11 Circle Songs for Stretchy Band Music and Movement Activities A little over a year ago I was privileged to witness Harry Becket, MT-BC faciliate a group music therapy session at a nursing home in Springfield, MO. We had fun experimenting with the connect-a-band, bean […]
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Pumpkin Balloon Ball Jack O Lantern Like many, fall is my favorite time of the year. Cool crisp morning with beautiful days to play in. The trees haven’t started changing their color here yet, but I am looking forward to that. It also brings inspiration
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Bear Paw Creek Insiders Facebook Group About a month ago I started a closed group on Facebook. If you participate in groups on Facebook, you will surely know the value and connections you get from them. I have thoroughly enjoyed the knowledge and encouragement I
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Bean Bag Song by Nancy Stewart for Music Games Activities Bean bags are one of the first items I learned to sew when my Mom taught me as a child. You can read about that in this past blog post. I imagine bean bags are
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Active Play Creative Movement with Twister We were gifted a new twister game a few months ago and have been enjoying it. Twister is a great game that involves colors, direction, movement, balance, turn taking, and downright fun. Our old twister game tore a few
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Connect-a-Stretchy Band with Giddy Up and Old Brass Wagon Music Activities Here are few songs to use with the connect-a-stretchy band or stretchy band. Music stimulates both sides of the brain, lifts our spirits, and makes tedious activities seem fun. Incorporating motion with music brings
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Miss Carole of Macaroni Soup “Dancing Scarf Blues” With Creative Movement Chiffon Scarves From this blog post on the stretchy band that Miss Carole of Macaroni Soup wrote, we got connected. I sent her some more goodies, and since then it has been a blast
Music with Mar Bean Bag Groove Song and Activities Check out this great blog post written by Maryann “Mar” Harman, BA Music/MA Education, founder of Music with Mar. Here she discusses the wonderfully fun and educational bean bag. An old fashioned toy that keeps on
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Jingle Bell Music Therapy Instrument Movement Songs by Margie La Bella This video is featuring six songs that can be used with jingle bells. You may have your own supply of jingle bells, or you can check out our jingle bells on a wrist scrunchie.
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Large Motor Skills and the Stretchy Band These latex bands covered in bright, rainbow colored cloth are awesome for gross motor activities and can facilitate so many child development skills including proprioception, strength, motor planning, balance, and midline crossing. Here are two large motor skills
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