Music For Kiddos Podcast

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26. The Many Uses of the Ukulele: Music For Kiddos Podcast Jul 20, 2021

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Music therapist and music educator Katie Pistilli joins Stephanie Leavell on this week's episode of the Music For Kiddos Podcast. Katie specializes in ukulele and specifically, ukulele education.

Ukulele resources are so vital. In fact. our bestselling course at Music For Kiddos is our beginning ukulele course: Ukulele For Kiddos.

Listen to the interview with Katie Pistillo to hear about some of her best tips on teaching the ukulele.

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25. Our Top 5 Songs: Music For Kiddos Podcast Jul 13, 2021

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Have you downloaded our top 5 children's songs?

If you haven't, I'd recommend doing so because children love these songs & the best part is that you can download these 5 popular children's songs for free!

In today's podcast, Stephanie Leavell is sharing her top 5 children's songs plus some implementation tips and how she uses them during music therapy sessions or music classes with preschoolers or kindergarteners.

These top 5 children's songs are the songs that over the last four years have been the ones that people say are their "go-to" songs because they are the ones that the children they work with love the most.

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WWe have partnered with West Music. Check out their incredible instruments and their incredible offerings at WestMusic.com or you can place your order at their customer service hotline at (800) 397-9378. Use code KIDDOS25 for free shipping on orders over $59.95.

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24. COVID Recap with Monica, Anna & Jenny: Music For Kiddos Podcast Jul 06, 2021

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What was the last year like for you as a music therapist or music educator?

Many of us can say that in some way or another, 2020 was a challenging year. This week on the Music For Kiddos Podcast, Stephanie Leavell sat down with Monica Levin, Anna Delgado & Jenny Focht, three music therapists and music educators, who are also part of the Music For Kiddos Community, to talk about their experiences as music therapists and educators navigating their different roles while supporting children through a pandemic.

We invite you to take some time to debrief and reflect about the past year together.

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Download the song: "I Can Do Things"

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23. Burnout: Music For Kiddos Jun 29, 2021

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Burnout is an epidemic among music therapists and music educators and there's lot of shame around it. As someone who has experienced burnout severals time and shame, Stephanie Leavell shares her stories of burnout and some of the tools that helped heal her burnout, such as the Music For Kiddos Community.

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Download the song: "Slow Down"

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22. Lesson Plans: Music For Kiddos Podcast Jun 22, 2021

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The way that you create a lesson plan is really different from the way that you actually use a lesson plan.

Even if you follow a step-by-step system to facilitate early childhood music groups, flexibility within a lesson plan allows you to meet your students needs right when they need it. On this episode, Stephanie Leavell shares with you how to functionally use lesson plans in the preschool classroom, and how to go from idea to implementation.

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Download the song: "Boom, Boom"

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21. Music and Procedures: Music For Kiddos Podcast Jun 15, 2021

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What do medical music therapists do? How do music therapists use music for procedural support?

To answer these questions and more, Stephanie Leavell sat down with music therapist Amy Love of Pediatric Music Therapy to talk about the work she does as a music therapist working in a medical setting.

Amy Love, MA, MT-BC, CPMT is a music therapist who currently works for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN where she developed initial programming for patients with rare and acute diagnoses from around the world. She is also the founder of Pediatric Music Therapy, a website that provides continuing education opportunities, support and resources for students and board-certified music therapists interested in expanding their knowledge of medical music therapy.

Amy joined on today's episode to talk about supporting children during medical procedures as a music therapist.

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Download the Amy's original song "Sally the Snake"

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Our new success-based guitar curriculum for kids is available now!

Learn more about Guitar For Kids here:

www.musicforkiddos.com/guitar-for-kids

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20. The Idea Generator: Music For Kiddos Podcast Jun 08, 2021

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What do you do when you run out of ideas? As a music therapist or music educator, I'm sure you can relate to this. We look for inspiration for our lesson plans. We gather ideas for new songs we want to write for our clients. We search for intervention ideas for music therapy sessions.

In this episode, Stephanie Leavell talks about her process of coming up with ideas and finding inspiration to write 12 to 14 songs every month for the Music For Kiddos Community.

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Download the free "Idea Generator" cheat sheet:

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Our new success-based guitar curriculum for kids is available now!

Learn more about Guitar For Kids here:

www.musicforkiddos.com/guitar-for-kids

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19. Teaching Kids the Guitar: Music For Kiddos Podcast Jun 01, 2021

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Did you know that guitar is the instrument that is most requested to learn by kids? It probably comes to no surprise to you if you are a music therapist or music educator who teaches adaptive music lessons. The guitar is versatile, fun, and kids cannot wait to play and accompany themselves signing their favorite songs, that is, if we are successful in teaching them how to play the guitar.

The problem is that there is no consistent, child-centered guitar method out there that helps kids go from 0 to playing the chords of their favorite songs in a fun, developmentally appropriate manner. Until now.

Stephanie Leavell interviews Jenna Hardy Pedersen, who is an experienced educator and guitar teacher on this episode to talk about some of her tips to successfully teach kids the guitar. They also talk about the newest professional development course and success-based guitar curriculum for kids called Guitar For Kids.

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18. My Recording Process: Music For Kiddos Podcast May 25, 2021

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Recording your own music is something that gets easier over time. Admittedly, it can frustrating, but the more you do it, the easier it gets. If you find yourself getting frustrated with what you're able to record, just stick with it. You may have to scrap things and start over, but know that is a part of the process and you will definitely improve over time.

In today's podcast, Stephanie Leavell walks us through her step-by-step recording process and the specific (and inexpensive) tools she uses to get professionally recorded songs every month. Those professionally recorded, original songs are sent out every month via the Song-of-the-Month newsletter and live inside the Music For Kiddos Community.

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🎵Download the song "Busy Like A Bee" here: www.musicforkiddos.com/podcast18

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17. Social Media Marketing for Music Therapists and Music Educators: Music For Kiddos Podcast May 18, 2021

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Whether you are a music teacher or therapist spreading the word about your music lessons or sessions to attract more clients in your community, building your brand and presence online as a professional, or marketing your music education or music therapy products or resources, learning about social media is a must.

The digital world is here to stay and that's why it is essential for music teacher and music therapists to learn and understand the ins and outs of marketing their businesses online to grow their revenue and impact.

On today's episode of the Music For Kiddos Podcast, Stephanie Leavell gives some of her best tips to develop your social media strategy so you can feel confident building your online business as a music educator or music therapist.

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🎵Download the "Social Media Cheat Sheet" here: www.musicforkiddos.com/podcast17

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