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My Turn Your Turn: Songs for Building Social Skill

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The My Turn, Your Turn CD teaches children how to handle social situations. While these concepts may be very basic for some children, those with sensory issues do not know how to correctly handle being around others. These songs can remind the child what they need to do. Ms. Bollinger suggests humming a few bars from a specific song to remind your child how to handle a particular situation. Besides the basic please and thank you, these songs help with handling anger, looking others in the eyes, and carrying on a conversation. There is a song - Save a Little Bit for Later - that helps a child remember that it is okay to not tell everything that they know. It is okay to just tell a "little bit now, a little bit later."

Each CD contains songs that are upbeat and fun to listen to. I love how they include children singing both solo and in a choir. Each song focuses on one concept and included repetition of sounds and words to help the child remember both the words and concept. Ms. Bollinger's voice is relaxing and simple to listen to. She combines her experience as a music therapist with that of parents, speech and language pathologist, and other child professionals.

There is a direct correlation between music and learning. Children and adults are able to remember concepts for many years when they are put to a rhythm and pitch. I believe the My Turn Your Turn CD could be very useful with children who struggle with social issues.

I'm a school social worker and use this cd as a resource to use with my kids! They love the music and sing along w the words. Their actions have shown that they are comprehending the lessons that are being taught through the songs (with help from my teachings as well), but I've seen a difference!!
I think this cd is helpful to any kid, but any child on the autism spectrum will benefit that much more especially if they are auditory learners.

Plus the songs have a great beat, so as an adult they're not that bad to listen to hundreds of times in a row...as I've heard this cd :) Enjoy!

I like the songs, but you have to hear them quite a bit to learn the words. Ms. Bollinger does a nice job...

I often tell parents to put this CD in during car rides with their children. It is pleasing and helps promote positive social behaviors. I use this CD for children with autism spectrum disorder.

This is a Great social skills C.D., Great lessons, not annoying at all...the tunes are actually catchy. Glad I found this.