TME Tuesday: sing about songs!!

One of the things that you may not know about me is that I have written several music therapy session books. I have offered these on my website for many years, but I've decided to add them to my TPT store so others can find them. I put the first one, sing about autumn, on the store this morning.

I am not anticipating that many people will purchase these, but I want to get them out there more than they have been out there before.

Just so you know, sing about songs have been my projects for many years. I love writing therapeutic music experiences (TMEs) and sharing them with others. One of my areas of research has been music to support learning across the age range, and I have always wanted to write music for an organization like Sesame Workshop or Fred Rogers Productions. I am fascinated by the way that music can enhance and enrich learning in ways that other pedagogical methods just do not. When I first decided to go back to continue my education in music therapy, I wanted to do just this - write songs to enhance learning. It was my first thesis topic, but I was dissuaded by a second advisor to not continue the project. Once I graduated, I went on to write these books and to present a monthly subscription packet for some time. I discontinued my subscription packet a bit ago, but lately I've been wanting to start this up again.

Ooh. I have now posted my second edition of sing about songs. I will continue to post books and mini editions as I find some time to do this. I have about twenty different resources to include, so it may take a little bit to finish this task, but it makes sense to do this right now. I hope that people will look at these resources and will download them to use with clients. (You can get a free account to TPT with no obligation to buy anything, ever! If you do purchase something from my shop, then I get much of the purchase price - minus a fee, of course.)

Thanks for reading, and thank you for checking out my store. 

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