Margie La Bella MT-BC, MA

MUSIC THERAPY LESSON PLANS

at Musictherapytunes.com presents

Please be sure to add your own music therapy activities by mailing them to Margie@musictherapytunes.com.
********You Don't have to write out the solfedge! (Youtube, itunes, amazon samples and songs etc can provide the melodies to songs!)
COLOR KEY: (Don't worry about this if you send a plan in. I'll take care of it.) Red entries represent music therapy activities for expressive/receptive language development. Blue entries represent music therapy activities for fine and gross motor development. Green entries represent activities for cognitive/academic development. Purple entries represent activities for adaptive and daily living activities. Brown entries represent activities for emotional growth and social skill development. Grey entries represent other goal areas, for the time being. **Please note, that there are many activities or activity types that can be used in a variety of age groups. There are songs for 5-year-olds that have been loved and requested by 12-yearolds! Presentation is key...adjusting the rhythm, strum, tempo, volume, chord structure, adding or subtracting words can make an activity work. Adaptation and thinking out of the box are plusses. So be sure to check out what is in the various age group sections even if they are older or younger than the people in your care. Most Categories overlap so check out all the colors i.e. a social song in one setting can reinforce language and conceptual skills. ** Enjoy!

-feel free to submit activities that have a similar goals and methods but use a different songs, variations or other element. -I'm very interested to find out what people are doing with all the new electronic instruments, recording programs, computer programs and games, Apps, websites, TVcomputer games like wii and RockBand and whatever good things are out there.
Here is my format. Feel free to use it when you submit your ideas! You don't have to use it, though. Age: Goal Area: Name of Activity: Objective: Materials: Method: Adaptations: (optional) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used:

MUSIC THERAPY ACTIVITIES FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN TO AGE 5 musictherapytunes.com
Age: 0-5 and older Goal Area: cognitive (and language) Name of Activity: What's Missing Here? Objective: Children look at a picture and tell the therapist what is wrong with it. Materials: Prepared pictures of a familiar object with a piece missing

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Method: Show picture and discuss. Adaptations: 1.You can add something that doesn't belong and have the kids identify it, like a monkey with a hair-do. 2. Or you can also change/mix up a characteristic..... like bike wheels on a train. 3. You could even discuss how to fix the issue or adapt to it. (The boy's ice cream cone fell down. He could ask for another.) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Tune: the teacher's part of Harry Chapin's Flowers are Red then the child's part for the student's responses. See youtube for melody . - or Jimmy Crack Corn (Here's the Jimmy.lyrics: Oh no what happened here? Oh no who can see? Oh no what happened here? Who can tell me? Then incorporate the children's answer into the farmer in the dell melody. ...The horse has no tail...the horse has no tail...) Or, pick your own melody.
Lyrics: here? (question) (response) wheel. A E A E A E A A D A D A E What's missing here, oh no! What's missing here? What can it be-- who can see.? Oh no what's missing A D A D A D A E A D A D A E A I see this bike has no wheel. The bike has no wheel. That is just what (name*) saw. The bike has no (Adjust this line for the needs/size of the group) A

Age: 0-5 Goal Area: language and social Name of Activity: Janice's Hello Song Objective: Children will establish and maintain eye-contact, wave, and sing hello to the therapist. Materials: Hello, Hola! by Janice Buckner (On her Learning Skills for Little One's CD see Janicebuckner.com) Method: Sing along and modify as client need be. Adaptations: Use to improve physical skills or any other skills by changing the words and/or tempo. The words below are changed slightly. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: C F C G C F G C Hello, Hello (rest rest) Hello, Hello (rest rest) Hello, Hello (rest rest) It's music time. Mi do mi fa mi do mi re mi do mi fa fa mi re do

Age: Open for ALL ages Goal Area: You get to pick Name of Activity: Please, send in your own ideas for this section. They don't have to use this format. This is just the one I learned! Objective: To expand this section for all music therapy fans, students, and professionals so we can help others in the journey. Materials: There is a key at the top of this page that explains the color coding. Don't stress over it. Method: Adaptations: (optional) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com You can also send them to me here: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Lyrics are nice to get. Chords as well, but these are not mandatory. For a complex melody I'm going to send people to YouTube so they can hear it.

Age: 0-5 plus Goal Area: Social (waiting, sharing, relinquishing turn.) Name of Activity: Let's sing hello adapted from J. Geils Centerfold (Check out the melody on youtube.) Objective: kids will share and play instruments when their name is sung by the therapist. Materials: guitar, lyrics, and interesting rhythm instruments. Method: MT puts instruments in the center of the song circle. Children come to the center and share instruments (or an instrument) when their name is sung. Children all sing during the chorus. Adaptations: (optional) An easy articulation drill.

Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie and Cindy S. c/o Margielessonplans@gmail.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: C F C F C F C C Bb F G C Let's sing hello to every- one. Now ___ and ____, let's have some fun. Singing na na na na Na na na na na na. (Repeat nas.)

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Age: 0-5+
Goal Area: Language (motor song or hello song. The melody lends itself to various objectives) Name of Activity: Jacks Big Music Show Song Objective: Kids will sing the words of the song Materials: Music and kids Method: Sing and do. Adaptations: Use to create hello song, an articulation exercise, letter-sound association, or animal/vehicle sound song. Substitute another sound for the d in dum. Or start off with Heres a sound for the letter T. Look everybody sing with me. Lastly, try What does a monkey say in the zoo. Sing it together me and you..oo,oo... Submitted by: Amanda G. Ellis, MT-BC at "morewithmusic.com" Tune: can be found on youtube C F G Come on everybody give your foot a tap. (repeat phrase instrumentally.) C F C Come on everybody give your hands a clap. (same) C F G Look everybody its my dog Mel. (ruf,.) C And my best friend Mary; shes super swell. C F C (Dum diddy dum diddy dum dee dum day.) C F G Dum diddy dum diddy dum dee dum day. (same echo) C F C Dum diddy dum diddy dum dee dum day. (same echo) F G F G So come everybody lets get up and go. Am G/B Bb F C Its time to get started. Its Jacks big music show. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Cognitive Name of Activity: Apple Tree Objective: Children do the motions along to the lyrics and sing or vocalize Materials: Words Method: Sing and do. This is also a magic song. All the kids I work with love it, do it and succeed right away. Adaptations: (optional) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com source unknown. Melody: Part A. Lincoln lincoln I been thinkin what the heck have you been drinkin' (ah songs from my childhood...) Mary had a Little Lamb works, too. I'm an acorn small and round works. Shortnin' bread works. Part B. Adams family chorus A) I'm a great big apple tree. Just as tall as I can be. I cannot sneeze (aaaaaahchoooooooo.) I cannot cough (argh, ahh, blah) or all my apples will fall off. B) It fell on my ________ (boink, boink, .or ow, ow will suffice.) Repeat 4 more times. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5 plus Goal Area: language Name of Activity: Sing a song of Halloween Objective: Kids think of and create the sounds of Halloween characters. Materials: lyrics

Method: Do it. Adaptations: (optional) Remember, you don't want to scare any of the children! Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Tune: Joshua fit the battle of Jerico Lyrics: Am E7 Am E7 Am Sing a song for Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. Sing a song for Halloween. Sing it like a ________. (Then continue making that sound for the verse. Same melody)

Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Motor skills Name of Activity: Shake your Spookies Out! This is a variation on the familiar childrens song Shake your Sillies out. Objective: Kids follow a series of one-step directions. Also good for body awareness and coordination. Materials: song Method: sing and do Adaptations: (optional) Make up verses for any time of year. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com D G D G A D 1.Come on and shake, shake, shake your spookies out. Shake, shake, shake your spookies out. Sol sol sol sol la sol sol sol mi do. Re fa mi mi mi re do D G D A7 D Shake, shake, shake your spookies out. Shake your spookies away. (same as vs. one.) re fa mi mi re do. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Clap your crazies out. Bounce your beasties out. Wiggle your wackies out. Stamp like Frankenstein Itch like a witch. Howl like a wolf......and more.

Age: 0-5 plus Goal Area: Language Name of Activity: Four Dinosaurs. Objective: Children sing the words, hold up the correct number of fingers, and motion along with the song. Materials: song, optional dinosaur toys Method: Sing. Do. I must say this song has been what I call a magic song. I haven't seen a child who doesn't love it and succeed with it. Adaptations: (Do not end my sentences with a prepostion....it. ) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com from Anna Epstein-Kravis recording Tot's Tunes/Happy to be me. See annaekravis.com. Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used:
C G C G C-G Four Dinosaurs were rolling in the mud. Splashing around all day. Do do re mi do sol fa mi re do re re re sol re mi re C G c 3 more left when he goes away. Squish, squish, squish, squish, sol sol sol sol fa mi re do C One of them said I've had enough!!! do do re do

Age: 0-5 and older Goal Area: articulation, oro-motor Name of Activity: Monster in the Mirror (This song is so good that I use it all year round.) Objective: Children vocalize along with the chorus. Materials: Song from Sesame Street. (Check out the melody on youtube.) Method: Sing

Adaptations: (optional) Great Opportunity for articulation exercise!! Also for associating a sound with a letter for pre-reading awareness. Just change the initial consonant from w to a different sound. Simplify the chorus by repeating line one over 2x and then end on the origional phrase. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used Sesame Street Google the video on youtube for the melody. Am e7 Am Saw a monster in the mirror when I woke up today A monster in my mirror but I did not run away C Dm E7 Am I did not shed a tear or hide beneath my bed , Though the monster looked at me and this is what he said: C Dm G7 Am He said "Wubba wubba wubba wubba woo woo woo." Wubba wubba wubba and a doodly do C F C G F C C G F C He sang "Wubba wubba wubba" so I sang it too. Do not wubba me or I will wubba you . Do not wubba me or I will wubba you. 2. Told the monster in the mirror, "No, I am not scared." Then I smiled at him and thanked him for the song that we had shared. Well, the monster thanked me too, he smiled right back and then the monster in the sang his song again. 3. If your mirror has a monster in it, do not shout. This kind of situation does not call for freaking out And do nothing that you would not like to see him do 'Cause that monster in the mirror he just might be you.

Age: 0-5 Goal Area: vocalization and verbalization Name of Activity: Good for Halloween: The witch laughs ha-ha-ha. Objective: children produce the sounds Materials: song Method: Sing. Pictures of the objects help. Adaptations: For kids who need more time, stay on the same sound effect for a whole verse and use a familiar melody to set the stage. Example: The little ghost says boo boo boo, boo boo boo...........................boo for Halloween. (Tune for that one could be Mary had a little Lamb.) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Melody: Try second half of the itsy bitsy spider in a haunting minor key. Lyrics: The witch says Yah-ha-ha. The Ghost says whooooo. The Cat says meow, meow and I say Boo. (repeat)

Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Expressive language Name of Activity: Thanksgiving: These are things I'm thankful for. Objective: Children will name something they are thankful for including: foods, toys, people. Materials: song and children Method: Sing the song and insert the children's answers. Results vary by age and ability. Adaptations: (optional) Record it on a little tape recorded. Or your phone. Change boomdeata to something simpler that your group can handle. Sometimes we sing These are things we're thankful for. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com melody used: Boom-de-ata. Or I love the mountains...I love the rolling hills girl scout song D Bm Em A7 D Bm Em A7
Words: Name likes _________ Name likes _________ Name likes _________ D Bm G A7 Name likes _________ and Name likes _________ D Bm G A Boomdeata Boomdeata Boomdeata Boomdeata (repeat.) Name likes _________

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5 and older Goal Area: vocalization and language Name of Activity: Thanksgiving Song Swing Objective: Children sing along with the verses and especially the chorus. Good for the g sound which is produced in the back of the throat.

