In Review: Sing! Move! Play!

Music, Preschool

Sing, move and play with a child using any or all of these CD’s by Margie La Bella. Margie La Bella, a music therapist and educator, is the owner of Music Therapy Tunes. Margie was kind enough to send me a copy of  the three CD’s: Sing!, Move! and Play! to...

Workin’ in Work Songs

Intergenerational, Music, Older Adults, Preschool

“Work is love made visible.” – Kahlil Gibran Labor Day is fast approaching. Here are a few work songs to help lead the “labor” conversation.  A few will appeal most to young children and a few to older adults. Most would work well with a...

Singable Books: 2 Special Stories

Music Therapy, Preschool

Some singable stories can be used with recordings, read, or sung live. Today’s selections work all these ways. These books are: “Rock Steady” by Sting, illustrated by Hugh Whyte  The story of Noah’s ark is retold using toe tapping music...

Songs of the moon

Music, Music Therapy, Theme

My Sterling House sessions this month will include a Moon Sing-along.  It is also the theme for my newsletter set for release on November 8, 2010.  (Sign-up for the newsletter here on the blog site!)  Given the many songs and websites dedicated to the...

Train Songs

Music, Theme

    It can be so much to sing about trains.  There are tons of songs to prove it.  Here is a starter list with a mixture of songs for adults and children for singing or drumming along: I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad Down by the Station Let the...