Chiffon Scarves for Early Childhood Learning and Play Lately, Maddie has been obsessed with her Bear Paw Creek chiffon scarves. She truly plays with them every day. I keep them in the bag Janet sent them in and I hang that bag on a peg […]
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Winter Sensory Integration Activities for Toddlers Although we have only seen a dusting of snow, winter has arrived in Massachusetts. My granddaughter, Maddie, is now 22 months old. Maddie was just a tiny baby last winter, so she doesn’t remember snow, as far as we
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Wrist Bells Are A Fun Christmas Music Therapy Prop Now that Maddie is 21 months old, she is playing with her bean bags, egg shakers, and bells from Bear Paw Creek more and more often. Winter and Christmas make me think of bells so today
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Making Music as a Family Musical instruments have always helped to instill a sense of rhythm in a child, but did you know that they also help to cultivate social skills? When used in tandem with play, musical instruments help encourage skills like collaboration and
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How To Use a Stretchy Band for Creative Movement A guest post by Stephanie Leavell from Music For Kiddos Have you ever used a Stretchy Band? The Stretchy Band by Bear Paw Creek is one of my *favorite* creative movement props for early childhood music
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Fall Themed Sensory Table With Preschool Song Activities and Books It’s officially Fall again! I’ve decorated my house and turned Maddie’s sensory table into a Fall themed table. I will start out with a confession. Each time I put together a theme or a sensory
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Celebrate Summer With the Watermelon Balloon Ball Did you know that August 3 is National Watermelon Day? Here are some of my tips for celebrating this day (or any summer day) with music, movement, and a fun watermelon ball from Bear Paw Creek. So
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Why Arts Integration? Have you heard about Arts integration? It’s “all the rage” these days. So what’s all the fuss about? Before we get into the deets, let’s talk about what arts integration is. The Kennedy Center’s CETA Program (Changing Education Through the Arts) has
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Safe Music and Movement Activities for Groups We ALL Need to Move! Ohhh, as I sit here I’m kind of freezing and feeling a bit cooped up. And I’m thinking about all of the kids in our classrooms (and their teachers.) Really at this time
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Stretchy Band Music and Movement Activities with Sing Play Create Sandra from Sing Play Create is sharing some new stretchy band music and movement activities on her blog for the next few weeks. Sandra has also created a great stretchy band bundle: this resource includes
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