Materials: song and pictures Method: sing, show and do. Adaptations: (optional) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com source unknown. Melody used: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. (Check out the melody on youtube.) Verse: Dm Dmb5 Dm7 Dm6 (you can stay on dm. The progression takes the high d and goes down my half steps.) 1. What does a turkey say for thanksgiving day 2. He has two brown eyes that are just the same size 3. His head goes wobble when he says gobble 4.Turkey looks great when it's sittin' on my plate 5. Show me what you do when a turkey looks at you. Gm(7) Dm Chorus: Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gob. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5 + Goal: To improve expressing language particulary the ing present tense. Name of Activity: Christmas is Materials: Pictures depicting lyrics and lyrics. Method: Sing and do Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Melody: Dont know. Try Im Yours, by Jason Maz Words: Carolers singing, singing, singing. Church bells ringing, ringing, ringing. Snowflakes dropping, dropping, dropping. Popcorn popping, popping, popping.

Mothers sewing, sewing, sewing. (Ok, you can change it if you want) Candles glowing, glowing, glowing. Cookies baking, baking, baking. What is taking, taking, taking soooooo long? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5+ Goal: To improve expressive Language Name of Activity: The toy shop Materials: pictures and items described in songs lyrics. Method: Show sing and do. Leave off the last word in the phrase for the children to supply. Adaptations: This song needs updating. Go for it. The italic words can be adjusted. Get pics from a catalog. Also this is a good song to start a discussion about what kids want for Christmas/Chanukah/you name it. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Melody: Up on the House top Words: Here is a window in the toy shop. Heres a balloon that goes pop. Here is a top that spins in a ring. Here is a bird that can sing. Here is a soldier who can walk. Here is a doll that can talk. Here is a funny jumping jacks man. Heres a sleeping raggity Ann. Say goodbye to the toys. Shhh, quiet. No more noise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5 + Goal: Kids will perform the motions and/or sing the song with the therapist. Good for Att'n span Name of Activity: Chanukah Happy Holiday (Check out the melody on youtube.) Materials:Song Method: Sing and do. Adaptations: Have the kids tell you what movement comes next. Go faster and slower. Best to end on a slow. Submitted by: Margielessonplans@gmail.com Words: A

Chanukah, Chanuka. Happy Holiday. (Clap hands to the beat.) E7 Chanukah, Chanukah. Happy Holiday. (Tap knees.) A Chanukah, Chanukah Spin your dreiydel fast. (Spin arms.) D Round and around and around and around. (Stand up, spin around once and sit!) E7 A. Till it drops at last. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5+ Goal: to improve language skills. Vocabulary of winter clothing items. Name of Activity: Baby, its cold outside. (Check out the melody on youtube.) Materials: song, and picture of a snowman wearing the items specified. Method: Show, sing, and do. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Tune: Verse of Baby, its cold outside. C Dm G7 Words: Ill put on my coat..Zip it up to my throat. C C7 Ill put on my hat and my scarf like that t-t-t-t-t-t-t-. (Imitate a snare pattern.) F D7 GsusG Ill put a boot on my foot. And another boot on my foot. C C7 F Fm C Ill put mittens (gloves) on my hands - cause baby, its cold outside. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5+ Goal: to improve language skills Name of Activity: A chubby little Snowman Materials: a picture of a snowman, words Method: Kids sing song and perform motions Adaptations: Test the kids comprehension by asking them questions related to the story. Its funny. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Melody: Tune of Miss Lucy had a steamboat. the steamboat had a bell Words: A chubby little snowman had a carrot for a nose . (Move arms and hands to indicate a big round belly, then touch nose.) Along came a bunny and what do you suppose . (Hold two fingers up for the bunny, bounce hand up and down, then shrug your shoulders.) The hungry little bunny was looking for some lunch. (Rub your belly and then hold hand out over your eyebrows to search.) He ate the snowmans carrot nose. Nibble, nibble, crunch. (Motion grabbing the snowman's nose.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5 Goal: To improve expressive language of things we see in winter. Name of Activity: Snow on the Hat Materials: lyrics, guitar, pictures objects mentioned in song Method: Show the children the pictures and sing the lyrics leaving out the last word. The children fill in that word and eventually sing each sentence. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Source: unknown book full of language poems and pictures like this one. Words, chords, solfedge: Tune: Twinkle, twinkle- Turkey in the straw- Shortnin bread. Chords are for Turkey in the Straw medody. C G7 Theres snow on the hat. Snow on the suit. Snow on the mittens. Snow on the boot. C F G C Theres snow on the sled and snow on the tree. Snow on the mountain/hill. Snow on me. C F G C Theres snow on the house. Snow on the stairs. Snow on the window. Theres snow everywhere.

Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Language (expressive) Name of Activity: I love You (works for Valentine's day or any other time of the year.) Objective: Children sing and understand the humor of the song. Discussion may follow. Materials: song Method: sing. Puppets, pictures may help. I pair this with the preceeding song and it does wonders. Adaptations: (optional) Discuss what is silly about the lyrics. Think (or have pictures of) things with shells and insert them into lyrics. Help kids understand the difference between big and little. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics: I love you. I love you. I love you so well. If I had a turtle, I'd put you in the shell. Sol do do ti re re ti re re do me do mi mi mi fa fa fa mi mi re re do. C G C C7 F C G C

Goal Area: Language (following directions) Name of Activity: Clapping Like a Leprechaun Objective: Kids follow the sequence of movements specified in the lyrics. Materials: song. Kids. Method: MT performs song for children. She then asks them to join in on each separate step. The entire song is performed. Adaptations: (optional) MT can ask children to describe the current motion. They can say what movement comes next. Perform slowly then faster each subsequent time. End on a quiet round. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Tune: the Irish Washwoman Lyrics: 1.Clapping like a leprechaun. (Arms) round and around and around and on. Tap your knees and give a squeeze. The leprechaun is gonna sneeze! Achooooo! 2. Jumping like a leprechaun. Around and around and around and on.

Age: 0-5.. Goal Area: Receptive and Expressive language Name of Activity: John the Leprechaun Objective: Children will discuss the absurdities in the lyrics. Materials: The Leprechaun adapted from Old Dan Tucker by Margie La Bella (Check out the melody on youtube.) Method: Sing. Discuss. Adaptations: (optional) If March 17th is not near, then change the name to anything you want. Have the children write new lyrics with their own absurdities. Have pictures available. The chorus is good for oro-motor skills and vocalization and the verses for language. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, music, solfege...: C G C Chorus: Eya, ha, hah. Eyo, ho, ho. (repeat) mi sol sol mi re do Verses 1. He 2. He 3. He 4. He 5. He C F C G C 1. John, John the leprechaun. Went to school with one shoe on. (to chorus.) went to bed in a coffee can. He washed his face in a frying pan. combed his hair with a wheel. He got a headache in his heel. took a bath in a lake. He brushed this teeth with a rake. wore his socks on his head. He washed his clothes in his bed. played outside on a chair. He washed the table with his hair.

Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Language (following directions) Name of Activity: Clapping Like a Leprechaun Objective: Kids follow the sequence of movements specified in the lyrics.

Materials: song. Kids. Method: MT performs song for children. She then asks them to join in on each separate step. The entire song is performed. Adaptations: (optional) MT can ask children to describe the current motion. They can say what movement comes next. Perform slowly then faster each subsequent time. End on a quiet round. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Tune: the Irish Washwoman (Check out the melody on youtube.) Lyrics: 1.Clapping like a leprechaun. (Arms) round and around and around and on. Tap your knees and give a squeeze. The leprechaun is gonna sneeze! Achooooo! 2. Jumping like a leprechaun. Around and around and around and on. Slide and slide and point your toe. St. Paddy's day is near you know! (alternate: pat your thighs and clap for the last phrase.)

Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Self-esteem, body parts, language Name of Activity: There's no one else like me Objective: Children sing and/or perform the motions in this song Materials: none Method: sing and do Adaptations: (optional) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com source unknown Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used C F G7 C There's no one else quite like me. (repeat.) sol do mi r e fa mi do F C G7 C Like me (clap, clap, clap) like me (clap, clap, clap) There's no one else like me (clap, clap, clap.) do fa fa mi mi re fa mi do mi From the Ti do G top of my head re re re sol C all the way to re re mi mi G my toes. From the back of my ears mi do Ti do re re re sol

-(repeat.)

C to the tip of my nose. re re mi mi mi do

Repeat line two and end. Substitute the word I'm for the word like. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Auditory attention and discrimination Name of Activity: One potato, two potato Objective: Children will tap a tambourine or drum at the same volume as the therapist chants. Materials: drum or tambourine, lyrics Method: Therapist chants the rhyme singing either loudly or softly. Child taps instrument at same dynamic level. Adaptations: (optional) You can keep the potato lyrics or substitute any name or character you want. For holidays, tape a picture of an associated character on the drum. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie La Bella margielessonplans@gmail.com Lyrics and Chords: Chant: One potato, two potato, three potato, four. Five potato, six potato, seven potato more!

Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Social Skills: parallel and cooperative play Name of Activity: share the drum Objective: Children will share the drum, (wait for, take, and relinquish turns.) Materials: drum, possibly two sticks. (I use pencils or plastic spoons.) Method: Place one large drum between two children Adaptations: Use home made drums, or a large tambourine. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie La Bella margielessonplans@gmail.com Lyrics and Chords: Melody: Froggie went a-courtin (Check out the melody on youtube.)

C F G C F C Name and Name you share the drum. Boom-boom. Boom-boom. (or any sound you'd like them to create.) C F C G C G Name and Name you share the drum. Boom-boom. Boom-boom. C F C D7 F7 Name and Name you share the drum. Make that thing go bum-bum-bum. C F G C F C Name and Name you share the drum. Boom-boom. Boom-boom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Auditory Memory Name of Activity: Echo Me Objective: Children will echo short rhythmic phrases as demonstrated by therapist. Materials: Drum, tambourine, other interesting instrument. Method: Therapist plays a short rhythm on the drum and asks child to repeat. Adaptations: Young children will have to learn what repeating/doing the same means. I teach this by first echoing them and prompting them to echo me. If this doesn't work, I do something physical like tickle, knock, or poke on the drum and encourage the same. (This is a great memory activity in and of itself!)If children's responses are inaccurate or inconsistent , I add another sense (tactile) to the experience by setting the drum on the child's lap and/or vocalizing either boom, knock-knock, or ho, ho, ho. This usually works. Always end up on a successful turn, by modeling something you know the child can do. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie La Bella margielessonplans@gmail.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Chant something like: Johnny come up 1,2,3! Do the same thing after me.

Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Auditory, also awareness of sound and silence, impulse control, following (verbal and non-verbal directions) Name of Activity: Dance and Sit Objective: Children will dance when the music plays and sit down when the music stops Materials: lyrics, guitar, children and chairs Method: MT sings the words and encourages the children to jump. Children hurry to their seats when the music suddenly stops. Adaptations: (optional) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie La Bella margielessonplans@gmail.com Lyrics,chords, melody used: tune - Mexican hat dance. (Check out the melody on youtube.) Words: D A7 We are all jumping beans, and we really like to Jump! A7 D We are all jumping beans, and we really like to Jump! D A7 We jump and jump and jump. All over the place we jump. We jump and jump and jump. All over the place we jump. D G D D G A La la la la la la la la la lah. La la la la la la la la la lah. A G A D La la la la la la la la la lah. La la la la la la la la la lah --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Expressive language, and good hygene. Name of Activity: I've got a cold in my nose Objective: children vocalize ah-choo and say and/or point to their nose. (Kids think these noises are funny and will often vocalize.) Materials: I've got a cold in my nose anybody know the source of these lyrics?? Method: Sing along and encourage the objective Adaptations: (optional) see verse two. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, melody: I use another melody but it works well with Popeye the Sailor man (Check out the

melody on youtube.) D A D I've got a cold in my nose ahh-chooo! G D I went to the doctor to see what to do. Here's a verse about coughing:

G A D I 've got a cold in my nose ahh-chooo! A D The doctor said, I have one, too. Ah-choo! Ah-choo!

