Below is a general skill sequence for helping learners sing Itsy Bitsy Spider.
As learners become adept at filling in words from familiar songs and common phrases, it's an opportune time to guide them towards singing songs independently. In this developmental journey, the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" serves as an ideal starting point for solo singing. The BxMastery database specifically selects this song for its simplicity and familiarity, making it accessible for beginners. This skill area provides clinicians with a structured approach to teach learners to sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" on their own. As mastery of this song is achieved, the clinician can then broaden the learner's musical repertoire by introducing a variety of general children's songs. This progression not only enhances the learner's enjoyment and engagement in singing but also aids in developing their memory, sequencing skills, and confidence in vocal expression. Expanding their song repertoire fosters a greater sense of achievement and encourages continued interest in music and language development.
Treatment Plan Goal Ideas
This is a list of treatment plan goals. These are different from the goals you will find in the skill sequence below. Your treatment plan goals encompass any number of goals from the skill sequence. Sometime they will include multiple goals from the sequence (”Learner will label 5 toys”) and sometimes the treatment plan goal will be simply consist of a really important goal from the skill sequence (”Will label caregiver”). An analogy I like to use goes as follows: Each skill sequence goal (commonly known as a “target”) represent each stair in a flight of stairs. The treatment plan goal is the flight itself.
Treatment plan goal ideas for this particular skill area are as follows:
- Learner will sing all of “Itsy Bitsy Spider” with no more than three verbal prompts when asked to do so.
- Learner will independently sing all of “Itsy Bitsy Spider” when asked to do so.
Component Skills
Your learner may need to be fluent in these component skills first before introducing this goal/skill area. Component skills for this skill sequence may include skill areas that are fundamental to other areas. Fluency in the skill areas listed below may increase the likelihood that your learner will succeed in this skill sequence and those afterward.
Intro to Reinforcer/Preference Expansion
Imitates Actions with Preferred Items
Imitates Actions During Familiar Routines
Imitates Gross Motor Actions
Imitates Fine Motor Actions
Intro to Echoics
Filling In Common Songs
Filling In “Itsy Bitsy Spider”Skill Possibilities
Below is a possible skill sequence for working on increasing your learner’s ability to sing a common children’s song. Note that every learner is different and that you likely will need to tweak and vary some programming to their needs. Click the triangle icon to view the full description for each skill in the sequence/area.
Concurrent Skills
Working on these skills at the same time could help with goal mastery. Maybe your learner has mastered these skills already. Perhaps they are already listed as component skills above. That’s okay! Targeting other learning channels might help your learner.
Filling In “Itsy Bitsy Spider”Filling In Common SongsEchoing Clear Safety Phrases (Coming Soon!)
Composite Skills
These are the possible next steps for learners who have mastered, or are mastering, the skills listed above. Note that new skill areas may require fluency in other component skills not listed above. Also, you can introduce composite skill sequences prematurely to keep your learner progressing, as generativity may occur earlier than expected.
Singing Common Songs (Coming Soon!)
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