Music with Mar Bean Bag Groove Song and Activities Check out this great blog post written by Maryann “Mar” Harman, BA Music/MA Education, founder of Music with Mar. Here she discusses the wonderfully fun and educational bean bag. An old fashioned toy that keeps on […]
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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.
Inspired Tree House Stretchy Band Shapes and Teamwork
Stretchy Band Shapes and Teamwork Last fall The Inspired Tree House reviewed the connect-a-band. The following video shows a group of kids working together to make a different shape with the connect-a-bands. (Here they have three connect-a-bands buckled together, the same size as a large […]
Fighting Childhood Cancer and the Comfort of Music Therapy
Fighting Childhood Cancer and the Comfort of Music Therapy Founder of Bear Paw Creek shares her personal experience of how Music Therapy brought comfort to her family during her daughter’s fight with leukemia. On Dec. 3, I took our five year old daughter to the […]
Jingle Bell Music Therapy Instrument Movement Songs by Margie La Bella
Jingle Bell Music Therapy Instrument Movement Songs by Margie La Bella This video is featuring six songs that can be used with jingle bells. You may have your own supply of jingle bells, or you can check out our jingle bells on a wrist scrunchie. […]
Large Motor Skills and the Stretchy Band
Large Motor Skills and the Stretchy Band These latex bands covered in bright, rainbow colored cloth are awesome for gross motor activities and can facilitate so many child development skills including proprioception, strength, motor planning, balance, and midline crossing. Here are two large motor skills […]
Pumpkin Musical Movement Songs and Learning Games Activities
Pumpkin Musical Movement Songs and Learning Games Activities Fall is one of my favorite times of year and all the pumpkin love has gotten the creative juices flowing around here. While I was working on this blog post, and had a pile of 75 balloon […]
Children’s Librarians and the Stretchy Band For Music and Movement Games
Children’s Librarians and the Stretchy Band For Music and Movement Games I recently completed a 400 tote bag order for a library in North Carolina. They were our clear pocket tote bag with some additions: custom embroidery and a zippered top. It took me several […]
Miss Carole Macaroni Soup Creative Movement Early Childhood Education Music
Miss Carole Macaroni Soup Creative Movement Early Childhood Education Music I am so excited to be collaborating with Carole Stephens of Macaroni Soup! She has such a passion for what she does and draws one in from her vivacious personality. She has been the driving […]
Margie La Bella Reviews Bear Paw Creek’s Hoop Scarf Streamers and Scarves
Margie La Bella Reviews Bear Paw Creek’s Hoop Scarf Streamers and Scarves A few years ago Margie La Bella contacted me about her cd collection. Here is a little information about her: Margie La Bella, a music therapist and educator, began her career with the […]