I've got a cough in my mouth. I've got a cough in my mouth. I drove in my car (beep, beep) and traveled down south. And now I've got this cough in my mouth! And about hiccups: What do you do about hiccups? What do you do with these hiccup? You could shout a big boo or this is a stick-up (you try to rhyme the word hiccup! Ok, you can change it.) I don't know what to do with these hiccups!

Age: 0-5 Goal Area: expressive language and vocalization Name of Activity: Matilda the Gorilla Objective: Kids will sing the vowels ooh and ah. Materials: lyrics and children Method: Sing and encourage any vocalizaiton (See VIDEO) Adaptations: Children can jump or clap etc. during the verses. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com ( This song is amazingly successful. It is magic with the children. They all respond well to it. Does anybody know who wrote it???) C G F C C F C G 1. I had a pet gorilla and her name it was Matilda. Matilda loved to sing songs every day. This is what Matilda mi.............fa mi re. re mi fa fa fa solfami sol ..................... .la sol fa fa mi ...............re C the gorilla would say. re miredo do do. C G Chorus: Ooh, ooh, ooh. Ah, ah, ah. Mi mi mi re re re mi G C ooh, ah, ah, ah. 2. 3. F C Ooh, ooh, ooh. Ah, ah, ah. fa fa fa mi mi mi C F C Ooh, ooh, ooh. Ah, ah, ah. Singin' Ooh, sol sol sol fa fa fa do re mi

We went walking through the park. The people would laugh...and the dogs would bark. They never understood what Matilda would sing. Cause she was singing her gorilla thing. Finally the circus man came along. He said Matilda, I know where you belong. Now in the circus, you can see Matilda and her gorilla family.

Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Language Name of Activity: Out of the Egg Objective: Improve vocab of body parts, expressive language, vocalization, awareness of low to high and back down to low Materials: Song, possible pictures and/or puppets Method: sing and do. We begin crunched down on the floor and work our way up phrase by phrase. At the end we peep down to the ground. Adaptations: (optional) Stop singing at the end of the phrases and wait for the children to fill in the last word. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Melody: Each line goes up a scale note. Words: Peck, peck, peck on the warm brown egg. .. Up comes a neck. .. Out comes a leg. Here comes a wing with a ......flap, flap, flap......... Happy Easter/spring........ everybody. .... What do you think of that? Then sing down the scale: peep, peep, peep, peep, peep, peep, peep, peep. Shhhhhhhh! (You can use

bak, bak, or other bird sound.)

2. Age: 0-5 + Goal Area: Receptive language, memory, attention and motor skills Name of Activity: The Bunny Hop Objective: Children perform the sequence of movements in the song. Materials: Kids, live or recorded group-appropriate instrumental version of the bunny hop , lyrics, dancing space Method: Have children stand in a circle. Model each motion and encourage participation. Sing or play the song and act out the motions. Adaptations: Write you own silly song about a pet. To stimulate vocalization, make all the sound effects the song suggests. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com Words: First you wiggle your nose. Then you move your ears. Then you shake your tail and you go hop, hop, hop. (repeat 3x) During the musical interlude (between the verses), hold hands and circle right then circle left. (Do what fits.)

Age: -5+ Goal Area: Expressive language Name of Activity: You can't make a turtle come out. Objective: To elicit language Materials: A puppet turtle works wonders. I pair this with the following song often. Method: Crunch puppet together to simulate a turtle. Have the children shout come out! several times to coax the shy turtle. How long can they stretch their sentences. Sometimes I even get Come out of your shell right now! But, he only comes out when he hears the word please? Adaptations: (optional) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Melody: Popeye the sailor man Chords: C F C F G C Lyrics: You can't make a turtle come out. You can't make a turtle come out. F C G C G7 C You can shake him all over or tickle or shout, but you can't make a turtle come out. Come out!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5 Goal Area: Language (expressive / oro-motor and receptive)SEE VIDEO Name of Activity: I love to watch the river flow by Laurie Berkner's Rocketship CD (Check out the melody on youtube.) Objective: Children will vocalize during the chorus and perform the directions presented during the verses. Materials: Lyrics and children (see videos) Method: Sing the song and encourage to vocalize during the chorus. (A toy/real mic will help.) Model the directions given through the verse. Adaptations: (optional) Make it an artic song and put various consonants before the vowell/s, vary the onestep direction. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Walk Along The River (look under the video section) D When I walk along the river (I take a step, I take a step, I take another step) [repeat 2x: starting on C then D] C G D

I love to watch the river flow 2x chorus G D Ooh wah ooh wah A7 Ooh wah ooh wah D ooh wah ooh. [Repeat once, but end on G

It goes ooh wah ooh wah chord, not D.]

Verse 2: When I Jump Along the river....

Verse 3: When I dance along the river.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 0-5 and up Goal Area: Language and auditory processing Name of Activity: Hot Potato Objective: Children take turns being it: answering questions and playing the xylophone Materials: prepared questions appropriate for group, xylophone Method: Play a song meaningful to the group, and have the children pass a maraca around the circle. When the music stops, the child holding the maraca must answer a question. Invite the speech therapist into this process if you can. (If the group is non-verbal, have the child follow a direction.) That child then goes to the center of the circle and plays the xylophone while the process is repeated. Continue until everyone has had a turn answering questions and playing the xylophone. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Sing to any age-appropriate song. An non-fascinating example is as follows: Tune: Wheels on the Bus, or any other kid song. As you see the words are easy to adapt. Lyrics: C G C Shake the maraca and pass it down. Pass it down. Pass it down. Shake the maraca and pass it down. G C Until the music stops. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 4-5 + Goal Area: socialization (also great for expressive/receptive language) Name of Activity: The princess Objective: Kids act out the story Materials: lyrics and hats for the princess, witch(es) and princ(es), bells for the bushes (bushes will stand around P. and pretend to grow.) Method: Act out these lyrics and see what ensues. Adaptations: Draw or create pictures and sing the words as a language activity. Have kids put the pictures in order (sequencing.) Let the kids make up a few verses. Does anyone know where this song comes from? Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Possible seated motions. 1. There was a lovely princess, a princess, a princess. There was a lovely princess- a long time ago. (Point to hair and show it's beauty.) 2. She lived up in a castle, a castle, a castle. She lived up in a castle - a long time ago. (Hold hands overhead, touching fingertips.) 3. An old witch came to see her, to see her, to see her. An old witch came to see her - a long time ago. (Make a face, slump over, wiggle fingers.) 4. She make her prick her finger, her finger, her finger. She make her prick her finger- a long time ago. (Act this out.) 5. The princess fell asleep, asleep asleep. The princess fell asleep- a long time ago. (Act this out. You may snore.) 6. The bushes grew around her, around her, around her. The bushes grew around her- a long time ago. ( Act like a growing bush: with arms/ hands.) 7. A handsome prince came riding.................................................................................- a long time ago. (Tap knees.) 8. He cut down all the bushes.........................................................................................- a long time ago. ( Kids tend to make pretend buzz saws) 9. He woke the sleeping princess..............................................................................- a long time ago. (Shake your arms, or blow kiss/say ew.) 10. They had a happy party.............................................................................................- a long time ago. (Do a raise the roof motion with arms.) Chords: G C G7 C G7 C G7 C Melody: 1. There was a lovely princess, a princess, a princess. There was a lovely princess- a long time ago. Sol la s fa -re do mi mi re fa fa mi sol sol la so fa re do mi mi sol sol solmi. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------There's lots of overlap between ages and goal areas. Check them all out. Don't forget to check out the lyrics, chords and uses of songs as potential activities! ---------

MUSIC THERAPY ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AGES 6-12 by musictherapytunes.com

Age: 6-10 +/Goal Area: Academic: Review of Solar System Name of Activity: Solar System Song Objective: To help students learn the names of the planets and a few simple facts. Materials: song. You can also use pictures, mobiles, books.... Method: Sing and teach Adaptations: (optional) Dress up the music and chords for older students. From: CanTeach.com with chorus by Amanda G. Ellis, MT-BC at "morewithmusic.com" Margie couldn't find their melodies but notes that it works well with "Ol' Joe Clark" from Youtube. You can tweak the chorus a little like A G A "Round and round the planets go round and round the sun." Chorus: With a round, round go around the planets go around the sun. With a round, round, go around, the planets go around the sun. A Mercury is hot and Mercury is small. G A Mercury has no atmosphere. Its just a rocky ball. Venus has thick clouds that hide what is below. The air is foul, the ground is hot. It rotates very slow. We love the Earth, our home: its oceans and its trees. We eat its food. We breath its air. So no pollution, please. Mars is very red. Its also dry and cold. Someday you might visit Mars if you are very bold. Jupiter is big. Weve studied it a lot. We found that it has 16 moons and a big red spot. Saturn has big rings. We wondered what they were. Now we know theyre icy rocks-which we say as a blur. Uranus and Neptune are so very far away. Neptune has a frozen moon. Thats all there is to say. Pluto - no more planethood. Your orbit doesn't fit. Neptune comes before you but you cross in front of it. (by Margie) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 6-12 and younger Goal Area: social skills (but also physical and language skills, too.) Name of Activity: Two step directions Objective: Clients will take turns naming ways to move and then moving in those ways- two movements per verse. Materials: Two-step directions adapted from I'm gonna wash that man right out of my hair, from South Pacific Method: Ask two children to think of a way to move and incorporate their suggestions into the song lyrics. Give everyone a turn. Adaptations: provide an entire verse for one child/motion. Make different classifications of movements such as how can you move your hands, or Show me a slow way to move, or how do you move when you're sad. Of course you can pick a different melody if you like. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: An example of this would be: (providing you reflect the childrens

answers.) (G) C C/B C/A C/G Dm G7 I'm gonna clap my hands and turn around. (repeat two more times.) Good job Manuel and James. So la it do do do do domi re do mi sol sol fa la so

Age: Open for ALL ages Goal Area: You get to pick Name of Activity: Please, send in your own ideas for this section. They don't have to use this format. This is just the one I learned! Objective: To expand this section for all music therapy fans, students, and professionals so we can help others in the journey. Materials: Method: Adaptations: (optional) There is a key at the top of this page that explains the color coding. Don't stress over it. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com You can also send them to me here: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Lyrics are nice to get. Chords as well, but these are not mandatory. For a complex melody I'm going to send people to YouTube so they can hear it.

