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Halloween Video-Palooza
Happy Halloween! It's a brisk but beautiful October day where I live -- perfect trick-or-treating weather, for sure. I had a chance to see lots of cute kiddos in their costumes over the weekend, and can't wait for all the Facebook pics to start appearing on my news...
Sunday Singalong: The St. Louis Swingers
Just as the World Series started to heat up, I received this blog comment from Rene, a member of Listen & Learn Plus! and teacher extraordinaire: Will you still be my music therapist when the Rangers beat the Cards in the World Series? How about a friendly “deal.”...
Friday Fave: Sensory-Friendly Trick-or-Treating
Earlier this month, I was lamenting how much I would miss seeing my former students all dressed up for Halloween. I was also feeling a little bummed over not being able to pass out candy to trick-or-treaters, because I'd be providing music therapy and lessons on the...
A Little DIY Recording Session
I'm a little sleepy this morning after a late night of recording...but I'm not complaining, because it's one of my favorite things to do! So much so that I'm giving a presentation at AMTA National Conference in Atlanta next month called The DIY Approach to Recording....
What the Glif?
Sunday was a very sad day here at Listen & Learn headquarters: after two years of trusty service, my Flip Ultra HD camcorder died. Luckily, my new camera takes HD video and came to the rescue for last week's "Sunday Singalong" video, but using that camera as a...
Halloween Song Sale!
Halloween is still a week away, which gives you plenty of time to share a few spooky (and not-so-spooky) tunes with your students or even your own children. I've gotten plenty of use out of my Halloween song collection throughout the month of October, and wanted to...
Sunday Singalong: Purple People Eater
Every October, I'd go to each classroom at my former job brimming with excitement about the new Halloween songs I'd written for my students. They always went over well. But inevitably, at the end of each class I'd hear, "Can we sing the 'Purple People Eater' song?"...
Friday Fave: iPhone 4S & iOS 5
Okay, so maybe I've blogged about my favorite Apple products a time or two. And yes, maybe I've even been called an Apple fangirl on occasion (hi, Dad). But really, I have my husband to blame: he has owned every single iPhone model since the day the first one came out...
We’re Gonna Have a Good Time
Over the summer, I was working on speech goals with one of my music therapy students. The letter "g" was among her targeted sounds, so I came up with a little greeting song based on it. Well the song stuck, because four months later, we're still singing that song --...