Dear Music Box Friends, I hope all of you have had huge success with your holiday lessons and shows and you are headed for a relaxing break! January is a great time for Snowmen activities so today I am sharing an adorable PowerPoint for Five Little Snowmen,...
Dear Music Box Friends, From all of us at Music Rhapsody and Music Box, we wish you a very Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah and a joyous holiday season! Music Box, Music Box Downloads and the shop at Music Rhapsody will continue with 24/7 access for all of your...
Happy 2017 Music Box Friends! We have exciting plans for this year with lots of improvements to Music Box as well as the Music Rhapsody Membership area. Movie time! Enjoy a peek at "Let it Snow" and then a funny story. Assigning students to create the parts of each...
Dear Music Box Friends, You know materials are "keepers" when two things happen: When the children say "Again! Again!" When you look forward to the time of year when you get to present the lesson again! This week, both happened for the old favorite, Five Little...
Healthy Teacher with a Healthy Voice: When you have an awesome lesson plan and the props, instruments and puppets that make kids love your lesson and you love your job, Life is good! Except……this time of year, there are those days when you don’t...
Dear Music Box Friends, I love doing this Valentine mixer (sing “Heel toe on the line, will you be my Valentine?” OR Will You Be a Friend of Mine?). I have added a hand clapping B section to practice some timing and coordination too. Check out Music...
I love this time of year. For my staff and students, this is a great learning time without worrying about concert prep. For me, it is also a popular time for professional development in many school districts. I love working with students and teachers from so many...
I hope you enjoyed the download for Shosholoza last week and the recording of this song on the Brilliant Beginnings CD. I wanted to highlight another great selection on this CD, Jackson’s Morning Brush. We use this as another “exploration”...
St. Patricks day music lessons are filled with green and gold, leprechauns, silly songs, limericks and so much music making fun. Enjoy a variety of activities for singing, dancing, listening, playing and creating offered in Music Box! A recorder tune too.Michael...
This week’s blog features some great activities for March music making, including St. Patricks Day and Irish themes. You are certain to find some golden nuggets in this listing for ages 3-10. And there’s more to come next week too! Talk about Stormy...