Music For Kiddos Podcast

Stephanie shares 3 Hello Songs for preschool and elementary school music time!   Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!  www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter   We have partnered with West Music. Check out their incredible instruments and their incredible offerings at WestMusic.com or you can place your order at their customer service hotline at (800) 397-9378. Use cod...

On this week's episode, Stephanie Leavell highlights three low-prep music activities that you can do with kids this summer but spoiler alert, these music activities can also be used all year round. Access all of the activities and resources mentioned on today's episode (and download the free bingo cards) here: www.musicforkiddos.com/blog/low-prep-early-childhood-music-activities-for-summer   Get f...

Dr. Sarah Gulish of the online music education publishing company, F-flat Books , joins Stephanie Leavell to talk about innovative approaches to exploring keyboard and guitar. They take a look at how keyboard and guitar can be approached in a way that creativity is a much larger part how these instruments are learned and experienced by kids.     Get free music every month and be a part of our Song...

In celebration of the 100th episode of the Music For Kiddos Podcast, Stephanie shares our current most popular songs; the songs that music educatos and music therapists are loving right now!   Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!   www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter   We have partnered with West Music. Check out their incredible instruments and their incredible of...

Stephanie chats all things kids and early childhood music with fellow music educator, Miss. Sally ( @thelittlemusiccorner ).     Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!   www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter   We have partnered with West Music. Check out their incredible instruments and their incredible offerings at WestMusic.com or you can place your order at their cu...

Writing blog posts, creating YouTube videos, posting on social media, releasing podcast episodes... how does Stephanie do all the things? ( By the way, she doesn't! ) Over the years, the Music For Kiddos team has developed some rhythms and work flows that have allowed them to grow the business into the premier site for early childhood music resources for music therapists and music educators, in an...

On the second episode of the Digital Marketing series, Stephanie and Mabel (Director of Operations at Music For Kiddos ) share about the marketing strategies that are currently working, the type of content they focus on [long-form vs. short-form content] and how music educators and music therapists can implement these strategies no matter what type of business or brand they have.   Get free music...

On this episode of the Music For Kiddos' Podcast, Stephanie and Mabel (Director of Operations at Music For Kiddos), chat about the ins and outs of the digital marketing strategy at MusicForKiddos.com that have supported its consistent and predictable growth in a meaningful and ethical way.   Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!  www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter...

The founders of Clap For Classics! , Elizabeth Nixon & Kathryn Lippman, join Stephanie Leavell on the podcast in celebration of the brand new mini-course " Classical Music For Kids " available at MusicForKiddos.com. "Classical Music For Kids" is an early childhood classical music course that includes 10 different classical music-based activities to help you introduce classical music and concepts i...

Stephanie Leavell is joined by guest podcast host Julieann Hartley ( @missjulieannmusic ) on the third episode in a special three part series about children's music.   Stream " Made To Bloom " on:   • Spotify:  https://spoti.fi/41C29Gl • Apple Music: https://apple.co/3ZsXWCS • Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3YgLy7Y • and all music streaming platforms!   Get free music every month and be a part of o...

Lyrics have been written, songs have been recorded but how do you actually get your music to be heard? Stephanie Leavell and guest podcast host Julieann Hartley ( @missjulieannmusic ) talk about the ins and outs of marketing a children's album.    Stream " Made To Bloom " on:   • Spotify:  https://spoti.fi/41C29Gl • Apple Music: https://apple.co/3ZsXWCS • Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3YgLy7Y • an...

On the first episode of a three-part series, guest host and fellow children's musician Julieann Hartley, MT-BC interviews Stephanie Leavell to share and dive deeper into the story and inspiration for Stephanie's new children's album,  Made To Bloom .  Stream " Made To Bloom " on: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/41C29Gl Apple Music: https://apple.co/3ZsXWCS Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3YgLy7Y and all m...

Planning a Spring program or concert? Stephanie shares five quick tips for selecting songs when planning your Spring program.   Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!   www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter Read more about this episode here: https://www.musicforkiddos.com/blog/5-spring-music-program-ideas-and-tips We have partnered with West Music. Check out their incr...

Stephanie shares some song suggestions that you might use for your preschool and kindergarten spring program that span a wide variety of ages.   Would you like to download these 3 spring program songs? Download them (for free!) here .   Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!  www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter   We have partnered with West Music. Check out their inc...

Stephanie highlights 3 resources for Black History Month and shares Black children's musician and creators. Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!  www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter Read more about this episode here: https://www.musicforkiddos.com/blog/3-black-history-month-resources-preschool-music We have partnered with West Music. Check out their incredible inst...

Stephanie shares 3 Valentine's Day resources for preschool and kindergarten music classes and music therapy sessions.    Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!   www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter Read more about this episode here: https://www.musicforkiddos.com/blog/valentines-day-songs-for-early-childhood-music We have partnered with West Music. Check out their in...

Stephanie shares the top three songs that were released at MusicForKiddos.com in 2022!   Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!   www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter   We have partnered with West Music. Check out their incredible instruments and their incredible offerings at WestMusic.com or you can place your order at their customer service hotline at (800) 397-9378...

The fourth episode of our "Get Organized" mini-series is here. Last week, we had five music therapists and music educators sharing their favorite tips to stay organized in their work as  therapists and educators. On this episode, they are sharing their "hacks" to stay organized in their life outside of work.   Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!   www.musicforki...

On the third episode of our "Get Organized" series, Stephanie is joined by several Music For Kiddos Resource Community's members who share their favorite hacks to get organized in their roles as music therapists and music educators.    Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!   www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter Read more about this episode here: https://www.musicfork...

On the second episode of our "Get Organized" series, Stephanie shares tech and mindset tips that have helped her get organized and helped with productivity over the last few years while juggling different roles and responsibilities as a music therapist, music educator, business owner and mom.   Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!   www.musicforkiddos.com/newslet...

On the first installment of our "Get Organized" series, Stephanie shares five simple ways that you can organize your early childhood music planning.     Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!    www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter   We have partnered with West Music. Check out their incredible instruments and their incredible offerings at WestMusic.com or you can pla...

The Music For Kiddos Podcast is back after taking a short sabbatical and on the last episode of 2022, Stephanie Leavell reflects on the past year and shares a glimpse of some goals and intentions for 2023.      Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!    www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter   We have partnered with West Music. Check out their incredible instruments and...

On this episode, Stephanie talks about planning and orginizing online conferences and what she has learned from big mistakes over the years. She also shares a behind-the-scenes look of our annual conference for music therapists and music educators, the Music For Kiddos Symposium!     Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!    www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter   We h...

Stephanie Leavell shares 5 sensory regulation strategies for early childhood to help kids regulate their sensory systems through music   Find this episode's accompanying blog post and resources shared here:  www.musicforkiddos.com/podcast80   Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!    www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter   We have partnered with West Music. Check out t...

Stephnie Leavell shares 5 instrument activities for your early childhood music classes or music therapy sessions!     Get free music every month and be a part of our Song-of-the-Month Club!    www.musicforkiddos.com/newsletter   We have partnered with West Music. Check out their incredible instruments and their incredible offerings at WestMusic.com or you can place your order at their customer ser...