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...
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...
where can i find Jungle Bells CD?
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...
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...
As we all gear up for the beginning of the school year, I prepare for family, friends, flowers, food and lots of air mattresses to arrive at our home in anticipation for our daughter’s wedding! We are excited to host many events and out of town guests over the...
I cannot stop thinking of our teachers, their families, friends and communities in Texas. Here's a video to encourage quick evaporation! MISTER SUN Lynn Kleiner's Music Rhapsody...
I have been asked to present the best of “Music Rhapsody” early childhood program at a Conference. I’m so curious if your list would match mine. After more than 35 awesome fun years of making music with young children, it will be hard to do this in...
Homemade instruments using recycle items are a delightful and musical way to celebrate “Love our Planet.” I have many ideas for homemade instruments in In All Kinds of Weather, Kids Make Music, Songs of the Sea, Farm Songs, Jungle Beat and My Trip to the...
Two of my favorite pairings for fall are drums and shakers. Powama (Brilliant Begginings CD and in the Simply Music Rhapsody curriculum/Playlists) and Shoo Turkey (from Farm Songs and the Sounds of Moosic CD as well as the Simply Music Rhapsody playlists)) are awesome...