Back to School Giveaway Part 2 – Plus a Bonus Sale! We have drawn our winner for the first back to school giveaway and are excited to launch the second one. This is a first for us at Bear Paw Creek since we normally do […]
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Music Therapy: Unlimited Potential for Learning As a junior in high school, I learned about music therapy as a career option. I wrote a research paper on music therapy in Honors English, declared my major and applied to only one school. After an incredible (although
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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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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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Music Egg Shakers: Multi Sensory Learning Tool for Preschoolers While many preschoolers learn the most through play and hands-on activities, using preschool musical instruments will also make a difference in the way that they learn. In this post you will learn about how Nana Carol
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Children’s Circle Time Train Themed Music Movement Do you have a child that loves trains? I have always had a special love of trains that started with my Dad’s Lionel train set he would set up in our basement. I also enjoyed going to train
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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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