TME Tuesday: sing about summer - Session Ideas to Celebrate Summer

It is that time of year - the time of year when school music therapists (like me) are either getting ready to close their jobs for the summer or are getting ready for their extended school year sessions (ESY - like me). Either way, there is a focus on summer as a theme idea.

A couple of years back, I wrote a FREE resource for music therapists called sing about summer.

This is a collection of therapeutic music experiences (TMEs) that have to do with summer. Now, some of them are typical TMEs for music therapists - lyric scrambles, conducting the beat - but others are my original work. It is my hope that this collection of TMEs will offer ideas and inspiration for other music therapists to develop summer-themed sessions.

If you are interested in downloading this TME collection (for free), comment below or on our Facebook page - look for musictherapyworks.com. I'll send it to you.

UPDATE:
Hey - if you do want this resource, make sure to add your email to the comment. All comments are moderated, and I PROMISE I will not publish any email addresses on the comments page.

Comments

  1. Unknown6:17 AM

    I’d love a copy of this!

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    1. mj4:45 PM

      I would love to send it to you! Please send your email address to contactus@musictherapyworks.com.

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  2. Lee Morris7:41 AM

    I'd like to see this resource. Thank you for making it available.

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    1. mj4:44 PM

      I would love to send it to you! Please send your email address to contactus@musictherapyworks.com.

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  3. SMWC Music Therapy8:27 AM

    We would love to see your resource!

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    1. mj4:44 PM

      I would love to send it to you! Please send your email address to contactus@musictherapyworks.com.

      Delete
  4. Catherine Farquharson9:36 AM

    I could really use this resource!

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    1. mj4:44 PM

      I would love to send it to you! Please send your email address to contactus@musictherapyworks.com.

      Delete

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