Age: 6-10Goal Area: Social interaction Name of Activity: Hey, Hi and Hello adapted from song Soul Sister by Train Objective: Children sing, and perform motions suggested by song. Materials: Hey, Hi and Hello By Amanda G. Ellis, MT-BC at "morewithmusic.com" Adaptations: (see below) C G Am F G C *Hey, Hi and Hello are words we use to greet each day. (repeat) C G Am (F) We say hey to our teachers and our friends each day. C G Am (F) We say Hi to the students that we see in our hallways. C G Am (F) We say Hello to people when we meet them, too. (adapted verse by Margie La Bella:)When you say Hi. I say hi to you. I look in your eyes and I say hi to you. Say Hello when someone says Hello to you. ................................................................................................ Age: 6-10 and younger.... Goal Area: closure Name of Activity: Goodbye song from the Bear in the Big Blue House Objective: Clients end session on a positive note. Reciprocal interaction. Participation and eye contact. Materials: song and people Method: Sing and participate. Adaptations: You can adapt this by singing children's names in the verses, perhaps incorporating session events also. Submitted by: Amanda G. Ellis, MT-BC at "morewithmusic.com" Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Bear in the Big Blue House on youtube F F/A Bb(or Fsus is easier) Bb-C Hey this was really fun, we hope you liked it too. F F/A Bb G-C Seems like weve just begun, when suddenly were through. F Bb C F Bb C Goodbye, goodbye good friends goodbye. Cause now its time to go. F Bb C Dm Bb C F But hey, I say, well thats Ok, cause well see you very soon I know. F Very soon I know.

vs 2: Oh when we have to go away it's kind of sad but then it's nice to know it won't be long 'till we get to see each other again. 'Till we meet again. (same chords as verse 1)

Age: 6-adult Goal Area: social/emotional, cognitive/academic Name of Activity: Beach Ball Objective: People answer questions when they catch the ball. Materials: age appropriate music, and a beach ball, iPod and speakers, White board, Dry/erase markers Method: This is a dressed up, MT variation of hot potato Procedure: When music begins, clients will toss ball back and forth. When MT stops the music, the ball stops moving. The person left holding the ball when the music stops will be asked a question. The question asked will depend on the functioning level of the patient and the goals you are working on in that group. The patients I will see tomorrow are generally low functioning adults. I may ask questions like, "What kind of things can you find at the beach?" or "Name another song that the Beach Boys sang." If I am working on self-concept with children, I might ask them to name one thing they like about themselves. Submitted by:michellerjs@gmail.com Website:beyondthemusicmt.blogspot.com Twitter: beyondthemusic facebook fan page: Beyond the Music: a resource for MT/MT interns

Age: 6-12 and younger Goal Area: Socialization, also language Name of Activity: Good morning to you by Greg and Steve on the CD We all live together. Vol 2 Hear a sample at amazon Objective: Kids will sing the song with you. Materials: Song Method: MT sings the first greeting and the kids sing the second. Repeat and continue. Adaptations: (optional) Share an instrument and sing in pairs, Change the words to Good afternoon, good afternoon to everyone. Our class is beginning so let's have some fun. Good afternoon. Good afternoon to everyone. Substitute a name exchange back and forth ie: Good morning to Gregory Good morning miss Margie. (repeat) Gregory you can play it then pass it down the line. Give it to Evelyn. Greg you did just fine. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Good Morning by Greg and Steve in We all live together. Vol 2 D G D D G D G D D G D A Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. sol la sol sol la sol sol la sol sol la sol A D morning to you. Fa me re do A Bm F#m Asus A D

Good morning to you. (repeat) Our day is beginning there's so much to do. Good mi re re sol sol so la mi la sol mi sol sol fa me re mi

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: academics - connecting a letter with a sound, first letter sound of a given name, learning names of classmates. Name of Activity: If your name begins with the letter I sing as in Nocera's book song title is Letters and Names Objective: child stands when the first letter of his/her name is sung and follows the one-step direction. Materials:If your name begins with the letter I sing as in Nocera's Letters and Names Method: Sing the song to one child in the group at a time. Adaptations: (optional) Have the children use various cognitive abilities. Use to teach colors, numbers, group similarities and differences, birthdays addresses, whatever. More than one child may stand in these cases. Work anything you need into the lyrics. Vary the accompaniment at level and age dictate. It might look like this If you're a boy with a square block jump up and down..... jump and take a bow. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: (A7) D G D A

If your So sol If your So sol

name begins with the letter M, stand up. (rest rest) Stand up (rest rest) do do do do do do do do fa mi do re. D G D D A D name begins with the letter M, stand up and take a bow. do do do do do do do do fa mi do re ti do fa mi

do

re

ti do.

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: Halloween: Language, syllables, patterns and other auditory skills Name of Activity: Trick or Treat Objective: Children participate and sing along. Also a nice set of lyrics for auditory drills via instruments. Materials: lyrics and instruments Method: sing and play Adaptations: (optional) Yes. Sing the chorus and rather than play the verses, have the kids suggest Halloween characters and then play (and/or speak) the syllables as a rhythm pattern. You can also group characters ie: ghost ghost x-men ghost (this would sound like titi tah.) Have the kids play and stop with you, go fast and slow, loud and soft........ Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com From the site perpetualpreschool.com: Melody: Jingle Bells C F G C Dashing through the street meeting goblins as we go, wearing contour sheets, wishing it would snow. C F G C

Bells on doorbells ring making spirits bright. What fun it is to come and sing and get some food tonight. C F C D G

Oh-Trick-or-Treat, trick-or-treat, trick-or-treat we say. Try to get some treats before the end of the day (or ghost takes us away, if you choose.) C F C G C

Trick-or-treat, trick-or-treat trick -or-treat we say. If you don't have treats for us we'll never go away.

Age: 6-12 and younger. Goal Area: expressive language Name of Activity: Ed the Ogre. I use this at Halloween, but you certainly can change the character to dinosaurs or other large creatures. Objective: Children echo the short phrases. You can also discuss the humor of the song. Materials: song. You can simplify the words if need be. Method: Explain what an echo song is. Sing it and have children repeat as a group or individually. Using a microphone really ups the participation! Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Source unknown. Melody: You can get by on: Do to mi and Do to lower la. Pick any melody you like. Rap it. I stick in a chorus of Oh No! 3x and end on oh, no no! Words: 1. Ed the Ogre (repeat) sat down for lunch. (repeat.) He grabbed some toes (repeat) and went crunch crunch crunch. (repeat) 2.Ed the Ogre said mmm, these are nice. These toes are tasty, but they need some spice. Ed the Ogre gave a great moan. He said I thought these were your toes, but they're my own!

Age: 6-adult Goal Area: social/emotional, cognitive/academic Name of Activity: Beach Ball Objective: People answer questions when they catch the ball. Materials: age appropriate music, and a beach ball, iPod and speakers, White board, Dry/erase markers Method: This is a dressed up, MT variation of hot potato Procedure: When music begins, clients will toss ball back and forth. When MT stops the music, the ball stops moving. The person left holding the ball when the music stops will be asked a question. The question asked will depend on the functioning level of the patient and the goals you are working on in that group. The

patients I will see tomorrow are generally low functioning adults. I may ask questions like, "What kind of things can you find at the beach?" or "Name another song that the Beach Boys sang." If I am working on self-concept with children, I might ask them to name one thing they like about themselves. Submitted by:michellerjs@gmail.com Website:beyondthemusicmt.blogspot.com Twitter: beyondthemusic facebook fan page: Beyond the Music: a resource for MT/MT interns

Age: 6-12+ Goal: cooperation Name of Activity: The Twelve Days of Whatever (youd like.) First day of school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, Arbor day.Vacation. Materials: Pen and paper, instruments to accompany each verse and represent each character. Method: Write it. Assign instrument parts. Have the students play when their character is mentioned. Draw pictures to symbolize each part of the song and each corresponding instrument. Submitted by: Margielessonplans@gmail.com Melody: the 12 days of Christmas Sample words: On the first day of Halloween my ghoulfriend gave to me. 1. An owl in a haunted tree. (The instrument could be a whistle, blowing into a bottle, an ocarina.) 2. Two trick-or-treaters (Say it in an obnoxious voice.) 3. Three scary skeletons (play a guiro or clatterpillar) Make up your own with your own creatures.

Age: 6-12 and younger Goal Area: Emotional expression Name of Activity: Dinosaur Feelings (also can be used at Halloween or with animals and other characters.) The kids always like this one. Objective: Kids act out the feelings mentioned in the song. A discussion can follow about what makes them feel various ways. Materials: song, can have pictures of various emotions Method: Sing. Act. Discuss. Adaptations: Kids can draw their different faces and hold them up. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com source unknown Tune: Twinkle Twinkle. I sing it in a minor key. Use a different tune of your choice. Words: Dinosaurs short. Dinosaurs tall. Scarey, friendly, and that's not all. Some feel happy. Some feel sad. Some feel scared and some feel mad! We like dinosaurs here and there. We like dinosaurs everywhere.

Age: 6-12 and younger Goal Area: Halloween-- Expressive language, vocal inflection and imitation, conceptual Name of Activity: Objective: Kids echo the short phrases. Kids move as the song suggests. Kids modify their voices as the song suggests. Materials: song, optional mic Method: Sing and do. Adaptations: (optional) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: This one is chanted. Source unknown. The silliest thing (echo) I've ever seen (echo etc.) is wacky old witch on a flying machine. The witch flew high. The witch flew low. The witch flew fast. The witch flew slow. The witch flew up. The witch flew down She circles all around the town. Then turning left and turning right, she disappeared into ...the...night.

Age: 6-12+ Goal: Comprehension Name of Activity: The Witches Materials: just the poem

Method: The reader reads the poem and the actors act out what the words describe. Adaptations: Find a scary instrumental recording and use it for auditory atmosphere. Make you own scary music to use in the background. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Source: Anonymous (really!) Song: This is a poem but it can be sung to the tune of Pray for the dead and the dead will pray for you... The sky is dark. the stars are bright. The moon is shining too. Inside a cave the witches meet to mix their favorite brew. They light a fire and when it flames they fetch a big black pot. They fill it up with lizards blood and wait until its hot. Each one had brought a magic charm to put into the stew. A spiders web, a fairys wing, a beetle leg or two. They take a stick and bending low they stir the mixture round. they rub their fingers, old and cramped and stamp upon the ground. Their wizened faces grin with glee as round the pot they prance. Their sharp eyes glisten in the dark. . Their cloaks swirl as they dance. They drink and then into the sky on broomsticks swift and light. They cackle hoarsely as they fly and soon are out of sight.

Age: 6-12+ Goal: Cooperation, working as a team Name of Activity: Indians (change as you wish.) Sound Poem Materials: Drums (2) cymbols, whistle, sand blocks Method: Review the poem with the kids. Assign each child (or group thereof) an instrument. Kids play their instruments at specific times providing a musical background for the poem. Source: Byrd Baylor (I think) Adaptations: If the children can not read, make up drawings whereby they can read the sequence of instruments. Put your own instrumentation in. Record it. Draw pictures and make a video. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Ka-trum. Katrum. Ka-trum. (drum 1) When Buffalo run (drum 2) They darken the sun. (cymbal) They cover the sky as they pass by. ( drum2) Tall grasses lie flat (sandblocks) and wild birds cry. (whistle) And dry earth trembles as they pass by. (drum1) Native Americans stay quiet as the grass. (sandblocks) Quiet as the shadows where buffalo pass. (drum2) Until the zing of an arrow (cymbal) and the shish of a spear ( slide whistle) tell you they must be somewhere near.. (all read/say together.)

Age: 6-12+ Goal: Cooperation Name of Activity: Native American Sound Poem (Works well with Thanksgiving) Materials: poem, guiro, bells, clatterpillar, drum, sand blocks. Method: Speaker reads the poem, instrumentalists play their instruments at the specified time. Jam up a melody for it. Namely, after each sentence. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Source: Carol Bitcom Instrumentation: Moccasins-guirro, bells, fire-clatterpillar, drums, brushes-sandblocks Words: Get your. Moccasins creeping. Ankle bells ringing. Fire spitting. Drums beating. Brushes swishing. Here We have a tale to tell. Moccasins creeping. Bells ringing. Fire spitting. Drums beating . Brushes swishing What will happen? None of Us know.

