Browse the Blog
Fall, Fall, Fall
As of Saturday, it's officially fall! My kitchen is stocked with pumpkin waffles and pumpkin spice Coffee Mate, there's an "autumn leaves" scented candle burning in my office, and I've broken out the cold weather cycling gear...yep, summer is over. So it only made...
Boom Tote, Baby!
No lie: I used to store and transport my boomwhackers in a metal trash can. Yes, a TRASH CAN! That trash can now go back to serving its intended purpose, thanks to the Boom Tote. I have known Michelle Erfurt to be a forward thinker and entrepreneur since the day I...
Meant To Go Together
The title of this song is a bit misleading, because mostly it's about things that are NOT meant to go together. In fact, Ialmost used a line from the song -- "...onions on chocolate ice cream" -- as the title. And while that would have no doubt piqued your curiosity,...
Friday Fave: Autism Emotion App
A few years back, I had the privilege of creating and recording music for Model Me Kids, a company that creates modeling videos to help children with autism learn social skills. My original songs narrate the Model Me Faces and Emotions and Model Me Going Places DVDs....
Thunder & Raindrops
Last week as I was putting together the fall curriculum for Church Mice -- the music and movement class for young children I’ve led for the past 6 years -- I realized I was in need of some new “rhythm sticks” songs. We play several instruments during the 45 minute...
Listen & Learn Turns 4!
Four years ago today, I sat down at my computer, came up with the name Listen & Learn Music, started a blog using Google Blogger, and wrote this post. I can't believe I actually remembered to celebrate today -- it usually dawns on me a couple of weeks later -- but...
The Five Senses
Writing this song was meant to be, as I found out upon returning from Europe last week. First, my sister-in-law asked me if I had a song about the five senses (for my nephew's classroom) on the way home from the airport, and then I came home to an email from a reader...
The Lollipop Bop
Last summer, my nephew Mason came over for a little music-making session with his aunt Rachel. My father-in-law caught some of the action on camera, including the photo above of Mason playing away on the lollipop drum. I've been using this instrument a LOT lately in...
Off to School!
It's that time again: most of my students are off to school today! So in honor of this momentous occasion, I decided to give one of my older songs a bit of a facelift. I wrote "Off to School" way back in 2009, and you can read the original blog post here. It's been a...