The Sometimes Hum Along Book has come forth to help children in Southern Appalachia and elsewhere
to navigate the traumas that are still very present to them and to help them remember who they truly are - deep inside.
In particular, it is to help strengthen their sense of inner balance and stability and to nurture their sense of feeling rhythm from the "inside outwards."
In this simple book, each page has rhyming verses that visually curve along colorful waveforms.
Below each waveform is an invitation to the children to hum along with the humming sounds that are there. The verses themselves offer the reawakening of their memories of simple activities that are familiar to them - that bring joy, pensiveness, laughter, and such. Each verse begins with the phrase "Sometimes I like" so it helps them remember something familiar to them. For example, "Sometimes I like to look at the sky" then the opposite page, with the same colorful waveform, shares this rhyme: "Sometimes I like to jump so high." The rhyming verses have an uplifting sing-song rhythm with the humming sounds below adding a playful element.
This simple book with its verses and hums as well as its beautiful, colorful waveforms offers children - and all ages - a gentle opportunity in the course of their day to calm their nervous systems due to trauma, to take a deep breath and in a healing way to remember joyfully very simple, self-soothing experiences that have comforted them throughout their lives.
This book can be read over and over as a reminder of what can bring inspiration and a sense of restoration. This timely book also serves as a tool to be used by parents, teachers, grandparents and the community to help children begin to settle themselves, to remember how to smile inside and to relieve their continued stress.
The back cover states: "Humming is for All Ages. When we hum we feel a sense of wellbeing. Humming also helps us enjoy a feeling of relaxation, and even helps relieve stress. Humans are truly Humming Beings."
