a song to start and end each day, or you're a music therapist wanting to start and end each session in a consistent way to ease ..read more

It's winter. The kids are stuck inside. Soooo many wiggles. Do their brains. Do the staff. Do YOURSELF - a favor! Start with movement songs! My favorite movement props during the winter are.... Blue Canopy Scarf, like this one! Play a wintry song and watch the scarf as it moves to the music! Place fairy lights on top and look underneath! Felt or Plastic Snowflakes, like these! Explore different textures, watch them go up and down on a parachute, then run around and pick them up. Put them back on top and start again! and Indoor Snowballs, like these! Throw while the music plays and... freeze ..read more