Lynn Kleiner, Author at Lynn Kleiner's Music Rhapsody

Food, Baking, Kitchen Theme for Fall, Winter Holiday Music Making

Aug 13, 2024 | Activities

A Baking/Cooking Theme for Musical Holiday Food lessons!

(Any questions on any of these, just click Ask Lynn on the homepage of Music Box! Not a member? send questions to info@musicrhapsody.com. Lynn is ready to help!)

Bake Some Pies! Check out Music Box Downloads (search or go to the Songs Category) for Pumpkin Pie

What are you baking? Sing or Chant this rhyme, the soloist will let us know what’s in the oven!

1, 2, 3, 4 Play on the beat for the numbers

Coming through the Kitchen Door Play the rhythm of the words

5, 6, 7, 8 Play on the beat for the numbers

Making (bisquits, turkey, muffins, gravy), I can’t wait! Play the rhythm of the words.

How many people are you feeding? How many sausages should we make? (Rhymes for rhythm sticks.)

Lets make two! Tap rhythm sticks while counting “1, 2“

Two little sausages, frying in a pan Quickly rub the smooth stick over the ribbed stick

One went pop Tap the smooth stick on the ribbed stick when you say “pop”

And one went bam! Hit both sticks on the floor

But what if you need four? Tap rhythm sticks while counting 1, 2, 3, 4

Four little sausages, frying in a pan, two went pop and two went bam!

But what if you need six? Tap rhythm sticks while counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Six little sausages, frying in a pan, three went pop and three went bam!

Eight little sausages….etc.

Give students a math challenge….How many are coming for dinner at your house? How many pop? How many bam?

Popcorn, popcorn, put it in a pan Tap sticks 8 times to the beat

Shake it up, shake it up Quickly rub the smooth stick over the ribbed stick

Bam bam bam! Hit both sticks on the floor on each “Bam”

The Bakery Truck (From Kids Make Music, Babies Make Music Too! and Rhythm Readers Lessons and lynnkleinersmusicbox.com) See Music Box Downloads for free visuals and lesson videos. See Lynn’s Youtube Channel for videos of the lesson with students.

Holiday Time must include My Musical Gingerbread Man! Get the free lesson in Music Box Downloads or find the recording and lesson in the book In All Kinds of Weather, Kids Make Music.

Check out the adorable Gingerbread Boy felt set!

Peanut Butter Jelly (great for Orff, solo singing, echos) (From the book/CD My Trip to the Mountains Book/CD), www.musicrhapsody.com/shop

Apple Tree from Farm Songs and the Sounds of Moosic and Rhythm Readers and Melody Makers lesson plans. The song refers to two things we can make out of apples. But its a lot of fun having students think of what they want to make from apples! Change the words of the song to what the students want to make. I have heard amazing ideas of what to make from the apples:

Apple Pie, Apple Cobbler, Apple Crisp, Apple Crumble, Applesauce, Apple Butter, Apple Fritters, Candy Apples, Apple Pizza, Apple Pancakes, Apple Stuffing, Apple Sausage, Apple Stuffing…..

And for more student decisions, students need to decide (and sing the solos) on what kind of apples and how many. Kinds of Apples? So many! Thousands! Here’s Some: Red Delicious, Pink Lady, Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, Fuji, Gala, McIntosh,

Also from Farm Songs and the Sounds of Moosic, guess who wants to come to dinner? My special friend, Donnie the Donkey! You know what happens if you don’t feed him!! Puppets, felts, books with CDS, available at www.musicrhapsody.com.

All Around the Kitchen from lynnkleinersmusicbox and Recorder Rookies lesson plans. Includes “Let’s Spice it Up!” FREE Downloads including the recording in www.lynnkleinersmusicbox.com

Check out all the Episodes of Kitchen Music on lynn’s channel, youtube.com, including the All Around the Kitchen video here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3uyU6cQ3ys

Bake Some Pies! Check out Music Box FREE Downloads (search or go to the Songs Category) for Pumpkin Pie. includes student hand out, Orff Orchestration, activity ideas. www.lynnkleinersmusicbox.com

Creating A Winter Wonderland In A Southern California Classroom

Aug 13, 2024 | Teachers

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Many teachers ask, “what do we do when we don’t have snow in the winter months and the curriculum is all about snow and cold weather?” Some even go: “my students can’t relate to snow songs! They’ve never seen it!” We think this is a great opportunity to share pictures and props and let the learning about other climates happen!