Age: 6-12 and younger for Chanukkah Goal: Socialization and following directions. Takes patience and fine motor skills too. Name of Activity: Spin the musical dreidl. Materials: a dreile with pictures of instruments taped to it. Enough instruments to go round. Method: Children spin the driedle and then take the corresponding instrument. Adaptations: For a larger class, have 2 dreidles. I sometimes call this activity the spin of acceptance game. So if the kids really want to totally choose their own instruments, I tell them they can do so next time- in a few minutes. If your kids cant physically spin a dreidle, then stick some pictures to a cube shaped box and spin like a dice game. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Go ahead and sing whatever Chanukah song you like. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 6-10 (and under) Goal: to improve knowledge of special relationships/prepositions. Name of Activity: My ride with Santa Materials: lyrics, and pictures depicting the lyrics. Method: Show, sing and do. Leaving out the last word or key word in the sentence for the children to fill in elicits learning. Adaptations: Have the children act out the lyrics. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Source: unknown. Please let me know if you know! Melody: Up on the Housetop C F G Words: Over the treetops. Above (over) the house- Im gonna help Santa steer. C F g7 C Between the mountains. Under the bridge- whoops, am I too near? Around a corner, into a cloud fly fast you fleet footed dear. Under the moon and around a star. Listen, can you hear? Beneath the bells and past the brook the night is cold and clear. Down the chimney while Im in bed dreaming of good cheer.

Age: 6-12 and younger Goal: To improve auditory comprehension Name of Activity: The Snowball Materials: song Method: Sing and do motions. Discuss what really happened here. Talk about ice melting and more. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Source: unknown Melody: Verse of Im getting nuttin for Christmas, or a 4/4 version of Clemintine. Words: I made myself a snowball as perfect as could be. I thought Id keep it as a pet and let it sleep with me. I made it some pajamas and a pillow for its head. Then last night it ran away, but first it wet the bed.

Age: 6-12 and younger Goal: To improve verbal language and to allow the children to contribute to the song lyrics. Name of Activity: What we do in Winter time. Materials: song, and pictures things people do in the Wintertime. Method: Familiarize the children with the song. Ask them what they do in the winter and incorporate their responses. You can act out the verses if you wish. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Melody: I heard the bells on Christmas day Note- you can sing this song all winter long. E A B7 Words: I made a snowman out of snow in winter time, in winter time. E A B7 E I made a snowman out of snow in winter time when its cold out. Brrrrrrrrrr.

Age: 6-12Goal Area: Language (correction of absurdities.) Name of Activity: Tiny Tim Objective: Children will correct the impossibilities mentioned in the song lyrics. Materials: Kids. Song. Method: Sing. Discuss what's silly with the song. Discuss healthy things to eat and drink, and hygene. Adaptations: Write you own silly song about a pet. To stimulate vocalization, make all the sound effects the song suggests. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Melody: Miss Lucy had a baby/steamboat Lyrics: I had a little turtle. His name was tiny Tim. I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim. He drank up all the water. He ate up all the soap. And he burped last night from a bubble in his throat. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 6-12 (Also works for 3-5s) Goal Area: Understanding of opposites Name of Activity: Two little blackbirds Objective: Kids will sing and dramatize the lyrics Materials: Song. Kids. Objects with the qualities mentioned in the lyrics can help foster understanding. Method: Sing. Act out. Have the kids come up with their own opposite verses. Any animal will do. Use puppet, too. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Melody: ABC song 1. Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill. One named Jack and one named Jill. Fly away Jack. Fly away Jill. Come back Jack. Come back Jill. 2. Two little blackbirds sitting on a cloud. One was quiet and the other was loud. Fly away quiet. Fly away loud. Come back quiet. Come back loud. 3. Two little blackbirds shopping at the mall. One was large (big) and the other was small.... 4. ................................were getting very old. One was hot and the other was cold.............. 5. ...........sitting on a stick. One was healthy and the other was sick........ 6. ...........sitting on a kite. One was heavy and the other was light.... 7. ..........Henry and Moe. One was fast and the other was slow..... 8. ......Buffy and Brad. One was happy and the other was sad. 9. ......doing the hop. One liked to wiggle and other liked to stop. . 10. ...feeling rather grand. One liked to sit and the other liked to stand......

Age: 6-12+/Goal Area: Auditory attention and discrimination Name of Activity: Partner eggs (you can use another shape container.) Objective: Kids find an egg that sounds just their own Materials: Prepared eggs. Buy hollow Easter eggs and fill with items that make distinct sounds. Examples include paper clips, rice, rocks, jingle bells, cotton, sand......Make two or three of each. Method: Shake each egg for the group and show them what is inside. Then just shake and ask the class to tell you what is in each egg. Give them a set of eggs then have them match their egg-sound to your own. The trickiest level is to give everyone an egg and ask them to find the same sound. The reward is an egg shaking song for everyone! Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Source unknown. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 6-12 Goal Area: social skills (leading and following) Name of Activity: Shadow music. Great for Groundhog's day. Objective: Clients take turns going behind the screen and having the rest of the group imitate their movement/dancing. Materials: overhead projector or other light source, sheet, music of a variety of styles. Method: Adaptations: Greg and Steve have a song called Just like Me, which is great for this. This activity is great for groundhog's day. Try it with short excerpts from a variety of musical styles, genres, orchestrations, and time periods. This is good for helping to establish a relationship between what is heard and a related physical response.

Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: Cognitive (Attention span) Name of Activity: Chester Objective: Kids perform the movements while singing the song. Materials: Chester Method: Kids keep up. Adaptations: for increased auditory discrimination try singing loudly, softly, quickly, slowly, with various emotions. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com melody used: Yankee Doodle lyrics: Chester have you heard about Harry. - Just got back from the army. I hear he knows how to wear a rose. Motions: touch chest then ear........ hair. Chest then back arm-then self .Ear nose circle finger near Hip-hiphooray for the army. Touch 2 hips............ .arm-self. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 6-12 Goal Area: Cognitive (attention span) Very similar to previous song. Name of Activity: Tony Chestnut Objective: Same as above Materials: Kids keep up Method: Sing it. (Of course the boys may get carried away with this one.) Adaptations: for increased auditory discrimination try singing loudly, softly, quickly, slowly, with various emotions. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com Melody used: What do you do with a drunken sailor? Chords: Am/// G/// Am/// G/Am/ Lyrics: To-ni Chest-nut knows I love her. Repeat 2 more times. That's what To-ni knows. Motions: Point to your toe-knee (Toni) chest-head nose self- heart -point over there.

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: Cognitive (numbers and preposition/spacial relationships) Name of Activity: Going over the Sea Objective: Students review numbers, and concepts of over, under, backwards, forward Materials: Song Going over the Sea Method: Sing song and act out the chorus. Motions: show finger numbers. Act out the activity. While seated, jump with your feet, then put your hands together like a boat, then give a salute. For the chorus, place both hands in the specified position. Adaptations: Draw or get simple pictures of each verse. Make up your own verses. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Make up your own or use this one.

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jumped aboard a sailing ship and the captain said to me, ( Use the same melody/chords) C G C

Chorus: Going over, going under, going backward, going forward. Stand at attention like a soldier with a 1, 2, 3!. sol ti do mi (same................................................................................................................sol la do do do.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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was two I played with glue -going over the sea. I jumped aboard a sailing ship and the captain said to me, was three I hugged a tree. -going over the sea. I jumped aboard a sailing ship and the captain said to me, was four I knocked at the door -going over the sea. I jumped aboard a sailing ship and the captain said to me, was five I learned to dive -going over the sea. I jumped aboard a sailing ship and the captain said to me, I was six I learned to mix -going over the sea. I jumped aboard a sailing ship and the captain said to me,

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 6-12+ Goal: Cooperation, group contribution and participation. Name of Activity: Materials: Silence (a sound poem) Method: The group creates background music/ sound effects after each line of the poem is read. Adaptations: Have the group read it emphasizing the last word of each sentence in a way that relates to that word. Certainly, you can create your own image and sound poem. Source: Eve Merriam - The inner city mother goose Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Hark, Hark the dogs do bark. The neighbors yell. The babies cry. The busses grind. The bongs bong. The telephones ring. The jet plans fly. The car horns honk. The taxis screech. The radios on. The TVs high. The rock and roll pours from the CD stores. The subway roars. The old women mutter in the gutter. The rats squeak. The flies buzz. Only the roaches quietly crawl.

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: emotional expression (verbal and non-verbal) Name of Activity: Cinquain Objective: Clients write and play a short sound poem Materials: interesting instruments Method: Name your topic. Examples are: things we wish for, things we like, things we dislike, things we want..... Teach the students what a cinquain is and help them to write one. Students choose an instrument to represent their cinquain. They read/sing and accompany their poem. Discuss. Adaptations: The students play while the therapist reads. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com A cinquain is a five line poem. The first line is one word. The next line consists of two words elaborating on line one. The third line is three words long. Fourth line is four words, and the fifth line is one word.

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: cognitive and social Name of Activity: Musical sign Bingo Objective: Clients learn about musical signs and notes. See adaptations. They play the game patiently and accept their own or someone else's winning. Materials: Home-made or prepared music bingo cards and place markers. Method: Play Musical Bingo and use a favorite song as the prize. Adaptations: Use this format to teach rhythm instruments, or band/orch instruments!! Use to teach everyday environmental sounds. This is a big auditory discrimination goal! It takes some effort to prepare the sounds, but it'll be worth your while. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: language arts Name of Activity: Musical Madlibs Objective: Kids will provide nouns, verbs, colors, numbers, and more upon therapist request Materials: Familiar song with key words removed. (Write down the part of speech you will request for each deleted word. This really helps.) Method: Ask the students a variety to wh questions and for parts of speech, incorporate into song. Adaptations: We all know how we used to play this game. Tell the kids to keep it clean! Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics and Chords: Of your choice. Here's a mundane example. Also works well with holiday songs. Try it with a song that the kids know already.

Oh, Susanna! I came from ___________ with a ____________on my knee. (a restaurant) (fav. instrument) I'm going to _____________. My ____________for to see. (a place you want to be) (fav. person) Oh, ______________ won't you ____________ for me. (name) (verb) I'm going to _____________ with a ______________on my knee. (place) (instrument)

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: language and social skills Name of Activity: It's time to say goodbye now Objective: Clients will give eye contact to the therapist, sing the word goodbye, and wave. Materials: adapted version of I got a Feelin ' by Black Eyed Peas (You can hear the melody on youtube) Method: Sing and do Adaptations: Mellow it up for preschool kids. The song is also good for sign language and to help kids give eye-contact and wave. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics and Chords: C F I've got a feelin' that it's time to say goodbye now. Am Yes it's time to say goodbye now. F C It's time to say good, good bye.

Age: 5-12Goal Area: Expressive language (also attention) Name of Activity:The sound Song (please let me know the origin, if you have it!) Objective: Kids make the sounds of the objects named in this song. Materials: Song. Kids. Pictures would help but may not be necessary. Method: Sing. Adaptations: (optional) Let each child have a turn to supply one sound in the verse or song. Record it. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Tune: Come everybody let's all clap hands. (from the Mexican folk song.) Aka: do do mi sol mi do it (la sol) ti ti re fa re ti do (la sol) D A D Words: The airplane it likes to go zoom, zoom, zoom. The drum it likes to go boom, boom, boom. D A A7 D The owl it likes to go who, who, whom. And the rhinoceros likes lots of room, room, room. G D A7 DD7 G D A7 D *Room, room, room, room- the rhinoceros likes lots of room. Room, room, room, room- the rhinoceros likes lots of room. 2. The camel- it has a big hump....., The bus -it likes to go bump..... The elephant it is so plump.....and the dinosaur likes to go stomp. *Stomp, stomp stomp stomp- the dinosaur likes to go stomp......... (repeat>) 3. The thunder it likes to go crash.... the water- it likes to go splash...The lightning it likes to go flash.... The potato it likes to go mash *Repeat with potato as above. 4. The car it likes to go beep....The snail it likes to go creep....Weeping willows like to go weep.....While I like to sleep.... *Repeat with sleep as above.

