{"id":108,"date":"2012-03-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/?p=108"},"modified":"2013-06-21T10:38:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T15:38:10","slug":"music-manipulatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/index.php\/music-manipulatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Manipulatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fmrnoteman.com%2Findex.php%2Fmusic-manipulatives%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Music-Manipulatives.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-132 alignleft\" title=\"Music Manipulatives\" alt=\"Music Manipulatives\" src=\"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Music-Manipulatives-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>There are some incredibly inventive music teachers out there, who really understand kids! Here are links to some of their really terrific resources for teaching music to kids.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers like these will really make a difference in the lives of kids.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>More music manipulatives!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Bag O' Blocks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfpiano.com\/bagoblocks.html\">Bag O&#8217; Blocks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lisa's Music Box\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lisasmusicbox.com\/\">Lisa&#8217;s Music Box<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"E-Z Notes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.e-znotes.com\/index.html\">E-Z Notes &#8211; Giant Floor Staff, Giant Floor Keyboard, Plastic Silent Piano, Scale Blocks, Rhythm Blocks, Magnetic Music Board, etc.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Big Foot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.suzukimusic.com\/education\/bigfoot\/\">Suzuki Educational Instruments &#8211; Bigfoot &#8211; Giant Keyboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Music Manipulatives\" href=\"http:\/\/musicmanipulatives.com\">Asaph Music Co. &#8211; Music Manipulatives &#8211; handheld wooden music notes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Musique Savante\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musiquesavante.com\/index.html\">Musique Savante &#8211; Toss-a-Tune Tunic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Whirligig Music Games\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whirligigllp.com\/index.html\">Whirligig Music Games<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Susan Paradis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.susanparadis.com\/index.php?section=1\">Susan Paradis&#8217; Piano Teacher Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sing a New Song\" href=\"http:\/\/singanewsongmusic.blogspot.com\/\">Sing a New Song<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Music Note Puppet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sonshinepuppetco.com\/item184869.ctlg\">Music Note Puppet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Pianimation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pianimation.com\/\">Pianimation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Color In My Piano\" href=\"http:\/\/colorinmypiano.com\/\">Color In My Piano<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Keyboard Curtain\" href=\"http:\/\/store.drumbum.com\/skuMGMSC-114.html\">Giant Keyboard Curtain<\/a> &#8211; great for walk-on piano!<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Note Knacks\" href=\"http:\/\/noteknacks.com\/\">Note Knacks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Singing Fundamentals Toy Box\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Toy-Singing-Fundamentals-Vocal-Development\/dp\/B0002MQHJ4\">Singing Fundamentals Toy Box by Lee Gwozdz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in learning more about the importance of using hands-on resources like these, you really need to check out the following materials describing the Fletcher Music Method.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"What is the Fletcher Music Method?\" href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=PPgsAAAAYAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=fletcher+music+method&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=MDZuTrqNBcGEtgeSqbzvBQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">What is the Fletcher Music Method?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Teacher's Handbook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aruffo.com\/eartraining\/fletcher\/\">The Fletcher Music Method Teacher&#8217;s Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, you really need to check out Candida Tobin&#8217;s teaching methods. She really understood how children think, and her methods were incredible!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Tobin Music\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tobinmusic.co.uk\/content\/index.htm\">Candida Tobin Music<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fmrnoteman.com%2Findex.php%2Fmusic-manipulatives%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some incredibly inventive music teachers out there, who really understand kids! Here are links to some of their really terrific resources for teaching music to kids. Teachers like these will really make a difference in the lives of kids. More music manipulatives! &nbsp; Bag O&#8217; Blocks Lisa&#8217;s Music Box E-Z Notes &#8211; Giant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-music-teachers","category-music-education-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrnoteman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}