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About Melissa

Melissa is a former public school music teacher turned stay-at-home-mom. She missed being in the classroom with the big kids, but has become very passionate about bringing musical experiences to the littlest learners! She is here to help busy parents learn how to confidently incorporate musical moments into their daily lives so they can make music and memories at home with their children! Read More…

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Struggling to teach your child an important concep Struggling to teach your child an important concept? 

🥳 Use a song or rhyme, and make it fun! 

👨‍🏫 Think back to your childhood - you probably learned a lot of things in song or rhyme form that are still with you as an adult. For instance, did you learn the ABC’s by just saying them, or did you learn to sing them? Did you learn the rhyme “30 Days Have September, April, June…” and still think about that when you need to remember how many days are in a month? How about the names of all 50 states? 

🎵 Using a song or rhyme can make the learning process much easier, faster, and is a lot more fun than simply saying the same thing over and over in frustration! 

😊 An easy way to do this is to think of a simple song you already know and replace the words. Once you have your song or rhyme, repeat it with your child as much as possible, and before you know it, they’ll be doing it with you! 

💬 What is a song or rhyme that helped you learn something when you were a kid?

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Add a happy bounce to your day! 🔸 If you noti Add a happy bounce to your day! 

🔸 If you notice your child rocking, bouncing, tapping, clapping, etc., use that as an opportunity to play a musical game with them! 

🔹 Start speaking or singing a bounce, following your child’s speed. If they speed up or slow down, you do the same. If they stop you stop, then start again when they start again. 

🔸 A simple activity like this can add a lot of fun to your day, and reinforce your child’s sense of beat at the same time!

🔹 Our Little Music Makers “Waddlers and Toddlers” virtual music classes have lots of bounces and steady beat activities - check them out at the link in my bio!
Can you guess what song I’m signing? 🤟 Afte Can you guess what song I’m signing? 

🤟 After some great feedback from a Little Music Makers mama who let me know her daughter loves doing the signs for our welcome song, I started including a new sign language song in every “collection” of the LMM classes. 

💛 This is the song featured in the Yellow Collection we started filming this week! 

🤔 Can you guess what it is? Have you ever tried using sign language with your child? Comment below to let me know!
Here’s an easy way to get your child singing! Here’s an easy way to get your child singing! 

🎤 When you are singing a familiar song, one that your child has heard many times, try leaving off the last word of a phrase and see if they will fill it in for you!

🗣 They may just speak the word rather than sing it, and that is perfectly fine! Get excited and encourage them to continue by doing another phrase. In the First Steps in Music method, we like to say that “any response is the correct response” - and this helps us tailor our music making to each individual child and build their skills when they are ready. :) 

📕 I love to do this with familiar books as well. Start by reading and leaving out the last word of a rhyming phrase, then try bumping it up to 2-3 words at a time as your child gets used to the game. 

🥰 It is so much fun to see their joy and how they blossom as we actively involve our children in these activities! 

🧐 Are you looking for more tips, tricks, and help to include music in your daily life with your little ones? Check out my Little Music Makers classes - virtual parent/child music class you can do at home…link in bio!
Jeepers Creepers…check out these Peepers! 👀 Jeepers Creepers…check out these Peepers! 👀

Meet Pinky and Sunny, eye puppets (often called Peepers) that I frequently use as props in my preschool and early elementary Little Music Makers classes! 

Many of the materials I use in my classes can be used in other creative ways in your home! Here are some ideas for using these cute little peepers for music and more: 

🎶 Use them to demonstrate echo and call-and-response songs.

📣 Encourage cooperation and listening by giving directions in a silly voice.

📚 Help your child develop language skills by telling stories and having conversations with your peepers. 

👩‍🎨 They are a great way to foster creativity and imagination in your child!

👥 Encourage and model social interaction with them. 

You can even make your own peepers by gluing large googly eyes to a pipe cleaner and bending to fit your fingers! 

Give your eye puppets a name to add to the fun!

When was the last time you saw or used peepers? Are they bringing back some childhood memories for you like they do for me? 😊
Let’s play a circle game! 🌀 Circle games lik Let’s play a circle game!

🌀 Circle games like “Ring Around the Rosey” can be great fun to do with your young children! Here are a few tips for success: 

1️⃣ Have your child follow you and walk in a circle, rather than holding hands. Remember holding hands with a group of children and trying to walk in a circle? That is incredibly difficult for young children, because we are asking them to walk around the circle while facing their upper bodies in, or twisting in a strange way in order to walk more comfortably. Hold off on the hand-holding until they can easily manage the walking and understand how to play the game. 

2️⃣ Add fun elements when you can - falling down in “Rosey,” a train whistle for “Little Red Caboose,” tossing a scarf in “Sally Go ‘Round the Sun” as we demonstrate above, etc. 

3️⃣ As with any children’s activity, repetition is key! Your child may seem uninterested at first, but the more you demonstrate with enthusiasm and encourage them to join the fun, the more interested and excited they will be! 

🤔 What circle games do you remember from your childhood?
At BMS, we love a good party! 🥳 🎉 We had so At BMS, we love a good party! 🥳

🎉 We had so much fun learning songs, rhymes, and games together at the Little Music Makers Halloween Party, it’s time to have another one! 

💕 Join me in the private Facebook group for our free Valentine’s Pop-Up Party on February 15th at 6:00 pm EST. (Yes, you read that right, it’s the day AFTER Valentine’s Day!) 

🎶 This is a great way for you to get a feel for my teaching style and to experience a Little Music Makers-style class with your children age 0-7. The party will last approximately 30 minutes, and we will do a variety of activities from all three class levels I offer! 

💌 Click the link in my bio to sign up for the party, and if you have a friend with a little music maker, please be sure to share with them…the more, the merrier!
Who doesn’t love a singing 👻 puppet?!? Hey Who doesn’t love a singing 👻 puppet?!? 

Hey there! I’m Melissa, the music teacher behind Beichner Music Services, and I’m here to help you learn songs, rhymes, and games you can use to confidently make music and memories with the little music makers in your life! 

Aside from my obvious love of singing ghost puppets, here are a few more fun things you might not know about me yet: 

🥣 My favorite food is cereal. 

☃️ I love the snow, but hate being cold…so I love looking at the snow from inside my toasty warm house 😂

🧶 I love to sew quilts and knit with fancy yarn. 

🎄 I leave my Christmas tree up as long as I possibly can every year.

🚗 I love driving a stick shift vehicle…my favorite was our 1976 MG, until it overheated and caught fire at an outdoor wedding 😳🔥😱 (swipe for some non-fire pics) 

So how about you? Do we have anything in common??

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