Age: 6-12

Goal Area: emotional expression and social skills Name of Activity: Here's my name and what I like Objective: Students will fill out a song form with their name and things they like/dislike. Materials: Pages with song and blank spaces provided, pens, a variety of age-appropriate instruments. Adaptations: Teacher takes down their answers and sings them if students are not able. Method: Students fill out form, choose an instrument to accompany it with and perform their verse. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics and Chords: Kids can rap this or jam to any popular chord progression. Examples: Em-C- D repeated. Em-Dm repeated. Blues progression. Words: My name is ________________. I said _______________is my name. _______________________ is my favorite game. I like___________________ think____________________is bad. My song is _______________________ the best that I had.

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: emotional expression and social skills Name of Activity: My music tells you how I feel Objective: Students tell you how they are feeling, and portray that feeling on an instrument. Materials: My music tells you how I feel by Margie La Bella Method: Hand out paper and pencil. Students fill out the form and perform it for the class. Adaptations: Class jams along with the student leader. Change up the words to reflect feeling toward a situation. Example: I feel real mad when they fight. Or I feel better when I play out my guitar. Do an introductory verse on My music tells you how I feel then get person-specific. Make a class verse. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Chords: Blues progression Words: My music tells you I feel ________. My music tells you I feel____________. Feeling come and feeling go. But I'll tell you this I know. My music tells you I feel______________.

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: Academic (rhyming as a pre-reading skill.) Name of Activity: Abracadabra to hand out instruments. Objective: Children come up to choose an instrument when they hear a word that rhymes with their name. Materials: Words, and interesting instruments. Method: Sing or chant the first three short phrases of the song, pausing before the fourth to allow the children to figure out whose name was rhymed. Adaptations: This one works for kids who are into Harry Potter. Change the character as needed to foster the group's interest. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics and Chords: Abracadabra, Abracada-_(say the child's first name minus the first letter) Whose turn is it? Must be ????? (Pause and let the child/ren finish or help them finish successfully.)

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: Cognitive thinking skills Name of Activity: Dance and freeze (problem solving, understanding prepositions.) Objective: children will follow the directions given during the game. Materials: Music that the kids are familiar with and enjoy (not too rowdy.) Method: Tell the children that they are to move to the music and then freeze in the stated position when the music stops. Adaptations: see below Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics and Chords: Up to you and the needs/preferences of your group. Here are examples of how to get the game going: 1. When the music stops, freeze behind your chair. ( Or other spacial relations.) 2. .................................. put your head (foot, elbow or other body part) on your chair 3. A combo version.......... put your (part) under (or other preposition) your chair.

4. Another combo ........put one foot under your chair and the other on top. 5. Freeze like a decided upon animal or character. 6. Freeze near something yellow (or other color.) 7. Freeze near something we eat at, or sharpen our pencils with, or where we hang out backpacks... or other object-function relationship. 8. Try whatever you and/or the kids think up.

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: Social skills: leading, following, attending, contributing Name of Activity: Conductor Objective: Kids will play their instrument when the conductor points to them. Materials: Instruments interesting to the students. I like to use tone bells or resonator bells with the fourth removed. Method: Each student selects an instrument and one student is chosen to be the conductor. The conductor points to the different instrumentalists and they play until he puts his arm down or behind his back. Adaptations: Exaggerated movements can mean to play loudly, small movements can mean soft. Related movements can signify fast,slow, long and short (poking the air) music. The game can also be done vocally, which is a blast and can help with expressiveness. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: Emotional expression and language Name of Activity: Singing with feeling Objective: Kids name feelings and then act out bodily , facially, and vocally. Materials: Any familiar kids song (ABCs, We all live in a yellow submarine, Bingo- it's up to you and/or the kids.) Method: Kids can pick a face or feeling and then sing the song while acting out the emotion Adaptations: (optional) Submitted by: (optional name and email) This activity works well with younger kids too. We don't get to express certain emotions much in our culturein a positive way. This activity also tends to activate and focus a figity bunch of kids. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 6-12 Goal Area: Auditory skills (instrument discrimination) and social skills needed to play the game (turn taking, waiting, impulse control.....) Name of Activity: Hangman Objective: Kids listen to recorded instruments, name the instrument, guess a letter, and listen to favorite song. Materials: board to write on, CD of recorded instruments, a song to listen to as a reward. Method: Therapist thinks of a word related to something the students are learning about, and puts one line for each letter on the top of the board. Students take turns listening to an instrument and naming it. The other kids can help, if that is best. When this is done, the student guesses a letter. If correct, the therapist puts the letter where it fits on the word. If incorrect, s/he draws a circle on the board and begins to draw the body part by part. This sounds more gory than it is. Adaptations: (optional) OK, in this day and age, you may want to change the name of this game from Hangman to something else and/or mark off the guesses in a different way. I'm up for suggestions. Haven't played this one in a long time. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Whatever is meaningful to the students and their needs.

Age: 6-12 Goal Area: social skills (non verbal communication) Name of Activity: Wink-out or Zapper (in the old days it was called musical murder.) Objective: Kids conform with rules of game and try to figure out who is the Zapper

Materials: tone bells Method: Therapist passes out bells to each student. She puts one piece of paper for each student into a hat, writing the word Zapper on one piece of paper. Everyone begins to play their bells. The zapper systematically begins to wink at group members to Zap them out. When a player is zapped, he pretends to faint and falls over. The object of the game is for the students to guess the identity of the zapper. The game repeats. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 6-12 Goal Area: Setting appropriate bounderies. (Anti-bullying./empathy) Name of Activity: Don't you push me down Objective: Kids sing and discuss when probs occur, resultant feelings, and what can be done to remedy. Kids suggest lyrics to go into the chorus. Materials: Song. Method: Sing and have whatever discussions are possible Adaptations: Roll play situations. Use puppets Draw them out. Make social stories. Switch the words up to make it more current. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Tune: Jingle Bells Words: Woody Guthrie C F G C 1. You can play with me and you can hold my hand. We can go together down to the ice cream man. C F G C You can wear my mommy's shoes. You can wear my daddy's hat. You can even laugh at me but don't you push me down. C G7 Chorus: Oh, don't you push me, push me, push me. Don't you push me down. (repeat, but play last chord: C) 3. You can play with me. We can play all day. You can use my dishes, if you'll put them away. You can feed me apples and oranges and plums, You can even wash my face but don't you push me down. 3. You can play with me and we can build a house. You can take my ball and bounce it all around. You can take my scates and ride them all around. You can even get mad at me but don't you push me down! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Don't forget to check out the lyrics, chords and uses of songs as potential activities!--------Age: 6-12 Goal Area: cognitive Name of Activity: Letters in the air Objective: Children will either make pre-letter shapes in the air or actual letters. Materials: props (see adaptations) children's recorded song that offers a karaoke version, or familiar instrumental music. Method: Come up with a movement or sequence of movements to do during the chorus and make letter shapes during the verses. Sing/chant what you're doing. Pre-letter shapes can include: horizontal lines, vertical lines, dots, circles, bounces, curves, criss-crosses, and more. (Ask the OT or classroom teacher.) Adaptations: Use maracas or scarves. Use this activity to help the children so as to improve their skills such as crossing midline, following a shape, moving weaker muscles, following patterns and more. Again ask the teacher or therapist what the kid's needs are. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com

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Age: 13 -18 +Goal Area: social skills and emotional expression Name of Activity: Shadow Sheet Objective: Students portray their message to music via shadow play.

Materials: overhead projector or other light source, large white sheet or other cloth, music on a prearranged theme. Method: This can be done individually or in groups. Students create a dance or expressive movement arrangement to non-verbally portray their feelings about the topic expressed in the song. Discussions can follow. Of course, rules about what types of lyrics and movements are to be allowed/disallowed (prob. dependent upon the client's needs and type of setting) can be discussed ahead of time. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Dependent upon age, facility, and client need.

These are good pop songs with appropriate lyrics. Give a listen and make sure they will work for your particular goals, facility and group/individual. 1)Kick, Push(2006), Lupe Fiasco"Welcome Back" - Mase "Switch" - Will Smith 2)Kiss Kiss(2007), Chris brown. "The Way I Are" - Timbaland "Come To Me" - Diddy 3)You Make Me Better(2007), Fabolous. "Freshazimiz" - Bow Wow 4)Whip My Hair (2010), Willow Smith. Sung by Will Smith's daughter! 5)Good Morning(2009), Chamillionaire "Kiss Kiss" - Chris Brown feat. T-Pain "Dangerous" -Ying Yang Twins feat Wycle "Sweetest Girl" - Wyclef, Akon, Lil Wayne "I Got It From My Mama" - Will.I.Am "Let's Get Retarded or (it started)" - Black Eyed Peas "I Want You" - Common "Seed 2.0" - The Roots "Quality Control" - Jurassic 5 "The Way You Move" - Outkast "Feel Good Inc." - Gorillaz "Control Myself" - LL Cool J feat J-Lo "Money Maker" - Ludacris "You Make Me Better" - Fabolous feat Ne-Yo "Lose Control" - Missy Elliot "The Good Life" -Kanye West "Blow Ya Mind" Eve feat Gwen Stefani "Kick, Push" - Lupe Fiasco "She Wants To Move" - N.E.R.D. "Dilemma" - Nelly feat Kelly Rowland 1)"Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield 2)"Video" by India.Arie 3) "You Gotta Be" by Des'ree 4)"Fifteen"by Taylor Swift 5)"Gone"by Switchfoot " Who I am" So many thanks to :michellerjs@gmail.com

Website:beyondthemusicmt.blogspot.com

Twitter: beyondthemusic facebook fan page: Beyond the Music: a resource for MT/MT interns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: a Variety of ages from 11 through older adults Goal Area: social arena: from lyric discussion and substitution, fill-in the blanks and more for groups and individuals needing to discus particular topics Objective: emotional and social growth Materials: This is an incredible page!! Beyond valuable! Thanks to Michelle Strutzel. Http://www.scribd.com/doc/35744511/Songs-by-Topic This site has a long list of songs and discussion topics. Submitted by:michellerjs@gmail.com Website:beyondthemusicmt.blogspot.com Twitter: beyondthemusic facebook fan page: Beyond the Music: a resource for MT/MT interns Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: check out youtube, itunes etc to access the music.

Age: 6-adult Goal Area: social/emotional, cognitive/academic Name of Activity: Beach Ball Objective: People answer questions when they catch the ball. Materials: age appropriate music, and a beach ball, iPod and speakers, White board, Dry/erase markers Method: This is a dressed up, MT variation of hot potato Procedure: When music begins, clients will toss ball back and forth. When MT stops the music, the ball stops moving. The person left holding the ball when the music stops will be asked a question. The question asked will depend on the functioning level of the patient and the goals you are working on in that group. The patients I will see tomorrow are generally low functioning adults. I may ask questions like, "What kind of things can you find at the beach?" or "Name another song that the Beach Boys sang." If I am working on self-concept with children, I might ask them to name one thing they like about themselves. Submitted by:michellerjs@gmail.com Website:beyondthemusicmt.blogspot.com Twitter: beyondthemusic facebook fan page: Beyond the Music: a resource for MT/MT interns --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Age: 13-18+ Goal Area: Self-expression, group cooperation Name of Activity: Programmatic Music or Sound Track Objective: Students write an add-on story to programmatic music. They then select their own instruments and accompany the story themselves. Materials: A few selections of highly programmatic music; music that the composer used to create an image/story (like Pictures at an Exhibition, or Peter and the wolf, pieces of Edvarg Grieg...) paper, pen, lots of interesting instruments to create a variety of sounds. Method: Play a bit of 1,2,or 3 pieces and tell the students they are going to write a story or script to the music. Have them choose the piece, if you want. Then give one student the pen and paper and tell him/her to begin a story. Pass the paper to the next student and ask them to read the previous part and continue the story. Content boundaries may be set dependent on student ages, needs, and facility rules. The story is then read back by the students or therapist with the music playing in the background. Part two: the students then think of their own way to accompany the story with their own instruments. Parts and/or roles are assigned, students choose instruments to represent these, and create their own programmatic music. Adaptations: Record or video the story, and/or the student's music. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com

Age: 13-18 and younger Goal Area: Socialization, group cohesion, to close session, to sum up a session. Name of Activity: I got a feeling' Objective: Kids sing the song to close the session. Materials: Adapted chorus of I've got a feeling' by Black Eyed Peas Method: Sing and do. Adaptations: (optional) To foster the feeling that all group members belong, are important and contribute to the group- you can pass around a meaningful instrument and have everyone play a solo. All should be encouraged, but none made to play. Add additional verses on how the group went or anything special about this particular group. Do a fill in song: It's time to say ____________ . Add the client's name in rather than say the word I. (On a simpler level, there's a great days of the week song in this tune just waiting to be written or added to this one.) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: See youtube for the melody. C F (G) Am F I got a feeling that it's time to say goodbye now. Yea, it's time to say goodbye now. Oh it's time to say good, goodbye.

