Jingle Bells and Snow Music Games Activities One of our bright rays of light during 2020 was the birth of our ninth child! Our little one just turned six months old and one of her favorite songs has been “One Horse Open Sleigh/Jingle Bells.” She […]
Janet Stephens
Our Blog on Creative Music and Movement Products
Since 2000, Bear Paw Creek has been designing and manufacturing creative movement props, bags and totes for instruments. We hope our blog will inspire teachers, therapists, and parents as they seek to enrich the live of others through music and movement.
Personal Student Kits for Music Distance Learning
Personal Student Kits for Music Distance Learning Bear Paw Creek’s personal student kits offer creative movement props and music instruments sets for distance learning or in person sessions. During this difficult time of Covid19, we have been grateful to collaborate with music therapists, teachers, and […]
Mindfully Using Music, Movement and Manipulatives
Mindfully Using Music, Movement and Manipulatives There are so many fun ‘things’ to use when doing music and movement. It is one of the reasons I love being a music teacher. Anyone who works with children should use these tools. Although it looks like just […]
Annual Back to School Sale and Giveaway Movement Music Literacy Also Great for Distance Learning
Annual Back to School Sale and Giveaway Bear Paw Creek is excited to announce it’s 8th annual back to school sale and giveaway! This year is looking to be different for getting back to school and the arts seem to under fire. We collaborated with […]
Stretchy Band Music and Movement Activity Ideas With Sing Play Create
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 […]
Streamers and Scarves Movement Songs
Streamers and Scarves Movement Songs Do you use scarves or streamers to teach and facilitate movement? They are a great prop to have in your toolkit and this blog post is going to share some ideas to get you inspired. The following list from this […]
Making Connections Through Music and Movement
Making Connections Through Music and Movement I had it planned on my calendar to write a blog post about the stretchy bands today, but Tim’s email reminded me that Wednesday’s Blog is about making connections. Life is all about connections, so here is my story […]
Covid19 Music Movement Activities
Covid19 Music Movement Activities This time in the history with the Covid19 breakout, our country and world sure have brought some interesting times. While more and more people are centered around their home and limiting contact with others, there have been some fun ways people […]
Bear Paw Creek Celebrates 20 Years
Bear Paw Creek Celebrates 20 Years January 2020 marks the 20th year that Bear Paw Creek has been in business! This post will be taking a look back and looking forward to the future. January 2000 brought my husband and our 1 year old son […]
Music and Movement for Pumpkins and Halloween
Music and Movement for Pumpkins and Halloween Recently Beth Green “The Music Lady” shared a pumpkin song that inspired me to make a “pumpkin” stretchy band, which then made me say – a-ha – a giveaway! With so many friends putting out creative movement, music, […]