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SO MANY OPTIONS FOR TEACHERS!
We can teach classes for you via Zoom, provide weekly instruction to help you to teach the classes yourself, or just support you as needed. Please call us to see how we can work with you to offer this amazing program to your students!

Grounded in Science  
Focused on Fun!

Our system is based on scientifically-proven learning techniques.  We rely on pictures, colors and kinesthetic activities (coloring, clapping, stomping, jumping, repetition) to make it fast, fun and easy to learn music.  Watch this video to seek how it works!  

​Our on-line products make distance-teaching fun.
Really!! 
​​Watch our On-Line Music Teaching video to see all the ways we can support you.


Buy our Digital Teacher Bundle to get everything you need to teach on-line ​music-reading lessons! You can use paper mats and game pieces from the bundle or purchase classroom dry-erase 10-packs.  Fun Figures Treble Clef Mat and Game Piece set - 10-pack (for the treble clef) Pianoland Mat and Game Piece set - 10-pack (for the piano).

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OR EVEN BETTER - Get 25 FREE dry-erase mats by recommending the bundle to a friend who buys it.  Just follow these 3 easy steps.
1.  Ask your friend to e-mail you a copy of their receipt with a statement that they bought it at your recommendation.

2.  Forward that e-mail to us with the word "FREE MATS" in the title.

3.  Tell us what kind of dry-erase mats you would like (clef mats, Build-A-Measure, string mats, etc.) and who and where to send them. 

Professional Development Zoom Class - Four 1-hour classes
  to walk you through the many ways to use our products for awesome on-line classes. 

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Our products
are teacher-designed
with teachers in mind.

They aren't just fun for kids.
They're specially designed to make your job easier.  Here are some ways to use them for hours of on-line fun!


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1. Share  The Carrot, the Dog, the Egg and the Frog ( ... and the Bunny) - Digital Download on your screen while reading it to your students  over whatever on-line platform you are using.  

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​​2.  Share the Treble Clef Flash Cards - downloadable  questions and answers with your students.  

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3. Share the clef mat from Fun Figures Treble Clef Mat and Game Piece set.  Ask students flash card questions.  If they don't have their own dry-erase mats to write the answer on* they can point to the answers on their Chromebook screens before you circle them on your screen.  As students progress you can use the blank side of the mat.  You can also share the mat while reading the story and circle answers as you read.  This video shows you how.

Our physical products create fun classroom activities kids love!

  • A rhythm book to "show" complicated rhythms in a way kids understand in seconds
  • Fun flash cards to teach note names or piano keys
  • Dry-erase mats you can write on to explain concepts about string fingerboards, keyboards or clefs
  • Dry-erase game mats with a blank side to quiz students
  • Jumping mats and counting games for great mid-lesson movement breaks
  • String fingerboard maps that make it simple to explain sharps, flats, whole and half steps and enharmonics
  • Piano maps that fit on keyboards to teach the keys during a lesson
  • String fingerboard maps to keep on the stand and refer to during lessons
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4.  Share pages from Color and Clap (and Stomp) Worksheets and have students clap or stomp them with you (the worksheets explain how to do this).  Students can color their own worksheets if they have them.  They can then play the music with you on their instruments.


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5.  Share pages from Clap & Jump Rhythms - digital download.  Students can clap or jump them out at home with you.  Play music to clap or stomp with to make it even more fun and challenging!

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6. Clap out a rhythm from Clap & Jump Rhythms (or your own), then have your students "build" it on our double-sided dry-erase "Build-A-Measure" mats. Available in 10-packs for classroom use.  Build-A-Measure Box Mat (2-Sided, Dry-Erase) - 10-pack

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