Shortcut With White Board & Markers

by michelleerfurt on May 10, 2011

This is a HUGE shortcut for the next time you use your whiteboard during a songwriting / lyric substitution exercise.

Long Distance Communication For The Music Therapist

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Daniel Tague May 10, 2011 at 10:05 am

Love this! I never thought of mixing the two markers! It reminded me that many years ago I had REMO make about 50 lollipop drums without the lollipop print on it. They became my portable white board drums! I still have one left, but I am not sure where the rest of the 49 went! They are out there somewhere! These were really awesome in therapy and it would be cool if REMO made them again!

Thanks for the tip!

michelleerfurt May 10, 2011 at 10:45 am: Great idea Daniel! Looks like I’m not the only one who likes your idea since other folks have seem to ‘inherited’ your drums It would be cool if REMO made them again. I know that they suggest using their ‘sound shape’ drums like white boards but I don’t prefer to use that set… it isn’t the best sounding for my client’s needs. A ‘blank’ lollipop drum would definitely be something that I would buy!

Julie Parker neal May 10, 2011 at 2:47 pm

Great tip, Michelle! Funny, I just bought a white board “slate” for my son’s birthday this morning! I have dry erase, but not wet erase markers. Will have to get some of those too. Your post is very timely. Looks like Mommy will be borrowing the goods.

Rachelle Norman May 11, 2011 at 10:15 pm

Michelle, you are a genius! Thanks for sharing this tip.

michelleerfurt May 12, 2011 at 9:12 am: Glad to hear you like it! I do feel pretty clever about this whole thing. But, truthfully, all of this was written on the wet erase marker package.

Erin Hade May 11, 2011 at 11:53 pm

Thanks for this post/tip– I wonder what you were describing when you said, at the end of the video, that you did activities like that back when you were doing 30-minute groups back-to-back for eight hours a day– was that in music therapy, or another position?
Thanks again,
Erin Hade

michelleerfurt May 12, 2011 at 9:10 am: It was music therapy… my first job was at a residential facility where adults diagnosed with developmental delays lived. Therapeutic program classes (MT, PT, Rec. Therapy, etc.) took place every 30 minutes. So every day at work I had 4 back-to-back sessions, lunch break, then 4 back-to-back sessions. (Office time was scheduled first thing and last thing in the work day.) I believe this kind of schedule is common for these types of places… at least is was back then (7 years ago). But there was no time between sessions to set up the environment… including re-writing lyrics on a white board. This whole wet erase – dry erase marker thing would have been helpful to know.

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