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  The Story of Ferdinand

  The story of Ferdinand shares a message of peace and contentment. Children are delighted to creat...

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  Gretchen Kindseth commented on Wendy Bacola's video.

  • May 31

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    Gretchen Kindseth Wendy! THank you so much for sharing the videos. I was having trouble planning my Jungle Beat classes - this is helping me SO MUCH! :)

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  Lynn Kleiner What an exciting week! We have been very busy getting our schools back to live music making! Many started back already, some in the summer, and most all by September! Studio Enrollment is also climbing back up as restrictions finally relax! There's lots f...  moreWhat an exciting week! We have been very busy getting our schools back to live music making! Many started back already, some in the summer, and most all by September! Studio Enrollment is also climbing back up as restrictions finally relax! There's lots for me to catch up on here in Music Box. Thanks for your great questions this week. We have such amazing teachers here in Music Box!  

  • May 22
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  Lynn Kleiner and Candra Sleeman commented on Lynn Kleiner's blog entry.

  • May 22

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    Candra Sleeman Hi Lynn, I'm not able to play this video as it keeps taking me to infusion soft

    • May 16
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    Lynn Kleiner Here are 3 videos from different Teacher Training Courses. The lesson includes movement, singing and pitch matching (Puppets!), Orff, and making a magical web. Music Rhapsody Members, This is also available with your videos of activities in the weekly les...  moreHere are 3 videos from different Teacher Training Courses. The lesson includes movement, singing and pitch matching (Puppets!), Orff, and making a magical web. Music Rhapsody Members, This is also available with your videos of activities in the weekly lesson plans. https://youtu.be/_8ZS6efa5Mw
    https://youtu.be/X2Cmn0FpWCo
    https://youtu.be/tFEnY2s7_DA  

    • May 22
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  Laughing, Laughing: A German Folk Song

  Laughing, Laughing: This delightful German Folk Song offers many possibilities for many age group...

  

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  • May 20
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  Lynn Kleiner posted a new video:

  Pepperoni Pizza: Activities For 16th Notes

  Singing, Body Percussion, Orff, Recorder, Improvisation Filled with yummy ideas for Body Percussion Orff Recorder Improvisation Reading Notation

  • May 20
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  Lynn Kleiner posted a new product:

  

  Pepperoni Pizza: Activities For 16th Notes

  Download includes over 40 PowerPoint Slides and Visuals, 3 pages of lesson suggestions, Orff Arrangements, Student Handouts

  
  

  A Variety of  Engaging Options for Elementary Ages

  
  

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  Download includes over 40 PowerPoint Slides and Visuals, 3 pages of lesson suggestions, Orff Arrangements, Student Handouts

  
  

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  • May 13

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  Melissa Fahn Alpers Hi Lynn,
  Thanks again for your earlier responses!
  I have a question about the backpacks...
  Is the option to order a CD still available...or is it just a DVD now? ...  moreHi Lynn,
  Thanks again for your earlier responses!
  I have a question about the backpacks...
  Is the option to order a CD still available...or is it just a DVD now?
  And what is on the DVD?
  Many Thanks as always!
  xo,
  Melissa  

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    Lynn Kleiner We have hard copy CDs, digital CDs and Digital DVD. If you are following the module lesson plans, I recommend including the CD or digital download that coordinates for that age level lessons, or both, CD 1 and 2. Let me know if you need more info!

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  Melissa Fahn Alpers Hi Again,
  I think my message got cut off below...
  
  ...  moreHi Again,
  I think my message got cut off below...
  
  
  I also was asking about the mic you use and if you are actually wearing the speaker on you?
  What type of mic is that too?
  
  
  So many questions...thank you so so much for being on here for us all!
  
  
  Hoping you, your family and everyone here in the MR community are healthy and well!
  xo,
  Melissa  

  • Apr 30

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    Lynn Kleiner Our teachers, as well as myself, prefer the Chattervox brand because of its reliability. The mic sounds pretty good. Really helps the teachers save their voice!

