Sonia Brooks
sonia@tapnshake.com
(828) 380-0275
Franklin, North Carolina
Please contact Ms. Brooks by phone or at sonia@tapnshake.com to arrange for a demonstration for your childcare center, or to order copies of her CDs from the product page.
Sonia plays guitar and sings traditional folk music and original folk songs as she fully engages young children in musical play. In her method, Tap-n-Shake, each child is given rhythm sticks and shakers so they can be an active part of the musical experience. Her compassion shines out as she gently works in the classroom or any setting where children and families are gathered.
Sonia is known throughout Western North Carolina as “The Moozic Lady”, a child’s pronunciation of music. In 1997, she founded Moozic Lady Productions and created Tap-n-Shake, an interactive rhythm training method which enhances development in the young child. Her line of products include cases of six inch rhythm sticks, cases of small cylinder shakers, as well as six CDs, some of which were recorded in the classroom with children. In 2010, she combined her work and released Tap-n-Shake Volumes I and II. In 2014, she released two new CDs of original folk songs designed to teach rhythm training as well as self-awareness, self-acceptance and self-assurance. In 2019, she debuted It’s Raining, Songs for Children and Their Parents.
Sonia received a Bachelor of English from Auburn University, and earned teacher certification at Georgia State University. She served as a teacher trainer for Smart Start organizations, and many regional childcare conferences across North Carolina. In 2000, she was featured as one of the objectives in an early childhood Smart Start literacy grant, SLIDE into Literacy.
Sonia is dedicated to providing opportunities for young children to experience rhythm so they can enhance growth in all areas of their development. While raising her own three children, she discovered and developed her Tap-n-Shake program. Every night while putting her children to bed, she played and sang folk tunes for them. As she watched their responses, she gradually became interested and enthralled in children’s music, leaning on the folk songs that worked universally. Her ability to keep children fully involved makes music time a fun and happy time, while promoting self-awareness and self-expression.
