music, therapy, and me

Good morning, all. It is Tuesday here in the States, so I am posting my latest TME Tuesday video. For the past three weeks, I've been involved in a songswap hosted by Music Therapy Kids over on Facebook. Every week, we are challenged to share a TME idea (not the fully fleshed out TME) based on a very general goal (this week was academics). People are sharing all sorts of things, and I am torn between being excited about getting lots of new songs and being a bit sad because of how we are labelling these TME ideas. Here's my video - on academics. Sorry it is so out of focus - I am still learning how to use my different cameras - this is NOT one I'll be using again...(the camera, that is!) Academics is something that is part of everything that I do. I think through various subject areas with every single TME that I present to my students. Think we're just throwing balls at drums? Nope. We are experimenting with geometry, physics, scientific questioning, and throwi...

As you know, if you read this blog regularly, I am involved in a songswap challenge led by the folks at Music Therapy Kids over on Facebook. I've decided to go the video production route, putting what I learned over the past month at the Ignite video challenge to use in this part of my life. This is the first time that I've really participated in a series of challenges, and I am not sure about all this, but I am trying. Anyway, the prompt this week was to share a song that addresses movement with the rest of the folks in the songswap, so I pulled out an old standby. This comes from my sing about a bit of everything packet from way back in December 2016. This packet will be available on my website here - I will upload a link to the packet later today. In the meantime, look and see if there are any other editions that you might want to know more about... Walk Like an Animal (AKA Animal Walking) addresses more than just movement, but movement is an essential part of the th...