Spring Songs for Music Therapists

Our Spring songs for music therapy sessions

combine music, movements, visuals and props to increase engagement and enhance learning! Well, technically they aren't alllll Spring-specific, but many of them are, and we like to group all of our songs seasonally so we are sure to pack songs away after three months to keep our sessions fresh!

For our seasonal resource packages we always include two packages, one geared towards our younger school-aged students (ages 5-13), and one geared towards our older school-aged students (ages 14-21). The overarching goals targeted in these original songs are expressive & receptive language, motor skills, and sensory regulation. Several of our students have cortical visual impairment, so in Songs for Spring Resource Package Two, you'll find a couple songs written with these students in mind with tactile props and modified visuals. We provide services at a school for students with disabilities, ages 5-21, so our material is geared towards these. We find many people use our songs in a variety of settings and with a variety of clients and find that bringing in multisensory learning experiences really benefits everyone!

When you download the PDF, you'll receive the login information to stream or download the videos from our website. Each song has an instructional video and recording (for the facilitator, to get it in your ear!). Many of the songs come with printable visuals and they are all multisensory - combining at least two of these components (and often more): music, movements, sign language, visuals, scents, movement props, and tactile props!

What's inside Package One:

Eight original songs for Spring! A multisensory approach to building skills in the areas of expressive and receptive language, motor skills, and sensory regulation. Songs for Spring (or anytime) is a song resource package with instructional videos for the facilitator, chords, lyrics, and printable visuals.

1. Five Fireflies

A song with visuals and string lights targeting counting, subtracting, and “put it in”

2. Grow, Grow, Grow

A seated movement song with printable visuals targeting expressive and receptive language, cross-lateral movement, and vestibular input

3. In my Garden I will Grow

Targeting speech and language skills with visual choices

4. I am a Bird

a movement song with scarves

5. Trusty Tractors

A seated movement song with printable visuals and a weighted prop, targeting motor imitation, crossing midline, and proprioceptive input

6. Four Little Birds

A song with paddle drums targeting crossing mid-line for increasing attention and activating and organizing our brains

7. Up and Down

A movement song with scarves targeting motor imitation, crossing midline, and proprioceptive input

8. Signs of Spring

A parachute song for Spring

What's inside Package Two:

Eight original songs for Spring (and one additional song in the public domain)! A multisensory approach to building skills in the areas of expressive and receptive language, motor skills, and sensory regulation. Songs for Spring Resource Package Two is a collection of songs with chords, lyrics, printable visuals and instructional videos.

1. S-P-R-I-N-G

a song with printable visuals, movements, and sign language

2. Spring Things

singing about things we find in Spring with space for student input 

3. Drum around the Circle

a song for accompanying a drum solo

4. Big Yellow Boat

a sensory song with sounds, smells, and visuals

5. Listen, Listen

a listening song and game - guess that sound!

6. Monarch Butterfly

a song about the lifecycle of the Monarch Butterfly

7. Drum in the Morning

a group drumming song with space for student input/sharing 

8. Rhythm Band

a small percussion song featuring two different instruments 

9. Rattlin’ Bog

a sequencing song in the public domain with visuals and sign language 

Questions about any of these resources!? Reach out to Mmiller@rhythmandstrings.com!