Bitty Bitty Bat, it's a MAJOR favorite song of kids, music teachers and music therapists alike. With this song, kids can pretend they're an itty bitty bat (with teeny, tiny wings) and then in the middle part ("I'm flying...") they can fly with BIG wings. As the song goes on, they go back and forth between flying (big wings) and being a bitty bitty bat (little wings).

Kaiti Shelton, MT-BC, is a board-certified music therapist from Indiana. Kaiti will be presenting at our annual conference for music therapists and music educators who work with kids, the Music For Kiddos Symposium, on November 12th, 2021. The title of her presentation: A Look At Inclusion Strategies And Tips For Accommodating Blind Or Visually Impaired Music Learners.

What if we celebrated fall by singing songs in Spanish? Latinx/Hispanic Heritage month coincides with the start of the fall season here in the United States, and bringing songs by Latino/e artists, singing in the Spanish language, and learning about the different Latin American countries and their traditions (seasonal or year-round) can be some of the ways in which we can honor and appreciate the Latin American ancestry and cultures.

If you are on Instagram and you are a music educator or a music therapist, you know who Franklin Willis is. He is a leader, author, an educator, public speaker and music education coach. I first got introduced to Franklin a when he was interviewed by our Empowering Little Leaders course instructors Kerry Devlin, Zoe Levine and Naomi Davis on Instagram. I remember so clearly, Franklin talking about how the kids were his focus, and his avenue to really care for kids was music.

I’m going to share with you a list of some of my favorite Laurie Berkner songs for early childhood music lessons and music therapy sessions.

What do you do when your music class becomes chaotic and you can’t seem to get them back?

Falling leaves, changing colors, crisp air, pumpkin spice everywhere! Fall is rolling in, and it’s one of our favorite seasons here at Music For Kiddos.

What’s your relationship with technology as a music therapist or music educator? Do you use YouTube in your lessons/sessions, or, do you create videos for YouTube?

I had the pleasure to meet Bill Henry & Bruce Fite of The Music Podcast For Kids. We talked about their podcast and about different technology tools we can use as music therapists and music educators. Additionally, they shared some tips & tricks for running a YouTube channel.

The Shy Little Monster is the music-book I wrote & self-published, illustrated by Sarah Pilar. This (not scary!) Halloween story is a charming and beautifully illustrated Halloween book that celebrates silliness, friendship, and shows kids that hard things can be made just a little bit easier with the help of your (adorable monster) friends.

On this blog post & on episode 33 of the Music For Kiddos Podcast, I’m sharing how I self-published a children's book because I want to save you some time if publishing a children’s book is one of the things you’d like to do. It’s a lot more simple than you would think.