Services
Independent Occupational Therapy and Consultation Services provided for home, school and clinical environments.
| Fees | Individual OT Services/Music Classes: $80 Group Music/Movement Classes: $50 |
2010 Programs & Events
February - June :::: Group Jam Sessions
August :::: Abundance Music & Beach Camps
Upcoming Events ::::3rd Annual Full Moon Fever: Overnight Jam
ABUNDANCE: MUSIC & BEACH CAMPS 2010
* Groups may be limited to 6- 8 children per day to assure an intimate experience.
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Every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the month of August. (Itinerary is posted below, or you can download it here) Week 1: 3rd (Tues), 5th (Thurs),
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| Times: | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Please see complete itinerary below, or click here to download a pdf of the itinerary.) |
| Drop Off: | All Children are to be dropped off at Bay Street cul-de-sac on Santa Monica Beach, just south of the Santa Monica Pier by 10:00 am. Bay Street Cul-de-Sac Click Here to View Map (Take Pico Blvd. west until it dead ends at the beach. Turn left, then turn right onto Bay street where you may turn around and our group will be waiting at the end until we are all together.) |
| Pick Up: | Children must be picked up at 2pm at the following address: 1748 16th Street Suite B Santa Monica, CA 90404 Click here to View Map |
| What to Bring: | Towel, Dry changes of clothes, Lunch, Favorite Music CD |
| Cost: | $160/day |
| Register Now: | Please call us at 323.397.5985 or email kelli@abundancetherapy.com |
ITINERARY: Music & Beach Camps 2010
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Tuesday, August 3rd |
10:00 - 10:15 Meet and Greet/ Group Orientation 10:15 - 10:45 Warm up circle, Beach play ground/obstacle course (Rings monkey bars, parallel bars, and beams) 10:45 - 11:45 Sand castles building, Seashell collecting and water play. 11:45 - 12:00 Rinse off and pack up to head back for music class 12:00 - 12:30 Lunch to group’s choice of music (Child must pack own lunch) 12:30 - 1:00 Music warm up (Dance and Movement) Group choice of selected music. 1:00 - 1:45 Instrument exploration and Jam session
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Thursday, August 5th |
10:00 - Meet and Greet/ Group Orientation 10:15 – 10:30 Warm up circle, Introduction to surfing experience! 10:30 – 12:00 Surfing 12:00 – 12:30 Lunch (Packed lunch) 12:30 – 1:00 Rinse off and pack up to head back for music class 1:00 – 1:15 Travel to Music lessons 1:30 – 2:00 Music warm up (Dance and Movement) Focused on Drums and music tempo 2:00 – 2:15 Percussion exploration and drum circle 2:15 – 2:30 Cool Down, breathing and pick up!
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Tuesday, August 10th |
10:00 Meeting point in parking lot. 10:15 – 10:45 Warm up circle, Beach ball play (choice between kick ball, football, volley ball, water balloon toss) 10:45 – 11:30 Choice between water play and Canvas painting on Beach 11:30 – 12:00 Rinse off and pack up to head back for music class 12:00 – 12:15 Travel to Music lessons 12:15 – 12:45 Lunch to musical background 12:45 – 1:15 Music warm up (Dance and Movement) to child-selected music. 1:15- 1:45 Instrument exploration 1:45 -2:00 Cool down, stretch and pick up!
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Thursday, August 12th |
10:00 Meeting point in parking lot. 10:15 – 10:30 Warm up circle, Orientation to surfing experience! 10:30 – 12:30 Surfing – water play and sand castle building 12:30 – 1:00 Rinse off and pack up to head back for music class 1:00 – 1:30 Travel to Music lessons 1:30 – 2:00 Music warm up (Dance and Movement) Focused of Drums and music tempo 2:00 – 2:15 Percussion exploration and drum circle 2:15 – 2:30 Cool Down, breathing and pick up!
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Tuesday, August 17th |
10:00 Meet and Greet Group orientation. 10:15 – 10:45 Warm up circle, Beach play ground obstacle course (Rings monkey bars, parallel bars, and beams) 10:45 – 11:45 Sand castles building, Beach relays and water play. 11:45 – 12:00 Rinse off and pack up to head back for music class 12:00 – 12:30 Lunch with Music 12:30 – 1:00 Music warm up (Dance and Movement) to child-selected music. 1:15 – 1:45 Instrument exploration and Jam session. 1:45 – 2:00 Cool Down breathing and stretch, Parent pick up!
