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  • 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 HOLIDAY10 to get an extra 10% off all i...
  • Here are some activities to bring joy and delight to your classroom in those few “after the concert” lessons! Check out our winter specials on these books - plus, use code&n...
  • 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 included in the book Kids Can Listen, Kids ...
  • 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 ma...
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  • Lynn Kleiner
    Lynn Kleiner wrote a new blog entry:
    Make Yummy Latkes With This Hanukkah Drumming Activity!
    • Dec 13
  • Lynn Kleiner
    Lynn Kleiner wrote a new blog entry:
    Delightful Activities For After Your Holiday Concert
    • Dec 6
  • Lynn Kleiner
    Lynn Kleiner wrote a new blog entry:
    Holiday Dance With A Favorite Silly Ending
    • Nov 25
  • Rhonda  Ford
    • Nov 24
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    • Nov 24
  • CHARLOTTE FOSTER
  • Kris Higgins
    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...  more
    • Oct 16
    • Kris Higgins
      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...  more
      • Nov 24
  • Lynn Kleiner
    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
    • Oct 11
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    • Oct 2
    • Renita Galbreath
      Lynn Kleiner Hello Renita! Great to see you here! Let me know if you need help finding what you need!
      • Oct 2
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    • Sep 13
    • Amy Stanfield-Dunham
      Lynn Kleiner Great to see you here Amy! Let me know if you need assistance!
      • Sep 17
  • Rhonda  Ford
    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...  more
    • Aug 13
    • Rhonda  Ford
      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...  more
      • Aug 27
  • Lynn Kleiner
    Lynn Kleiner is now friends with Lona Taylor.
    • Aug 8
  • Lynn Kleiner
    Lynn Kleiner posted a new product:
    Sailing Around The World - Songs For Easy Ukulele Accompaniment
    • Aug 1
  • Lona Taylor
    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. 
    • Jul 24
    • Lona Taylor
      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...  more
      • Aug 2
    • Lona Taylor
      Lona Taylor A video would be helpful
      • Aug 2
    • Lona Taylor
      Lynn Kleiner I have one from a June concert - I will send soon. Are you famiiar with Takadimi Rhythm System?
      • Aug 6
    • Lona Taylor
      Lona Taylor yes
      • Aug 7
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    • Jul 17
    • Andrea Mendoza
      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