Music Therapy for Special Education ENL Students

Funded Dec 4, 2024

Thank you so much for the gift of sound therapy to help my early elementary students with disabilities calm and focus their minds and bodies. When I first brought the tongue drum and singing bowl into the class, students didn't know what they were or what to expect. I invited them to sit in a circle with me to hear some sounds and 4 children joined my circle. As I played and they each took turns, all the other students in the class came over to join the circle. Even the students in wheelchairs asked their paraprofessional helpers to put them in the circle so that they could participate.

This has become a treasured part of morning meeting. Our students look forward each day to sitting in the circle and taking a turn playing our instruments. They are motivated to sit calmly and participate in morning meeting so they can hear the sounds and have a turn to create the sounds themselves.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Mitchell