Autumn Themed Session Ideas | #83
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Resources: Early Childhood: Scarves/Singing- If I Were a Ghost: https://youtu.be/SZLXLjKHb1M Stephanie Leavell's Halloween adaptation for her scarf song- Blowing in the Wind: https://www.facebook.com/MusicForKiddos/videos/blowing-in-the-wind-a-variation-for-halloween/5518529558231767/ Movement - Ring Around the Pumpkin- by Bearpaw creek! https://musicandmovementproducts.com/pumpkin-musical-movement-songs-and-learning-games-activities/ Fabric Leaves for sensory transition- Subscribe to MT&B Emails to get "The Leaves are Falling" and more freebies! https://www.musictherapyandbeyond.com/subscribe Elementary: Boomwhackers/Xylophones to Spooky Scary Skeletons "Spooky Scary Skeletons" Boomwhacker Play Along: https://youtu.be/0lJsghA8WqE "It's Corn" Boomwhacker Play along: https://youtu.be/VY_Phdn7sfU Teens: Music Assisted Games- Halloween Music BINGO Card: https://myfreebingocards.com/bingo-card-generator/edit/du289 Songs for Analysis and Group Discussion- "Heathen's" | 21 Pilots : https://youtu.be/dOOjioUXtf0 "Look What You Made Me Do" | Taylor Swift: https://youtu.be/3K0RzZGpyds "Monster Mash"Digital instruments/sound effects with AAC devices Older Adults: BINGO- Halloween Music BINGO Card: https://myfreebingocards.com/bingo-card-generator/edit/du289 Guess that Rhythm/Tune - Playing a rhythm or melody instrumental of a popular Fall themed song, participants can guess the name of the song→ then play/sing together! Alternative: use visuals or props for lyric fill in and to support guessing. Harvest Themed Rhythms for Accompaniment- For example, Pum-pkin, Scare-Crow, Ghost, Hall-o-ween, rain-y wea-ther. Rewrite "Rockin' Robin" (https://youtu.be/uLF3YZIjucs) to be "Rockin' Scarecrow" Thank you for listening. We appreciate your feedback, please rate and review wherever you listen. If you like the show, please subscribe and share with a friend! ——— Stay in touch at https://www.musictherapyandbeyond.com Follow us on Instagram @musictherapyandbeyond Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/musictherapyandbeyond
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Happy fall ya’ll! The change of seasons is an opportunity for seasonally themed interventions so we’re honing in on Halloween and Harvest season. We always need to exercise our best clinical judgment on when it’s appropriate to use themed sessions. Some reasons why you might want to include themes are for reminiscence, orientation, increased engagement with novelty experiences, bringing changes to your session planning, and opportunities for introducing new and familiar music that you can’t use all year round.
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