Mama minie
jump, sing and dance with me!
Creating inclusive and purposeful entertainment for children of all backgrounds and abilities.
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inclusive, educational and fun content for your kids
Learning videos for kids incorporating music, playtime and sign language, with Mama Minie! Mama Minie has first-hand experience with the world of pediatric speech therapy, occupational therapy and special needs - as mum of a kid with Kabuki syndrome. Mama Minie knows that every child has different needs and developmental journeys and that's what this channel embraces.
Mama Minie uses a variety of tools and routines to help children learn while having fun: reading books, nursery rhymes, original songs, and even play/ballad singing. Songs, choreographies and the use of (Auslan) keyword sign language are applied in synergy to promote healthy occupational routines that can support children of all ages (and their parents) in their daily lives.
Italo-Australian, with a professional background in performing arts and dance fitness, and a personal journey with developmental delays, complex medical needs, neurodivergence and more, Mama Minie has you all in mind. Jump, sing and dance with me!
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Why mama minie
Music and dancing
Original songs, nursery rhymes and ballad singing to help your child learn in a fun, engaging way, with very easy-to-follow steps.
inclusive content
As a neurodivergent Italo-Australian, Mama Minie has diversity and inclusion at heart: she talks about topics such as sensory regulation, dealing with emotions, welcoming all backgrounds, and respect for the nature.
sign language
Mama Minie is not (yet) fluent in Auslan, but she uses a variety of Auslan keyword signs that may support the development of expressive communication and speech, particularly in children with hearing impairments, neurodivergence or multilingual environments.
hi, it's me, minie!
I have been a performer since 2006 (musical theatre actress, jazz singer and percussionist of Majazzter Duo, stand-up comedian), a dance fitness instructor (Zumba) since 2015, and a special needs mum since 2022 (My Kabuki Girl).
My husband (and partner in everything I do) Manny and I were really hoping to give a sibling to our daughter, but after the last miscarriage (a life-threatening ruptured ectopic pregnancy), we had to take the hard decision of not attempting to have any more children.
I was heartbroken.
Then I thought: "I will not be able to make my silly faces for multiple children of mine...but what if I entertain many, many more children?"
So I took everything I had in my sleeves and tried to mix it up: original songs I composed years ago and new ones, my passion for music and dancing, my knowledge of neurodivergent struggles (as a fellow ADHDer!), and all the sign language and speech therapy that I have been learning for the past years, due to my baby girls severe communication delays and hearing loss.
This is how Mama Minie was born.
From a very dark cloud, I choose to create a rainbow, with the hope that it can support other parents in giving their children a genuine, inclusive, intelligent entertainment that teaches them many things...most of all, that they are absolutely perfect and awesome the way they are!
There's no mama without manny
Manny (Ermanno Brignolo) is a refined guitarist and composer.
He features both as a soloist and as part of ensembles in several albums (The Andrès Segovia Archive, Preludio, and more), and he has been performing as a solo guitarist all over the world for the past 25 years.
His latest album, "Impressions from Grace", is a collection of original guitar works he almost entirely improvised while playing the guitar for our little daughter while she was in ICU during the first weeks of her life.
Manny is the brain, the musical talent, and the choir in all the arrangements of Mama Minie.
Will Mama Minie get him to dance in one of her videos? We'll see.
