I need help in finding kids songs 4 an autistic 6 year old child.Where do I begin to look.?

Question

My niece is 6 years old and autistic.What type of kids music would help her 2 develop?

Answer 1

My grandson is autistic and I find that he's does best with things that have a set pattern or routine. For example, the children's program and videos: "Blue's Clues." In the beginning it was Steve, and his dog Blue, that caught his attention. Each program contained a problem that had to be solved, using Blue's "paw print" clues. Anything that had a paw print on it, was a clue to the answer they were looking for. Each episode also had daily routines, such as "Mail Time." The same song signalled the arrival of the mail each time, (or whatever was coming next).

My grandson sat enthralled through each episode. Gradually he let it be known that he wanted a notebook and a crayon. He spotted a shirt like Steve's in a clothing store, which he refused to be parted from. We bought several others to give him a change of clean clothes without a struggle. This made a great difference to getting him dressed for the day.

He learned all the routines, songs and above all, how to play a game. Eventually, he made up his own "Blue's Clues Riddles" for us to guess. His vocabulary increased by leaps and bounds. His drawing skills with the crude crayon and plastic notebook were phenominal. Gradually we moved him to paper, pencil and other drawing and coloring aids, but it all started with "Blue's Clues."

Before "Blue's Clues," he was (and still is) partial to "Barney" programs and videos. They have the same set pattern that appeals to his sense of order. No matter what the story, everything progresses through the same steps each time, and at the end of the episode or video, Barney always sings his "I Love You" song. At first Dean was shy about singing the "Barney Song," now he belts it out and goes around hugging and kissing the members of his family who are present, while the song is playing. He knows all the other songs on the many Barney videos (and they are legion) that are out there, and once again, they have helped his language skills enormously.

Many autistic children also like the closed captioning on a lot of TV programs. Dean was reading at a much better rate than he was talking, long before we realized it, and we credit the closed captioning for that. Giving him control of the remote and allowing him to rewind and fast forward at will, has allowed him to study the things that catch his eye and to memorize the words he wants to learn. I warn you that this means hundreds of times in some cases, but his language and social skills improved immeasurably through watching the lessons captured on the videos of both programs.

Poko is another children's program that deals with small social and family problems that children encounter on a daily basis. Coping skills for how to solve these problems are discussed and demonstrated. My grandson has watched Poko faithfully, and adopted some of the strategies on his own. For example, "Hug a monkey time," when you are feeling sad, etc. They have helped him a lot.

Other things that worked to soothe him were certain types of classical music: Almost anything by Mozart, Brahm's Lullaby, and particularly Rimsky-Korsakof's, "Flight of the Bumblebee." Dean's hearing is particularly sharp, and after long trial and error, we found that he did best with the volume set at half the usual level! It really did make all the difference! He would settle down and listen to things, instead of leaving the room after a few minutes.

I hope that you find some of these suggestions useful. It took us years to gather them, and I often wish we had found them sooner. All three of the programs and the music, have made a huge difference to the quality of my grandson's life.

Good luck and good fortune to you. Your niece is a lucky girl to have a caring aunt like yourself on her team.

Answer 2

My 8 year old daughter has autism and i know some of the best ones have been Mother Goose Rocks...my daughter loves the band Kiss and when she starts into a "meltdown" i can put in one of there dvd's and she can calm herself...i think that each child is different and the older that they get the more there own tastes develop. you can also do alot of research on the web.. some of the children with autism have such hyper-sensitive hearing so what one child may like another child may not...i hope this helps you out...if it doesnt please feel free to email me and i will do more research.

Answer 3

My nephew is autistic and he likes Laurie Berkner, Wham...and he loves the soundtrack to Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. It's always good to find soundtracks of movies that they like. The also feature good musicians on Noggin...you can check it out at noggin.com...she'll find a style that she likes just by exposing her to several options. You'll be able to tell what she likes the best....Oh! I almost forgot...he likes the Veggie Tales cds too.

Answer 4

My son is 7 and he is Autistic. He is obessed with Nick Jr - they have radio for kids and treehouse theme songs - they also have software for the shows. Also try Judy and David. They also have a song book.

Answer 5

I would suggest looking for songs about whatever she is interested in: television shows, movies, books, etc.

If you are looking for children's educational songs, I would recommend Dr. Jean and Friends, http://www.drjean.org/ . They have a lot of fun songs.

There is also a company called Precision Songs, http://www.precisionsongs.com/ , that produces children's music to help children with autism learn to speak new words. I have not listened to their CD's yet, but they were highly recommended to me by another teacher.

I hope this helps!

Answer 6

I sometimes substitute for the lady that teaches the autistic class at one of the schools locally, her kids love OLD MCDONALD....then they count all day..

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Pls check: www.autisminspiration.com for assistance.