Jessica D. Grooms,  MT-BC

Music Therapy Services

 

 

 

Sound Clips

 

Below are specific sound clips (MP3) that I will have recommended for extended use outside of Music Therapy sessions. This is to help implement your child's music therapy intervention techniques outside of therapy.

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The songs/activities that I recommend here for use outside of therapy

will be ones that are fairly SIMPLE AND EASY TO DUPLICATE

 

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Client names are withheld in sound clips below to protect confidentiality. Names that are implemented here are made up.

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SONGS

Songs © written by Jessica Grooms unless otherwise specified

  • "I Have a Snowman/It's Time to Build a Snowman 1, 2, 3!"
    Play "I Have a Snowman/It's Time to Build a Snowman 1, 2, 3!""I Have a Snowman/It's Time to Build a Snowman 1, 2, 3!"

      (PMD school group session)

    - for use with snowman PECS, picture, or puppet/stuffed

    - remember to touch items named (snowman, boots, mittens) each

      time specific word is  sung ("snowman", "boots", "mittens")  

    * see below for "Earl the Snowman picture example and other ideas for this activity 

  • "My House" (part 1, table and chair)
    Play "My House" (part 1, table and chair)"My House" (part 1, table and chair)

    (for PMD school group session)

    - remember to establish pat/clap first (for attention, interest, and prep)

    - for use with PECS/pictures (table and chair)

    - point to appropriate PECS/pictures when singing "table"/"chair"

    - have client visually (and/or physically) identify each (table/chair) at the end of the activity (or as appropriate to each child)

     

    EXTRA:  Depending on the child, you may want to use hand over hand for child to pat/clap as this could allow for additional work in gross motor, fine motor, midline work, etc.  NOTE: Involving both sides of the body to establish beat helps to engage both hemispheres, and often leads to higher cognitive attention.

  • "My House" (part 2, toothbrush)
    Play "My House" (part 2, toothbrush)"My House" (part 2, toothbrush)

    Follow same instructions as above (in Part I of "My House")

  • "The Rain Song"
    Play "The Rain Song""The Rain Song"

    - for use alongside My Rain Story (below)

     

    * NOTE : This song was written for and perscribed to a certain client     specific to her situation/circumstance

  • "And Stop" (verbal command, sung)
    Play "And Stop" (verbal command, sung)"And Stop" (verbal command, sung)

    * for individual client

    (remember, this is how it is used in session for him)

  • "Can you find it?"
    Play "Can you find it?""Can you find it?"

    * for individual client

    Materials needed:

    1)  FIND IT! game   

    (local chain bookstore carries this or you can make one like I did)

    2)  Picture cards to match items in game (items to be found)

    (This is optional, but is especially important if your main goal here is to work on increasing cognitive skill such as matching items)

    Activity:

    * First demonstrate how to slowly and carefully turn the container in order to see all the hidden pieces (I demonstrated this in session, but he'll need a reminder).

    1)  Sing song in call and response fashion

         *  This means that you sing, "Can you find it, can you find it?" AND then  

             child sings (answers), "Yes, I can, Yes, I can"

    2)  Child draws picture card, and then turns the container (as mentioned

         (above) until he locates the item (that matches the item on the picture

         card) ... reward him with a high five (this is what we did in session, and

         he got a kick out of it!)

    3)  Repeat process (steps 1 and 2) until all items are found (only do

         about 5 pictures/items maximum per game or the game will be

         too long).  Be sure to sing the call/response song (as indicated in #1

         between each turn.

     

    Goal areas for this activity:

    *  Increase impulse control

    *  Decrease anxiety/frustration over performing task (not being able

        to find item immediately)

    *  Increase cognitive skill

    *  Increase cognitive attention/attention to task

    *  Increase duration of cognitive attention

    *  Participation for the duration of a given task ("finishing")

    *  Increase auditory attention/following auditory cues

    *  Increase social communication (call and response)

    *  Decrease echolalia

     

     

     

     

  • I'll do it all myself (Little Red Hen song)
    Play I'll do it all myself (Little Red Hen song)I'll do it all myself (Little Red Hen song)

    See June 09 Newsletter for accompanying activity.  (Newsletter listed on "MT Newsletter" page of this website)

  • I Love to Look in Your Eyes!
    Play I Love to Look in Your Eyes!I Love to Look in Your Eyes!

    *  Social communication

    *  Visual attention

    *  Decrease social anxiety

     

  • Pumpkin, Pumpkin
    Play Pumpkin, PumpkinPumpkin, Pumpkin

    Here's a simple little song and activity to help teach/reinforce certain theme/holiday related cognitive concepts (colors/black & orange, shapes, etc).  This activity may also be used with these goal areas:

    • Auditory Attention (listen for and follow auditory cue)
    • Impulse Control (wait for cue to touch items)
    • Cognitive Skill (teach/reinforce concepts such as colors, shapes, holiday/theme related material, etc.)
    • Verbal Commands (follow verbal prompts/commands/directions)
    • Sensory

     

    Use props for this activity (a real or toy pumpkin and black cat AND/OR pictures of a pumpkin and black cat).

     

   "Earl" the Snowman picture example  -  (I used this on a PECS board)

     - Other Ideas: 1) add items named (boots, mittens, etc) as they are sung 2) let child (hand

      over hand if necessary) 'build' the snowman (after singing) by having snowman made

      of three seperate cirlces (balls) of paper (you can also work on small/medium/large

      concepts here) 

 

My Rain Story   (story only in written form)  

   MP3 Clips   

 

 

 

 

 

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