Stretchy band music activities

I love movement props for my preschool and kindergarten music groups. One of my favorite movement props? The Stretchy Band! The stretchy band is exactly that, a big band that is flexible, stretchy and made with elastic and a soft, colorful fabric. The Stretchy Band is machine washable, making super easy to keep it clean! Music therapists and music educators will love the versatility of them!

Scarves, xylophones, and a stretchy band down by the sea! Learn how I use Lynn Kleiner’s Music Rhapsody song “The Waves” for exploration and lots of fun!

What Did We Do in Montessori Music Class? Singing, Rhythms, and The Giant Rainbow Elastic

Fun ways to use stretchy bands in music class as learning games, team building and movement activities to express dynamics. #musicandmovement, #singplaycreate, #creativemovement, #scarfactivities, #stretchybands, #parachuteactivities #movement #movementactivities

Songs and tips for getting started with a stretchy band in storytime!

From the Montessori Music Room: Four Ways To Move With A "Stretchy Band"

Lena Leon | Elementary Music Teacher on Instagram: "Hey everyone, This week I used a brain teaser routine to practice steady beat and meter combined with coordination, memory, focus, and persistence with grades 2-5. In this video, you can see one of my 2nd grade classes performing at the end of our lesson. It took a few practices 🤪😁, but they did it!! The smiles and pride at the end... Absolutely heart-melting. My heart is full! This routine is inspired by the Haitian dance called “Ti…

5 Ways to Use a Stretchy Band From My Holistic Music Therapy Center This post is all about my 5 favorite ways to use a stretchy band in my sessions,

Brief video showing how the Stretchy Band can be used to develop beat competence and to teach the skill of sound matching or alliteration.

Lena Leon | Elementary Music Class Made Fun on Instagram: "Hey teacher friends! Looking for a quick, fun, and engaging stretch band activity? This one’s for you! 😉🥳 Great for K-2 students. In this activity, we focus on something truly at the heart of every music lesson—👂🏻LISTENING. Because let’s face it, theory without musicality first? Not so effective, right? Our students need to feel the beat before they can read it, and that’s why I make musicality a priority in every lesson for…

Want in a secret music therapists know? Start using stretchy bands for creative movement and music enrichment today. #musictherapy #musictherapists #musicandmovement #stretchyband #musicenrichment #childhood #prekinder #preschool #movement

This super fun stretchy band activity was performed by first graders at Boone Meadow Elementary under the direction of William C Doublestein. The music is "...

There’s always room for more steady beat activities in music class. Young children need a variety of experiences feeling the steady beat. In this post I'm sharing some ways you can use scarves to play the steady beat.

Kindergarten Music Activities to teach the steady beat. I'm sharing diverse teaching strategies and learning activities to spice up your music classroom using some good old standards. Come on! Let's get creative with our music activities.

A Stretchy Band for Every Skill I have been using products developed by Bear Paw Creek for years, and I just cannot get over the versatility of the

Parent/Child class enjoying the Stretchy Band! Hi! Miss Carole from Macaroni Soup back with my new-found favorite prop – the S t r ...

Stretchy band activities for the whole family, music class, PE, music therapy and special needs classes.Let’s Move and Learn Music with Sandra today! "Let's ...

On Thursday afternoon I was in the school office and the secretary said, "This came in the mail for you... I have no clue what it is." It was the stretchy band I ordered!!! Needless to say, I was super excited and tried it out with almost all of my classes on Friday! Two kinder classes, two first grades, and two second grades, and two third grades. In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have done it all on one day because using it can get exhausting, but I was just so eager to share this new…

The Airplane Song: Using Props to Connect with Children The longer I have worked as a music therapist, especially in the early childhood setting, the more