Little Notes, Big Bonds:
A Musical Adventure for Families Session Plan
I. Musical Hellos
- Hello songs to learn names and greet each other
- Mirroring rhythms and movements using drums,shakers and scarves
- Making pocket shakers to take home
II. Feeling All The Feels
- Listening to different genres of music and identifying emotions
- Acting out emotions through dance and movement; Relaxation breathing exercises
- Creating a painting with emotions
III. Listen, Wait, and Play!
- Follow the leader games using rhythmic calls and movement
- Musical freeze dances to practice self-control
- Improvising musical conversations by taking turns
IV. Our Musical Family
- Families make up dance moves and rhythms to
- represent themselves
- Co-writing lyrics about being a family set to a familiar tune
- Share memories from the workshop through musical show-and-tell
Prepared by Rainbow Tsang (Registered Music Therapist)