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Thursday, August 19th |
10:00- 10:15 Meet and Greet /Group orientation 10:15 – 11:00 Kite Flying Experience 11:00 – 11:45 Choice between water play and Canvas painting on Beach 11:45 – 12:00 Rinse off and pack up to head back for music class 12:00 – 12:30 Lunch with Music background 12:30 – 1:00 Music warm up (Dance and Movement) to child selected music. 1:00– 1:45 Instrument exploration and Jam session. 1:45 – 2:00 Cool Down breathing and stretch 2:00 Parent pick up
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| Tuesday, August 24th | 10:00 – 10:15 Meet and Greet/ Group orientation 10:15 – 10:45 Swings, rings, monkey bars etc. Follow the leader. 10:45 – 11:00 Walk to the Pier 11:00 – 11:30 Roller coaster or Bungee jumper (child must have $5.00) 12:00 Head back to Music and movement Jam Session! 2:30 Pick up
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| Thursday, August 26th | 10:00 – 10:15 Meet and Greet/ group orientation 10:15 – 11:00 Walk to pier/ stopping at swings and playground first. 11:00 – 11:30 Volleyball game 11:30- 12:30 Water play and last surf experience! 12:30-1:30 lunch at the beach
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| Tuesday, August 31st | Last Day of Camp Celebration: Options to be determined by children throughout the month: More Rides at the pier, Water play, Pier aquarium etc. |
• Please pick and choose from any Beach/ Music Days that your child may want to be a part of. Special guests and music specialist will be joining us for additional Surf and Music experiences.
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Utilizing music, instrumentation and movement to increase or enhance fine and gross motor skills, body awareness, postural control strength and endurance. The Jam Sessions program is centered around building upon and promoting positive relationships and experiences to last a life time. Throughout the ages, music has been a form of therapy and spiritual retreat. Through our Group Jam Sessions, Abundance Therapy uses music and movement as the gateway to open your child’s mind, body and spirit. Through a slow and gentle process we will work to bring your child dealing with sensory integrative, neurological and or developmental dysfunction, to a comfortable place where he/she may learn to cope and manipulate what he/she feels into productive and useful forms of communication. |
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Abundance Therapy does this by combining the use of each of the child’s senses including vision, tactile (touch), auditory, vestibular (information about movement) and proprioceptive (information obtained from our joints and muscles) systems, and integrating them through the use of different genres of music and movements. Each musical piece is chosen carefully in order to create the correct environment for them to gain the maximum input from each activity.
Our sessions are 1-2 hours long and consist of multiple tasks set to different volumes and genres of music to match the task at hand. For alternate intervals of time, we will explore what your child is feeling and capitalize on those feelings for a very individual and personal experience on each new day.
Each Jam Session may include the following tasks and focus based on each individual:
| WARM UP (10-15 min) To an upbeat background of music we will warm up by dancing, jumping, stretching and moving our bodies. We will raise your child’s heart rate, adrenaline, arousal state, and spirits first by allowing them to organize their body and mind in order increase their focus and attention for the next task at hand. This warm up period is also used to promote increased interaction between peers and therapist. INSTRUMENT ORIENTATION/ COMMUNICATION/FINE MOTOR SKILLS (10-15 min) Your child will have the opportunity to explore and choose from an array of different musical instruments to express him/herself. Over the course of each session the chldren will be able to touch, use and learn to play the instrument that they are drawn to on each day or expand on their prior knowledge and capabilities of the instrument. This experience is to allow for experimentation, which may carry with them to future levels. This exploration involves accessing fine motor skills through grasping and maintaining an isometric hold of the instruments such as the guitar strings and drum sticks or maracas. STRETCH AND DANCE COOLDOWN (10-15 min) This interval will allow your child to relax and release the muscles utilized during an intensive focus of their minds and body in the instrumental portion of each session. ART ORIENTATION/COMMUNICATION/FINE MOTOR SKILLS (10-15 min) To the background of inspirational and motivational music we will work through multi-medial artistic exploration. Allowing the child to explore yet another form of self-expression and communication while also increasing his/her fine motor skills. LEARNING SUMMARY, COOL DOWN AND JAM SESSION (10-15 min) Back to the musical instrument of choice for the day to expand upon the lesson of the day. Fine and Gross motor skills are strengthened through repetition and muscle memory! |
I am very excited for each opportunity that I have to explore with your child and have high hopes for what can be accomplished through out each musical adventure together!
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-THIRD ANNUAL-
FULL MOON FEVER 2010
FULL MOON FEVER: OVERNIGHT JAM!
Thank you to EVERYONE for truly creating a magical event and the perfect summer camping, music and surf adventure last year! Our weekend in Carpinteria with students, family and friends was fun, inspiring and best of all, a complete success.
We are now getting ready for this year's event and can't wait for summer to get here! Please check back soon for more details.
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