I'm a firm believer in classroom noise! The good, productive, on-topic student voices that occur when learning is abuzz in my classroom. But even, students forget to self-monitor their own noise level no matter how productive and on-task it is. I wrote a blog post about this a few years ago and it practically went viral. The original website from *that* post however, has been disabled and there is a new one...this one. www.bouncyballs.org That .ORG not .COM It's clever, attractive and sure…

Circle time song choice board! Children go up and remove the song they want and Velcro it to the "let's sing" spot!

Make bright and colourful Rainbow Sensory Play Bottles. An adaptable sensory play activity and musical instrument for kids too. Great fun for all ages.

Polar Animal movement song. My one and two year olds LOVE it!

Activities for kids that pair movement with music are great for a whole host of body awareness and gross motor skills. This one targets fine motor strength too!

A fun music basket to help toddlers to explore the song Old MacDonald Had a Farm.

Encouraging Speech with Songs, Rhymes & Puppets and free printable

I've used this activity in group therapy for years and it's a keeper!

This Dinosaur song is such fun and perfect for all those little dinosaur fans out there who can't wait to go stomping along to the Dinosaur Stomp!

I am a novice to using scarves at librarytimes, but feel sure they would be popular for both baby and toddler rhymetimes. A quick traw...

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Stories with Classical Music and Movement is a children's book list with suggested musical listening tracks to inspire imaginative movement.

Credit- Raymondsanti Students in grades K-4 began the Lion King unit this Monday during Arts Enrichment time. Arts Enrichment is an extra music/art time a week taught by the Art teacher Mrs. Divis and the music teacher Ms. Moon. Photo Credit The Lion King on Broadway Trailer For the next two Mondays students will be learning a fun dance to "The Circle of Life" and making African necklaces. Students will wear the necklaces while showcasing "The Circle of Life" dance at an upcoming school…

musical scarves - excellent list of songs to use with creative movement and scarves.

Music plays a big part in our household. My kids have listened to a wide variety of music since before they were born, our car is a rotating music station where we enjoy singing along together with all our favourite tunes and we love to dance at every chance we can get. I find that Music is fabulous for learning rhythm, tone, language development, memory, creativity, engagement, pitch, volume, movement, gross and fine motor skills and so much more! Maddie (aged 3) just loves to dance, so…

This was my bible during my first year as a professional music therapist. Throughout the nine months prior that I spent in internship, I compiled songs that I thought might come in handy (or already had) for music therapy sessions. I’m so glad I took the time to do that way back when, because here […]