Fun Music Sites for the Special Needs Child

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The summer comes closer, and the school year will soon end. Now is the time for playing in the park, picnics, and vacation. Enjoy spending time with loved ones and with the little ones.

I have been pretty busy lately writing online. Check out some of these great articles about music and kids! Enjoy!

Add Music to Your Child's Life

A personal insight into how I add music to my toddler's life at Play On Education's site.

Music & Life: The Special Needs Child and Technology

Children with special needs benefit greatly from the arts. Read the article to find out about some valuable tools for the home or classroom.

Music & Life: Singing and Childhood

Does singing really matter? What is your child learning when he or she makes up a silly tune? Find out more.

And if you want to find out a little bit more about some of my latest projects, I recently updated my official website. I am currently working on an opera, a film score, and an hourlong video piece for the Athena Mix (a one hour electronic music concert by talented women from around the world!)

Thank you for checking out the Mami Mozart website!

Besos!

Mamí Mozart

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Juggling Baby and Work

Hello Everyone!

For those that do not know, last fall I gave birth to our first baby...a sweet little girl who is as active as her mamí, though she looks like her daddy (bald and all!) She has had a cold all this week, so I have had less time than I had hoped to work on Mamí Mozart.

Check out Mamí Mozart's updated Lesson Plan pages. I have been working in art and music education for over a decade, and linked to some fun and easy art and music projects. I hope to add another twenty links or so (maybe today?). Please feel free to share these fun music activities. They work great at home, at school, at daycare, or just because!

Much of my educational experience has been with at-risk children, and I have tons of music and art lesson plans to share that are specifically for children with ADD, ADHD, live in the inner city, have emotional disorders, etc. I really feel that music and art gives a creative outlet for these children, who often have very few safe outlets to express themselves. Parents have loved these lesson plans, too.

I also added a "Going Green" section to the Lesson Plan page. These lesson plans not only help the environment, they are often easy and FREE! :-)

I hope you sharing Mamí Mozart with your friends and family!

Smiles,
Mamí Mozart

PS I will try to post in Spanish as well. Pero, hablo "Spanglish" y my Spanish writing skills are "muy mal" (or is it "malo"?). Right now I will be using an online translator and doublechecking it. If anyone has any Spanish resources (or other language resources like Creole) that you would like to share, just let me know!