Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
Dear Music Box Friends,
It was fun playing with hundreds of bouncing bees last week at the NAEYC conference. Here’s a video of me with a few of the teachers and their beat keeping bees.
Everyone will receive a FREE bumblebee puppet with any non-digital purchase from the Music Rhapsody Shop while supplies last. Music Box Members, check out our new FREE BUMBLEBEE download with lyrics, music and teaching process for the beat bouncing bumblebees in Music Box Downloads.
For those still planning a holiday show or parent visit, there’s lots of videos, activities and recordings for concerts or holiday songs. Check out the blog for a few new items in Music Box this week.
Last week, we launched an exciting new edition of our popular Rhythm Readers and Melody Makers lessons. Thank you to everyone for such a wonderful response. We have new and improved plans with notation, resource articles, new visuals, student handouts, and digital SMARTBoard visuals. If you have not seen our dynamic new editions, download a free sample pack from Lesson 1 of both Melody Makers and Rhythm Readers.
Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
Hi Music Box Friends,
Hearing the Nutcracker puts everyone in such a festive mood this time of year. I thought you might like a few choices of activities. Here are options for Trepak. Watch me with my 2 year old class on the gathering drum and then enjoy my lively 5-6 year olds. For you elementary teachers, check out the awesome cup game, this week’s free download in Music Box.
Kids Can Listen, Kids Can Move book/CD (if you are teaching music and don’t have this goldmine of activities with orchestral music, get it now!) gives even more activity suggestions for several age groups using music from the Nutcracker, including Trepak Dance, Chinese Dance, and March.
Many of you have asked if we take school purchase orders for the new greatly improved (with SMARTBoard Visuals) editions of Rhythm Readers and Melody Makers. YES! just email to jj@musicrhapsody.com or fax to 310-376-8490. Now available in musicrhapsody.com and at a 25% discount in Mus! ic Box. And if you didn’t get your free sample, here you go. Enjoy!
I am thankful for your support, your inspiration and all you do for your students. I hope you have a beautiful Thanksgiving!
Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
where can i find Jungle Bells CD?
Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
Dear Music Box Friends,
It is time to jingle all the way through the holidays and the winter months with these jingle bell favorites. There is bell ringing for every age group.
For a little history on the most popular bell song, that has been mislabeled at some schools as a Christmas song, check out this Jingle Bells blog. TIP! Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the blog to see some links for awesome videos and resources for jingle bell activities for both early childhood and elementary.
Free to Music Box Members!
A video workshop how to teach Jingle Bells to beginning recorder players AND the SMARTBoard Visuals and student handout. I’ll show you why we have a blast in recorder class on our “ski runs.”
NEW to purchase in Music Box Downloads! SMARTBoard Visuals for Recorder Rookies Set 2 and 3.These can be used for lessons 7-12 and 13-18. If your lessons are shorter than 50-55 minutes, you will get many more weeks of lessons since this recorder curriculum is jam packed with singing, moving, playing and creating fun!
Can we add your district’s music supervisor or principal to our list to inform them about professional development opportunities for you and your fellow teachers? Many school districts are paying for their teachers to train online and we have an increase in school districts paying for their teachers to come to the live training in the summer. Many have scheduled workshops during the school year. We are happy to contact your district’s music supervisor, principal, or in-service coordinator to get you more training and resources. Please fill out the short survey below.
Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
Music and Movement activities with props for preschool and elementary music lessons can make listening to classical orchestral music something they request over and over! These jellyfish made from extra large coffee filters hanging from elastic string with a few streamers attached have all students eagerly participating in expressive movement to the beautiful piece called Sailing from Songs of the Sea Book/CD. Other classical pieces suggest a parachute, balloons or paper home made boats.
Music and Movement for early childhood, TK, grades 1-3 are included in Songs of the Sea as well as Lynn Kleiner’s Farm Songs, My Trip to the Mountains and Kids Can Listen, Kids Can Move.
https://musicrhapsody.com/product/songs-of-the-sea/
And check out the puppets, they inspire singing and movement and foster more participation too!
https://musicrhapsody.com/product-category/hand-and-finger-puppets/hand-puppets/
Music Box Members – Don’t forget to use your discount code found on the Music Box home page.