Age: Open for ALL ages. I've worked with younger kids for 25 years, so filling up this section would be wonderful! Goal Area: You get to pick Name of Activity: Please, send in your own ideas for this section. They don't have to use this format. This is just the one I learned! Objective: To expand this section for all music therapy fans, students, and professionals so we can help others in the journey. Materials: Method: Adaptations: (optional) There is a key at the top of this page that explains the color coding. Don't stress over it. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com You can also send them to me here: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Lyrics are nice to get. Chords as well, but these are not mandatory. For a complex melody I'm going to send people to YouTube so they can hear it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 13-18 +/Goal Area: self-expression, emotional expression

Name of Activity: Guided imagery and a song Objective: Clients undergo a guided imagery experience and make a song about what they imagined. Materials: A good guided imagery song conducive to the client's needs and interesting age-appropriate instruments. Method: This is not my expertise so feel free to write you own activities and send! Give the guided imagery experience, at the level which is appropriate to your training. The clients then make a song about what they experienced. Perform and discuss. Songs can be as short or long as client's need. A Cinquain formbelow and is a good, simple way to get clients writing. Adaptations: Have the people draw a scene from their experience and discuss. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com A cinquain form is this: You will be writing a five line poem. The first line is one word. The next line consists of two words elaborating on line one. The third line is three words long. Fourth line is four words, and the fifth line is one word. You can do it to any poetry form you with. Haiku, fill in the blank. Try this one: I saw______. I felt________. I wanted_________ I wish______I will__________. Do a poem with the 5 senses. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 13-18 and up Goal Area: Emotional expression Name of Activity: Drawing to different musical styles/moods Objective: Kids will draw to various styles or feels of music, and discuss the results of how the feeling portrayed in the music is reflected in the actual art. Materials: Music of a variety of styles or moods, art materials of your choice, paper. Method: Discuss what the aim for the activity is. Choose music, play it, create by it and discuss. Adaptations: Kids can choose music of a variety of moods. This itself is a valuable experience! You can also have them choose instrumental music only, or music highlighting the voice only. You can discuss what they think the out come will be ahead of time, and if the results proved or disproved the hypothesis. You can do this with any art medium. Crayons, paint, glue-paint, glow paint..clay.... Lyrics and Chords: Up for grabs as need be. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 13-18 and up Goal Area: Emotional expression Name of Activity: Making a video to recorded music Objective: Students work together to create a music video Materials: cd, cd player, video camera, props needed, lighting, and lots of room Method: Tell the class that they can work together to pick a topic, a song, and make a video. Adaptations: (optional) Make the video with the kids playing their own instruments! Smaller groups of students can work together. Lyrics and Chords: Whatever they choose (as long as it in accordance with their needs, and the philosophy of the administration/program.) Submitted by: : Margie@musictherapytunes.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age 13-18 Goal Area: self-expression, and math Name of Activity: Dice game Objective: Students share information about themselves. Materials: Dice, favorite songs, rules. Method: Students take turn rolling the dice. If the dice land on an even number, the student must say something about himself or answer a question asked by another student. If the number is odd, he gets to ask a question. If the dice land on doubles, then a favorite song is played. You may want to make a rule that certain language and content is not allowed- depending upon the needs of the group and/or facility. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Age: 13-18 and up Goal Area: social skills, listening to each other, cooperating, leading, and following Name of Activity: Rhondo Jam Objective: Students take turns improvising their own solo and and then return to the group's repeated theme.

Materials: instruments and a familiar song, chord progression, or rhythmic beat. Method: The form of a rhondo is ABACADAE... where A is like a chorus that is always returned to and the other letters are individualized solos. Adaptations: music suitable to the group. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 13-18 and up Goal Area: emotional expression Name of Activity: Which one am I Objective: Students share how they feel and why they relate to the song. Materials: List of popular songs, recording of those songs. Method: Students are given a list of popular songs. They choose one song that represents where they are at. Today and tell the group why. The song is then played and the mood, feelings, and related situations discussed. Adaptations: To make it a little safer for members, students can discuss how the person in the song feels and why. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics: Please tell me what you use for this activity. Any variations? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 13-18 and up Goal Area: emotional expression Name of Activity: Song rewrite Objective: Students fill in the blanks to chosen songs and discuss/share what and why they wrote. Materials: Songs meaningful to the individuals or group with key words removed. Method: Students fill in the blanks to chosen songs and discuss/share what and why they wrote. Adaptations: (optional) Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics: Again, what songs do you use for this? Email me! How does it work best?

Age: 13-18 +/- (I use with pre-k but also for the elderly) Goal Area: Memory, attention, patterning Name of Activity: Watson Allman's Dance (Seated) Objective: Clients remember and perform the step in the dance Materials: Song Watson Allman by Sam Bush on Glamour and Grits. Method: I chant the directions until the group is familiar with them, then gradually fade them out. Adaptations: (optional) Have the members think of their own movements. (You'll see the chant and the related motions below.) The words and movement really mirror the music. So you'll hear what part of the words can be adjusted for your group. I'll underline the words that are best changed/adjusted, to try to make seem less difficult-it's not! Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com Motions: After the intro, snap to the next 4 measures (counted slowly) Part One: feet feet feet and a clap clap clap. (repeat 2 more times.) Then round and around and a tap tap tap. (motions: move one foot toward you and the other away- repeat 2x and then clap clap clap. Spin arms and tap knees.) Part two is same as part one. Part three: Throw the baseball and hit it with a bat. (repeat 2x) Now two thumbs up what do you think of that? ( pretend to throw a ball. Clasp hands together on one shoulder, switch shoulders, and return to the first one- like bad batting.) Part Four: Open close. Open close.,and clap, clap, clap. Repeat 2x. Then round and around and a tap tap tap. (Move feet apart, then together 2x and add 3 claps. Spin arms and tap legs.) Part Five: Shake your hands to the right, then on the left. Repeat 3x. OR, you can also pretend to alternate bw the mandolin and bass. Part Six: Twist, twist, twist and clap, clap, clap. Repeat 2x. Then round and around and a tap tap tap. (Twist as far in one direction as you can, then the other.....) Part Seven: Repeat part three. Part Eight: Repeat part one. (or use your own ideas)

---------There's lots of overlap between ages and goal areas. Check them all out. Don't forget to check out the lyrics, chords and uses of songs as potential activities! ---------

MUSIC THERAPY ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS AGES 18-29 (see above, too) by musictherapytunes.com
Age: teens and adults Goal Area: developing Trust in other people Name of Activity: Trust walk Objective: Clients will take turns guiding each other through a blindfolded trust walk following only the sound of the leader's bell or other instrument. Each person has a turn being a leader and a truster. Materials: blindfold (not everyone will tolerate this-clients can peek when they need to or even use their hands to cover their vision.) and a sounding musical instrument. A small cordless radio will also do. Method: Clients discuss the issue of trust and that they will each take a turn being guided by another person by their hearing alone. Also discuss related thoughts and feeling before and after the experience. Adaptations: Try it out for yourself so you know how it feels, and so you can iron out any bumps. Submitted by: Margie@musictherapytunes.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 18-29 Goal Area: motor skills- to increase range of motion Name of Activity: Drummin' up Objective: Client reaches out, over, up, around in order to contact the drum surfaces. Materials: Drums placed strategically around client. Method: Coordinate this activity with the guidance of the client's PT! Place drums so that the person has to use specific muscles, and reach out to play strategically placed drums in order to increase range of motion, and/or muscle strength. Adaptations: Play live or recorded music in a style that will help the client accomplish the goal. Submitted by: Margielessonplans@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: Open for ALL ages. I've worked with younger kids for 25 years, so filling up this section would be wonderful! Goal Area: You get to pick Name of Activity: Please, send in your own ideas for this section. They don't have to use this format. This is just the one I learned! Objective: To expand this section for all music therapy fans, students, and professionals so we can help others in the journey. Materials: Method: Adaptations: (optional) There is a key at the top of this page that explains the color coding. Don't stress over it. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com You can also send them to me here: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Lyrics are nice to get. Chords as well, but these are not mandatory. For a complex melody I'm going to send people to YouTube so they can hear it.

Age: 18-28+/Goal Area: mental alertness, cognitive stimulation, and mood elevation. Name of Activity: Music Trivia Objective: Participants will earn points by naming artists, titles, performing tasks and contributing to the game in general. Materials: iPod and speakers, White board, Dry/erase markers Method: 1) Split your group into two teams. Have them come up with a team name. 2) Decide who goes first (the team who has a person with the closest birthday goes first, for example). 3) Play a song for that team. Teams get one point for artist, one point for song title. You can throw in fun points here and there, like a point for dancing the Cupid Shuffle or a point for naming the movie that Eye Of the Tiger is famous for. 4) Repeat step 3, alternating between teams. If a team is at a loss for artist or title, you can allow the other team to "steal" their point.

5) Towards the end of the session, make it a "free for all." Anyone can guess at any time. Warning: you have to pay close attention to who guesses correctly first. It is hard when a few people shout it out at once. I do not blindly choose songs either. There are two reasons that I can think of to rig the game this way. (A) I want to set the patient up for success. If they are slow to answer and points are popping up from everyone but that patient, play something you think they will know right off the bat. (B) I want to shape a person's mood. Today a patient came into session late. She planted herself right in front of me with arms crossed and started yelling at the staff. Well, my next song was Michael Jackson, something I really thought she'd enjoy. By the end of the hour she was dancing like crazy, smiling and laughing! It is awesome to see changes like that happen in front of you. Submitted by: Submitted by:michellerjs@gmail.com Website:beyondthemusicmt.blogspot.com Twitter: beyondthemusic facebook fan page: Beyond the Music: a resource for MT/MT interns -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: Adult +/Goal Area: social (cooperation) , cognitive, Name of Activity: Musical Jeopardy Objective: To elicit cooperation between team members, to stimulate cognitive skills Materials: A list of potential correct answers to categories such as below. Rule/category sheets. Large paper. Marker. Music to play for 100 point questions. Method :In this game, you will divide your group into two teams. Have the teams select a name and decide who goes first. Each team will get a turn to choose a question based on the number of points it is worth. To find the answer, the team will work together. Like Jeopardy, 100 point questions are simpler than 500 point questions. The questions and points are as follows: Use the web as a resource to collect and verify information if necessary. 100 points...Name that tune Much like music trivia, play a song from the iPod and have the team guess the song's title. 200 points...Artists that start with the letter _____ Name a letter. A=Aretha Franklin, Aerosmith, ABBA. 300 points...Song scramble mi awglink no nusihens=I'm Walking On Sunshine 400 points...Fill in the blank Fill in the missing word(s) in the song title. I Walk the___________=I Walk the Line 500 points...Song titles that include the word _____ Give a word found in some song titles. Have the team come up with a title that incorporates that word. "Stop"=Stop! In the Name Of Love, Don't Stop Believin' Adaptations: (optional) Use categories and songs meaningful to your group's age, abilities, goals, diagnoses.... Submitted by: Email: michellerjs@gmail.com Website:beyondthemusicmt.blogspot.com Twitter: beyondthemusic facebook fan page: Beyond the Music: a resource for MT/MT interns -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: Can vary from age 11 to older adult Goal Area: social/emotional expression, sharing and healing in a non-threatening activity. Name of Activity: Thoughts onLine Objective: People read through a list of song lines and choose sentences (from lyrics) that represent where they are at and how they feel about their lives. Materials: Here is a sample of two pages (cut and paste) http://www.scribd.com/full/36140545? access_key=key-1me4nxsflkf9el5tl5oz Method: *It is often difficult to put into words what we are feeling. It is even more difficult to write a song about it. This is a songwriting activity that won't instill fear in your patients once you introduce the session. It is cut & paste project. Anyone who can cut and paste (and even those who can't) can be successful. *In preparation for this activity, you must create a page of song lyrics (one line from different songs-about 30-35 per page). This number of lines (and whether you give them one, two, or three pages) should vary depending on the functioning level of your group. * There's a little bit of Counting Crows, Whitney Houston, Sara Bareilles, John Mayer, Rascal Flatts, Casting Crowns, Michael Jackson, and everything else in it. Here is a link to copy and paste into your browser. There is a two page list of lines from songs appropriate for substance abuse and other folks needing a change/healing in life. http://www.scribd.com/full/36140545?access_key=key-1me4nxsflkf9el5tl5oz

