music

What Holiday Tunes Are Playing in Your Home?

by Marie December 23, 2011

We’ve been rocking out to the holiday tunes since the day after Thanksgiving. We don’t usually listen to holiday music any other time of the year, so we make sure to listen to it all. month. long. How about you? Do you rock out to Jingle Bells, Let it Snow, or Baby it’s Cold Outside? [...]

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Laptime Songs for Mommies

by Marie January 15, 2010

Amber of Because Babies Grow Up, has written a fabulous ebook called Laptime Songs for Mommies. If you’ve been looking for ways to share a love of music with your child, then this is the perfect music companion for you. For Amber, it was born out of wanting to enhance the library music time she [...]

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Simple Craft for Jingle Bells

by Marie December 22, 2009

We’ll be jingling bells this week as we celebrate Christmas. These simple bell crafts are perfect for kids to help make and jingle, adding some extra cheer as a-caroling we go! Supplies for Jingle Bell Craft: pipe cleaners (aka chenille stems) small jingle bells, 1/2 inch – 1 inch size bells Fold pipe cleaner in [...]

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Move to the Music with Rhythm Ribbons

by Marie March 26, 2009

Amber from Because Babies Grow Up is here as my guest today sharing a fun activity to do with the kids. Rhythm ribbons are chance to connect body movement with the music. This is great because it doesn’t take any kind of musical genius or even rhythm to have success with rhythm ribbons. This project [...]

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New Year’s Eve Noise Makers

by Marie December 31, 2008

My kids have yet to make it to midnight on New Year’s Eve, but this year my son is determined to stay up… we’ll see! So in preparation, we’re gathering our pots, pans, and noise makers for the big count down. We’ve been crafting these fun Homemade Noise Makers out of recycled paper rolls. Supplies [...]

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Rumblin’ Rainsticks

by Marie May 13, 2008

Rainsticks are one of my favorite musical toys. My sister has a really large wooden rainstick they got in Mexico. It’s super big and the sound of rain seems to go on forever. I have wanted to make one for a long time, and with the rainstorms we’ve been having, now is a great time. [...]

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Dance Around with Ribbon Rings

by Marie April 15, 2008

When the music is playing, it’s more fun to dance with something in your hand to wave or spin around. We made these easy Ribbon Rings that are helping us whirl and twirl. Supplies: plastic shower curtain rings, ribbon – I used 5/8 inch ribbon, scissors Cut a length of ribbon. We made some with [...]

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A Little Sufjan Christmas

by Marie December 15, 2007

Sufjan Stevens has been a favorite music artist of mine for a while now. Jordan bought one of his songs randomly and now we love all his stuff. His sound is unique and beautiful. He plays tons of instruments, but my favorite is the Banjo. Songs for Christmas is a Christmas album that we have [...]

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