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All of our blog posts begin with a link to an audio recording of Jess reading the text and describing the images.
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Inclusion Means Belonging, Not Sameness: Thoughts on school concerts
How do we include students with high support needs in school concerts? We create spaces and experiences where they belong, thanks to alignment with their interests and abilities.
The value of visual schedules
Visual schedules are total game-changers for some students with anxiety and social differences. Learn why.
The complications of tickling in the Adaptive Music classroom
Musical tickles can be a great way to engage children in a developmentally-appropriate way, but it must be done with extreme care.
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and the use of world language songs
Why we use culturally diverse music and write bilingual songs for students who have high support needs.
Tutorial: DIY adaptive guitar picks
Adaptive guitar picks can be useful not only with physical skill differences but also sensory, attentional and social differences. Here are two types that we make ourselves and use.
The value of simple, live classroom accompaniment
It’s worth strumming a guitar, ukulele or autoharp with some of your classroom activities, even if you’re not a seasoned strings player. Here’s why.
Using Hello Songs to Support Student Growth
Hello songs are an indispensible method of creating routine and predictability and sense of safety in music class, but we don’t just sing hello at kids. Here’s how we engage them.
Adaptive Music Teaching Tool: All about choice cards
Choice boards don’t work for all students. Adding choice cards to your toolkit will bring access and inclusion to more of your students, and it’s easy to do.
An Essential Adaptive Music Tool: Choice boards
If I could add only one new tool to the music teaching strategies I had before I discovered adaptive music, it would be choice boards.