The steps to this activity are simple enough: 1. Pass out lyric sheets. 2. Patients read through each line and put a mark by the ones they like (at least 10 lines). 3. Patients cut out the lyrics they put a mark by. 4. Patients rearrange song lyrics in a way that makes sense to them. 5. Patients can glue the lyrics to a piece of construction paper and decorate. Adaptations: a) People going through substance withdrawals or who are experiencing any sort of tremors will have difficulty cutting out lyrics. In this case, you may cut the lyrics for them OR allow them to handwrite the lyrics. b) Use glue sticks rather than bottles of glue. The reasons for this are obvious, I think. c) Patients can change lyrics/add to lyrics/etc. to make the song exactly how they'd like. d) For people with visual impairments, make text large and easy to read. Give them fewer lines of lyrics to read so as not to overwhelm them. e) It is easy for patients to get overwhelmed with the amount of words on a page. Plan accordingly by providing fewer choices: larger text, fewer lines, fewer pages. Submitted by: Email: michellerjs at gmail dot com Website :beyondthemusicmt dot blogspot dot com Twitter: beyondthemusic facebook fan page: Beyond the Music: a resource for MT/MT interns

Age: 18-29 Goal Area: Self knowledge and expressions Name of Activity: Past, Present, Future Objective: Members discuss feelings, life events, decisions, and goals. Materials: List of current and past popular songs. Method: Members write down a song from the list (or their personal song choices) that represents their past, present, and future. They discuss these with their peers. The group may end by singing along to a group song choice. Adaptations: Please tell me! Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Age: 18-29 Goal Area: self-expression Name of Activity: CD Cover Objective: Clients draw/paint how they feel about themselves or a given situation, share their art, and discuss with the group. Materials: art supplies, possible background music Method: Clients create and share. Adaptations: (optional) A relaxation exercise can precede this. Any other ideas out there?? Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com ---------There's lots of overlap between ages and goal areas. Check them all out. Don't forget to check out the lyrics, chords and uses of songs as potential activities! ---------

MUSIC THERAPY ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS by musictherapytunes.com

Age: 10 through older adulthood Goal Area: reality orientation, cognitive stimulation (geography, factoids, cities, monuments etc..) Name of Activity: Around the States Objective: People will research, discuss, share information. Folks will listen, sing and/or improvise along to the music (recorded or live.) Materials: Interesting facts about the States to be studied, music (recorded or live) sung by an artist from that particular state, or about the state. Method: Michelle writes: Beginning in Florida, where we are located, we teach (or review) well-known (and maybe some little known) facts: where it is on a map, capital, nickname, famous cities, monuments, etc. Then we talk about different musicians from Florida. You may choose to only listen to part of a song or you might

pass out lyric sheets and sing along with the iPod or guitar. Songs can be from famous artists or bands born/originated in that state, state songs, songs about that state, songs about characteristics of that state, music videos, etc. This activity is great for reality orientation and cognitive stimulation, especially in mid- or low-functioning groups. It is best completed over time, as it would be difficult to cram all this information in with just one session. Follow some general direction; you may zig-zag all the way up the Eastern United States, or continue west and then loop back towards the East, etc. For example, today we started in Florida. Aerosmith sings a song called "Last Child" about Tallahassee (part of the song played on iPod). Creed formed in Tallahassee (sang "With Arms Wide Open" using lyric sheets). Lynyrd Skynyrd originated in Jacksonville (but "Sweet Alabama" was saved for AL). And because FL is the sunshine state, we played a piece of the song "I'm Walking On Sunshine" (playing percussion instruments with iPod). With some songs, even if you're only listening to them by iPod, you can get people to join in the recording by playing percussion instruments. Submitted by: : Email: michellerjs at gmail dot com Website :beyondthemusicmt dot blogspot dot com twitter: beyondthemusic facebook fan page: Beyond the Music: a resource for MT/MT interns

Age: adult (geriatric or brain injured) Goal Area: to maintain attention span Name of Activity: Symphony of Words Objective: The client plays a specific instrument each time a particular word is used in a familiar song. Materials: guitar, chosen song, rhythm instrument, or bell that blends with the key of the song. Method: Set the instrument(s) up in front of the client. Ask the person to play that instrument each time they hear the word ________. Play and do. An example for the song below is to have the person play each time the word mountain is used. Adaptations: (optional) Have a few instruments to be played for different specific words. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics and Chords: D She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes. A She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes. D D7 G Gm She'll be comin' round the mountain She'll be comin' round the mountain.. D Asus A D She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: adult (can be used with young children through geriatric; the music reaches everyone. If you need to, vary the movements. Goal Area: Motor: coordination, sequencing, cardio Name of Activity: Seated Irish Dance Objective: Clients will perform the steps needed to successfully perform dance. Materials: Siamsa from Ronan Hardimans Lord of the dance (track 11) Method: Practice yourself, teach part by part, and do. Adapt as need by to address client needs. Begin steps as theme begins (easy to hear.) There are a few blank spaces where I have the clients pretend to play the sounding instruments. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com Tap right foot 8 times, then left foot 8 times. -Roll arms around and clap 3 times. Repeat 3more times. -Clap hands under right leg 4times. Repeat with left leg. -Alternate tapping knees with and without crossed arms 8 times. -Stretch hands up and clap 3 times, put hands on hips and clap 3 times, bend with hands down and clap 3 times. Repeat once -Take a few measures to improvise then do it all over again.

Age: Open for ALL ages. I've worked with younger kids for 25 years, so filling up this section would be wonderful! Goal Area: You get to pick Name of Activity: Please, send in your own ideas for this section. They don't have to use this format. This is

just the one I learned! Objective: To expand this section for all music therapy fans, students, and professionals so we can help others in the journey. Materials: Method: Adaptations: (optional) There is a key at the top of this page that explains the color coding. Don't stress over it. Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com You can also send them to me here: Margie@musictherapytunes.com Lyrics,chords, solfege, melody used: Lyrics are nice to get. Chords as well, but these are not mandatory. For a complex melody I'm going to send people to YouTube so they can hear it.

Age: Adult: All ages actually 4-99 Goal Area: Both cognitive and gross motor Name of Activity: Lord of the Dance Activity Objective: Group will perform a sequence of movements to the song. Materials: Siamsa from Lord of the dance: Method: Follow the dance steps below Adaptations: End with a free dance componant Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margielessonplans@gmail.com Steps: counting a slow 8 beat intro (counting on the half note = one beat.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R heel then toe heel-toe heel-toe heel-toe (repeat for beats 5, 6 ,7, 8) L heel-toe heel-toe heel-toe heel-toe (repeat for beats 5, 6, 7, 8) Round & round, clapclapclap round&round clapclapclap (repeat this arm/hand gesture for beats 5,6,7,8) Clap under Rt leg then Lf leg Under right under left (continue) Tap knees Tap with arms crossed (repeat pattern for beats 3,4,5,6,7,8) -then for 8 beatsBeat 1-Hands up (clap clap clap) Beat 2- Hands in the middle (clap clap clap) Beat 3- Hands down (clap clap clap) Beat4- Hands in the middle (clap clap clap) Continue for beats (5,6,7,8) Lastly, 8 beats of free motion, jumping, dancing, waving or whatever you like.

Age: older adult +/Goal Areas: cognitive and social Name of Activity: Name that Tune Objective: Clients will listen to a song excerpt and name the song. Clients will choose one of the songs from among the excerpts and tell the group what that song means to them personally. Materials: a variety of song choices that you will present on an instrument of your choosing, song sheets, board to keep score, markers, pen Method: Divide clients into teams. Therapist plays a short excerpt of a song. When a client guesses the title correctly, a mark is made on the scoreboard for their team. When one team has enough points, all players share how one of the song excerpts presented is meaningful to them. Adaptations: (CDs with age appropriate songs, perhaps a specially prepared cd made of song clips, and lyric sheets Submitted by: (optional name and email) Margie@musictherapytunes.com

Age: adult/older adult/hospice Goal Area: social, cognitive, emotional connection, personal/group discussion, to stimulate memories and self-expression. Name of Activity: Where were you When?? Objective: To stimulate relationship through discussion of topics elicited through song lyrics. Materials: A variety of songs on topics relevant to the levels, needs, abilities, experiences and age of the particular group. Method : Present a variety of songs to the group. Ask what they would like to sing. Discuss feelings, events, memories etc as brought up by the song. Here are some conversation starters and topics that Michelle found helpful:

Submitted by: Email: michellerjs at gmail dot com Website :beyondthemusicmt dot blogspot dot com Twitter: beyondthemusic facebook fan page: Beyond the Music: a resource for MT/MT interns 1) Career. What did they do with their life, did they keep more than one job, where did they work, what did they enjoy about it? 2) Hometowns. Where were they born, did they spend much time there, did they live any other places, what was their favorite home, what was their house like, did they have good neighbors? 3) Travel. Where have they traveled, what was their most memorable trip, who did they go with, how long did they stay, what would they suggest someone see if they were going to travel to that place, do they have any stories they could share? 4) Family. Spouse, children, grandchildren, names, ages, their education, their careers, where do they live, how often do they visit, pets? 5) Hobbies. What is your favorite activity, how much time do you get to spend doing this, what would you like to learn, do you share this hobby with anyone else? 6) Current events Have you heard about (blank), what do you think about that, what do you think we should do about it? 7) Things around the room. Decorations, jewelry, clothes, pictures, personal items. 8) Weather. 9) Religion. Be careful to respect their religion and don't offend. Don't share much of your own beliefs, especially if you disagree with theirs. Do show interest. Where do they go to worship, do they participate in choir, are they involved in any other way? 10) Friends. Where did they meet, what interests do they share, how long have they been friends, do they have kids/grandkids? You can basically ask everything above all over again in relation to their friends. 11) Future What are they looking forward to doing today, do they have exciting plans in the near future, do they have family visiting soon? 12) Holidays. What are they doing to celebrate, do they have any good memories about that holiday past, what is their favorite holiday, what do they enjoy most about that holiday? 13) Memories. Wedding, birthdays, holidays, major events? 14) Other interests. Music, food, movies, television shows, books, games, sports etc.? ---------There's lots of overlap between ages and goal areas. Check them all out. Don't forget to check out the lyrics, chords and uses of songs as potential activities! ---------