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  Melissa Fahn Alpers Hi Lynn! 
  I got licensed with you down in Redondo Beach in 2017 and have been teaching ever since here in Pacific Palisades. This past year I taught online only. I just received my 2nd vaccination yesterday and have been asked to teach a backyard class to...  moreHi Lynn! 
  I got licensed with you down in Redondo Beach in 2017 and have been teaching ever since here in Pacific Palisades. This past year I taught online only. I just received my 2nd vaccination yesterday and have been asked to teach a backyard class to five 2-3 year olds starting end of May. This is looking like it might be my new model of teaching...but I wanna feel it out.
  Since we are both in LA, I m just wondering if you are spacing kids/families 6 ft apart or 3 feet apart? Again, we will be outdoors in a private backyard. 
  And, how are you dealing with masks? I am not ready to go without one and want to require my parents and kids over 2 to wear them. Are you having kids wear masks? Are you wearing a shield? 
  Also, I'm apprehensive to have the families around the gathering drum just yet and am thinking of putting a 10" drum on each spot for the time being. I love the magic that happens around the gathering drum, but, again, I'm trying to keep each family spaced appropriately.What do you think?
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  • Apr 30

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    Lynn Kleiner Hi Melissa, We are teaching with 3 feet distancing since CDC changed that for schools. We are still wearing masks indoors. If we are distanced outdoors, we are not strict about it especially since there is usually a nice breeze where we are located. Kids ...  moreHi Melissa, We are teaching with 3 feet distancing since CDC changed that for schools. We are still wearing masks indoors. If we are distanced outdoors, we are not strict about it especially since there is usually a nice breeze where we are located. Kids over 3 are wearing masks except in classes where the entire group has told us they don't want to wear them, since everyone agrees, we've gone with what they want. We have started using the gathering drum in our small classes of only 2-4 children. I don't think it will be long before we can do this again. Having teeachers vaccinated is making parents happy!  less

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  Tanya Mills Hi Lynn,
  Are there printable visuals in Music Box for the song "Going to the Jungle, Sing What We Should Bring"? In the teacher video on Music Rhapsody, you passed out little cards to the kids in the class, and I would love to do something simil...  moreHi Lynn,
  Are there printable visuals in Music Box for the song "Going to the Jungle, Sing What We Should Bring"? In the teacher video on Music Rhapsody, you passed out little cards to the kids in the class, and I would love to do something similar!
  Thanks so much!!
  Tanya  

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    Lynn Kleiner Hi Tanya, those were from the back of the Jungle Beat Book. I hope you have that book and see them!

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    Tanya Mills Lynn, Thanks for letting me know where to find the visuals! Unfortunately, I don't have the Jungle Beat book (yet), just the lessons and materials from the Music Rhapsody site. I think I may invest in the 4-pack of books that includes Jungle Beat and Song...  moreLynn, Thanks for letting me know where to find the visuals! Unfortunately, I don't have the Jungle Beat book (yet), just the lessons and materials from the Music Rhapsody site. I think I may invest in the 4-pack of books that includes Jungle Beat and Songs of the Sea, among others. I know each book comes with a CD. Will I also get a link to download the music? My computer doesn't have a CD drive  

    • May 3
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  Lynn Kleiner wrote a new blog entry:

  

  A Song About Laughing & Summer

  What a year its been! Put yourself and your students in a great mood by singing and moving to this delightful song (and round!) about laughing and the arrival of summer!
  I just introduced my after school class to this for singing an...

  • Apr 30
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  Lynn Kleiner posted a new product:

  

  Laughing, Laughing: A German Folk Song

  Laughing, Laughing: This delightful German Folk Song offers many possibilities for many age groups. Whether its a middle or high school choir or a 5th grade recorder group or elementary Orff class, they will love singing this. As young as first grade l...  more

  Laughing, Laughing: This delightful German Folk Song offers many possibilities for many age groups. Whether its a middle or high school choir or a 5th grade recorder group or elementary Orff class, they will love singing this. As young as first grade love to make up other ways to laugh with a gesture and sing the melody. 

  
  

  Download includes music notation for soprano as well as alto recorder and many ideas for solfege, movement, creative lyrics, recorder and Orff. Or just enjoy the singing!

  
  

  Also includes PowerPoint. See Lynn Kleiner's Youtube Channel to see Laughing Laughing performed by students in unison and a round, adding additional "laughs" and gestures. Shows the PowerPoint with Music too!

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  • Apr 29

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  Lynn Kleiner commented on Naomi Clarkson's photo.

  

  Just sharing my excitement as my gathering drum has just arrived today ( in Ireland ) !! I am hoping to start taster lessons in July and August if Covid restrictions allow. I have been pretty quite on here since completing my teacher training but looking ...  moreJust sharing my excitement as my gathering drum has just arrived today ( in Ireland ) !! I am hoping to start taster lessons in July and August if Covid restrictions allow. I have been pretty quite on here since completing my teacher training but looking forward to getting stuck in with everything now over the next while.   

  • Apr 26

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    Lynn Kleiner This is wonderful!! What a happy photo! Thanks for sharing this BIG event! I can’t wait for the photo with the children around it!

    • Apr 26