Music Rhapsody is in Southern California by the beach. We don’t get snow but that doesn’t stop us from pretending we do! Classroom props are our best friend during the winter months. Here are some snowy ideas on how to create a winter wonderland in your classroom! Download our mini workshop from October 2022 for more on this topic.

Let It Snow!

Cotton balls and a parachute are great to make it snow in the classroom. Cotton balls are easy to pick up and use again and again. Use recorded music such as “ Let it Snow. ” (Composer Jule Styne and lyricist Sammy Cahn)

Paper Plate Ice Skates

“Ice skating” on the thin, cheap paper (not plastic!) plates is always fun (works well on carpet). Skating from A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi is awesome for paper plate skating! Consider forward and backwards, spinning, figure eight, etc!

Paper Snowflakes

Use props like paper snowflakes for rhythmic notation for snow songs such as Snow (Yuki) and White Feathers from In All Kinds of Weather Kids Make Music and Each Little Snowflake from Holiday Songs and Winter Adventures. Music Rhapsody Members, Snow (Yuki) can be found in your Big Kids and Young Musicians curriculum in your member area.

Snow Cloud and White Feathers

Wrap a strip of white fur around a hand (frame) drum and fill with white feathers. When the feathers fall, the children play their instruments (I like metals such as finger cymbals, triangles, metallophones and glockenspiels for sparkly, glistening music!). See In All Kinds of Weather Kids Make Music for the song and activity White Feathers. Music Rhapsody Members, this activity can be found in your Big Kids and Young Musicians curriculum in your member area.

Puppets Galore!

Wintery puppets like the snowy owl are great additions to help to present and lead snow activities. Snowy the Owl is a must have prop to present and direct snow activities. Also great for pitch matching!

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Songs Where Children Have The Opportunity To Lead, Create

Aug 13, 2024 | Activities

An important part of my music lessons is for the child to be the leader – making up their own pitches, lyrics, movement. There’s also places where the rest of the children must listen carefully and repeat exactly as the leader sang, moved.

Here’s a playlist with many examples.

(Sorry, we got a bit excited about the parents being there to hear our picnic song and some were a bit too loud! Lol.)

There are still a few openings for SMU Dallas and Redondo Beach, CA.

The special room rate offered to teachers staying at the beach hotel expires May 26! We have a teacher looking to share a room with someone – if you’d like to share a room with her, please reply to this email.

Happy Music Making!

Lynn

Parachute Activities from your MR Members Video and CD

Aug 13, 2024 | Activities

As always, our awesome MR Members can attend live teacher training for half tuition, BUT, if you register by March 15, it’s half off our earliest special rate. It’s not too late to plan an exciting summer vacation at the beaches of California or big city of New York. Here’s this summer’s location video, maybe you can spot yourself?

Our early childhood classes are loving Module 3 parachute activities! Here’s one of many favorites. This recording is on the Toddler CD 2 (lessons 21-40).

Watch the video here.

And of course, the #1 parachute activity is our popular “Shake and Stop” song! This song never ceases to entertain me with students between babies through age 6, whether it’s a baby’s “vocal solo” in the silence, the “STOP!” of a two year old, the creative poses of a 6 year old performing with a maraca, or the giggles of students of each age!

Our parents and classroom teachers are loving the CDs, and I can certainly tell which ones are using it! There’s always so much more class participation when you have plenty of repetition. These are only available to you in your Members Only Store.

One more reminder, if you have Module 4 for Big Kids or Young Musicians and need a new concert plan, I will send it — you do not need to purchase!

As always, if you need me, just click “Ask Lynn”!

This Weekend’s Inside Secret at Music Rhapsody!

Aug 13, 2024 | Activities

Hi folks!

Just wanted to share the fact that our web techie will not be available to change the discount price on this year’s teacher training until Monday, so if you would still like the biggest savings on LIVE summer training in Redondo Beach, CA or New York, NY, you have a bit more time!

We’d love to see you there!

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