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  Lynn Kleiner wrote a new blog entry:

  

  Make Yummy Latkes With This Hanukkah Drumming Activity!

  Here is a lively Hanukkah activity on the gathering drum that is great for your youngest music makers and students learning to read rhythm! Don't have a gathering drum? Small unpitched percussion also works great! Don’t forget to use code ...

  • Dec 13
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  Lynn Kleiner wrote a new blog entry:

  

  Delightful Activities For After Your Holiday Concert

  Here are some activities to bring joy and delight to your classroom in those few “after the concert” lessons!
  
  
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  • Dec 6
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  Lynn Kleiner wrote a new blog entry:

  

  Holiday Dance With A Favorite Silly Ending

  Giving the instructions to “Bow, Bow again, Bow faster, keep bowing faster….now the big Ta Da!” is just great holiday fun!
  Here’s a holiday favorite from the Music Rhapsody Curriculum. This dance is also inc...

  • Nov 25
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  March from The Nutcracker

  Description: Percussion and movement with streamers for a large group or nu...

  

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  Kris Higgins HI there! I'm new to MR this year! I'm enjoying learning the curriculum and my students are enjoying it as well! 
  Can you direct me as to the "New" material that I find in the lesson plans? For example, in Rhythm Readers, Lesson 6, The Little Ol...  moreHI there! I'm new to MR this year! I'm enjoying learning the curriculum and my students are enjoying it as well! 
  Can you direct me as to the "New" material that I find in the lesson plans? For example, in Rhythm Readers, Lesson 6, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, under the title it says (new). Where can I find these new songs? 
  Thank you so much! 
  Kris   

  • Oct 16

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    Lynn Kleiner Hi Kris, the "New" means that it is the first lesson plan that has that activity - the first time it is being introduced to the class. The following lessons with that activity assume the class already has had an introduction to the activity and is buildin...  moreHi Kris, the "New" means that it is the first lesson plan that has that activity - the first time it is being introduced to the class. The following lessons with that activity assume the class already has had an introduction to the activity and is building on what was already presented. Refer to recordings, music, activity videos. for the "new" material.  

    • Nov 24
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  Lynn Kleiner shared Lynn Kleiner's item. Solos, Orff accompaniment, making up new verses and more! A sweet way to meet so many objectives!

  

  Pumpkin Pie: Singing, Creating, Playing

  Pumpkin Pie: Singing, Creating, Playing

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    Lynn Kleiner Hello Renita! Great to see you here! Let me know if you need help finding what you need!

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    Lynn Kleiner Great to see you here Amy! Let me know if you need assistance!

    • Sep 17
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  Rhonda Ford Hi Lynn, I have a question about teaching 5 years olds about performing with a steady beat. How would you first introduce what a steady beat is in music? These students have no prior musical experience that I will be teaching in the near future. Do you kn...  moreHi Lynn, I have a question about teaching 5 years olds about performing with a steady beat. How would you first introduce what a steady beat is in music? These students have no prior musical experience that I will be teaching in the near future. Do you know where I could find lessons and songs about playing and performing songs with a steady beat? Thank you, Rhonda Ford  

  • Aug 13

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    Lynn Kleiner Hi Rhonda - this is a great questions. Which lesson plans are you looking at for them? Having them tap on their legs while singing Ti-de-o is excellent for a beginning - there's one syllable for each beat. "Time for mu-sic ti-de-o with a quiet beat on the...  moreHi Rhonda - this is a great questions. Which lesson plans are you looking at for them? Having them tap on their legs while singing Ti-de-o is excellent for a beginning - there's one syllable for each beat. "Time for mu-sic ti-de-o with a quiet beat on the end! Keep the beat in your feet by walking (no hand holding!) on the beat
    Time for walk-ing Ti - de -o......
    
    The membership lesson plans for Kids Make Music have so many beat keeping activities for young music makers. Check out the gathering drum activities - they work well on hand drums.  less

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  Lynn Kleiner is now friends with Lona Taylor.

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  Lynn Kleiner posted a new product:

  

  Sailing Around The World - Songs For Easy Ukulele Accompaniment

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  Lona Taylor I need Ideas for 5th-6th grade. I have been teaching k-2nd for the past 7years and have used young musicians, rhythm readers and melody makers. This year I am teaching 5th-6th grade. 

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    Lynn Kleiner Wow! That’s a big move up!! We use Gameplan and a variety of Orff resources. I use the Takadimi rhythm system which they like for drumming and Orff activities. This year we did The Mill Wheel - singing it with Takadimi syllables as well as the French Ver...  moreWow! That’s a big move up!! We use Gameplan and a variety of Orff resources. I use the Takadimi rhythm system which they like for drumming and Orff activities. This year we did The Mill Wheel - singing it with Takadimi syllables as well as the French Version. I can get you a video and music. Songs in Recorder Rookies such as Sky Boat, the Travelin blues song are wonderful for this age group.
    
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    Lona Taylor A video would be helpful

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    Lynn Kleiner I have one from a June concert - I will send soon. Are you famiiar with Takadimi Rhythm System?

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    Lona Taylor yes

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    Lynn Kleiner Hi Andrea! Great to see you here! Let me know what you need and I will recommend things here and send things too.

    • Aug 5