Valentine’s Day Song Pack – Lullabies & Love Songs

To help you celebrate this Valentine’s Day, I’ve put together a pack of 4 Lullabies & Love Songs perfect for singing with your little one or anyone special in your life! This pack has special holiday pricing at ONLY $6! With your purchase you will receive 4 original song recordings, instrumental tracks for each of the songs, and a booklet with the lyrics and chords for each tune! Enjoy & Happy Valentine’s Day!   Lullabies & Love Songs by On A Good Note Read More

Listen & Learn for Leaders! – Launched TODAY!!!!!!!!!!

I am SO excited to share this news with you today! Since you are reading this, YOU are probably a leader in some fashion and this new series of resources is just for YOU! Over the past few years, I have spent countless hours creating, crafting, recording, and putting into practice my own songs, materials, and session plans.  This past year I partnered with Rachel Rambach and together we have been producing even more quality materials and using them in our Early Childhood Groups. Every few weeks,  Rachel and I sit down and plan the next session of our Listen & Learn for Little Ones classes. This is one of our favorite parts of the job — we both love brainstorming new songs, choosing how we will address specific goals, and then recording the new music we’ll put to use with our kiddos. But we know that not all leaders like doing that same work. Maybe you are passionate about marketing but not songwriting. Perhaps putting together your curriculum together completely stresses you out, but you are passionate about putting songs into action Read More

I Can Show You How To Play – A New Instrument Playing Song

“I Can Show You How To Play” is my new song for instrument playing.  It gives children the opportunity to work on impulse control, following directions, naming body parts, playing rhythmically, respond to questions, and much more! I have loved using this song in the Listen & Learn Music Group I’ve been doing on Tuesdays. I hope you enjoy this song just as much as they have! Read More

Phonics Flash Card Games and Songs

I love picking up new things to incorporate into my sessions.  The Target dollar spot sometimes has some great finds!  On a recent trip, I picked up a pack of phonics cards.  I have several clients who are working on a lot of speech and academic goals.  I love these cards because they are so diverse.   Not only can you work on identifying letters and their sounds, but each picture has several objects that start with the the letter at the top of the card.  On the backs of the cards are several words on the back. Not only do I ask clients to identify letters, sounds, and words, but I ask them to talk about the picture on the card.  I use the simple song below to prompt clients to look up at the card and tell me what they see! How do you use flash cards in your sessions? Read More

“Moo Baa La La La!” – Singable Story

A couple months ago I was making a quick pit stop at Barnes & Noble for some coffee and a quick bathroom break.  I had no plans to even browse the store but then something caught my eye!   How could this adorable scene and title not catch my eye?  As soon as I flipped through the first couple pages, a tune popped into my head and I just HAD to buy it!  I have fallen in love with this book and have used it is so many of my music therapy sessions. I’ve used this “Moo Baa La La La!” by Sandra Boynton in all of the following ways: as a reward at the end of sessions a quiet cool down to target specific speech sounds to work on multi-word phrases (ie “turn the page”, “the end”, “more please”, “pink pig”, etc.) for attention identifying animals and their sounds naming colors answering questions taking turns reinforcing vocalizations encouraging eye contact AND SO MUCH MORE!!  What are some of your favorite children’s books that you have turned into singable stories? Read More