Social Songs
Similar to social stories, Social Songs are designed to help children learn to navigate through activities of everyday life with more comfort, more skill and less anxiety. They encourage participation, and are pitched appropriately for young voices, should they begin to sing along.
Engaging
Social Songs can sweeten the idea of events like bathroom time, transitions and sharing by placing them in an attractive musical context. Through the magic of music, Social Songs help to reinforce social concepts we teach our kids.
Thoughtfully crafted
Our Social Songs use carefully-selected vocabulary and language structure. The syllable rate, pacing, and musical interludes are all designed to help to avoid the sort of mental ‘pileup’ that can happen when words come too thick and fast for the child.
Customizable Experience
The album includes an instrumental version of each song so that they may be expanded and personalized. For example, kids might select icons from the class schedule to arrange in 'first, then' pairs to sing. They might select icons of recess activities available on their playground. ’Do you want to hula hoop? Yes I want to hula hoop. O-o-kay. Le-et's play!'
The Social Songs
- Let's Play Tag Models a lively game of tag
- First, Then Natural examples of this principle
- Helping At School Modeling participation at school
- Play At Recess Three simple scripts for interaction
- Bathroom The story, from waiting to washing up
- Ask For Help A strategy for frustrating experiences
- I Need A Break Modeling the request, and a happy ending
- Free Time Encouraging choice and variety
- Surprise! Comfort with events not on the schedule
- Down Time Models settling down for some quiet time
- Transition Song A brief instruction plus walking music. Visual support for Transition Song at the end of every book.