Posts from — September 2008

The following websites I have found to purchase good quality teaching resources, teaching ideas and adminstration resources.

Resources

www.sportime.co.nz/early-learning.php  You will need to google this address rather than click on it.

They sell parachutes, hoops, balls, wide variety of bean bags, scraves etc

www.storyresources.co.nz  A wide variety of magnet and felt board rhymes and story props as well as felt boards and finger puppets

www.mainlymusic.org.nz  A variety of puppets, NZ Music Specalists Cd’s and Music books, postage is cheaper and costs can be cheaper than getting direct from individual companys worth a look.  There is an excellent Suize and Phil CD “Get you moving.” This CD has favourite songs from Welcome to Music series which been produced and sold only in NZ through mainly music.

Teaching Ideas

www.vosa.org/resources/   The Victoria Orff Schulwerk Association website, has teaching ideas, music, research papers and teaching notes from past conferences and courses

www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschool_themes/topics.html  Teaching ideas, choose a theme for rhymes, songs and ideas

Administration

www.vistaprints.co.nz  Amazing site selling business cards, magnets, postcards, t-shirts, rubber stamps, car magnets, return address stickers and more.  They have lots of free deals where you only pay postage!!! Yes free! they hope you will upgrade or increase your order.  I’ve only brought freebees. 

This is a fantastic site as I have designed business cards as concert tickets and postcards as certificates, magnetics as gifts for birthdays for children in my classes and parents of new babies.

Ring me  3321 469 if you want to ask any questions, and quicker ways to get around the website.

    de Signntist      Sign studio, cnr Durham & Stanley Streets  Christchurch  ph  03 366 9798

Clinton designed and made this sign for  Helen and my music classes, it cost around $300 and has been  a very cost effective way to advertise.

Bev Wenmoth

bev.craigwenmoth@pardise.net.nz

On Saturday 18th October join Musical Parenting for a day of wonderful ideas for teachers and parents on how to incorporate music into Te Whariki (Early Childhood curriculum).

Threading The Day with Music

Canterbury Musical Parenting Association Inc.

Newsletter September 2008 NEXT MONTHLY MEETINGWednesday 17^th September 2008 in the Trinity Room at the Christchurch School of Music. Barbadoes St. Next to the Catholic Cathedral.6.30 - 7.30pm   CMPA Committee Meeting7.30-7.45pm     Library time7.45- 9.00pm     Julie Wylie will debut her newest collaborative CD.  Come along to find out more!!  Free for members, $2 for non-members.

Coming up: 

Wednesday 15^th October - Luke from Gandharva Loka will workshop World Instruments.  They have a fantastic range of percussion, string, and wind instruments. 

Saturday 18^th October - “Threading the day with Music”. From 10 am till 3pm CMPA are hosting a day of musical parenting workshops at the Champion Centre. More details as they are confirmed.

Friday 31^st October - Music Education Canterbury and Musical Parenting are planning on holding a family workshop with Heather McLaughlin from Australia. More details as they are confirmed.

MORE KIDS RADIO (thanks Melanie)!

Did you know that RDU 98.5 have a great children’s program on Sunday mornings, 7am-9am with all the good oldies like Little Flick, Diana and the golden apple, Bad Jelly the witch, Sparky and the talking train… and what’s more the kids can phone in to make requests and have a chat ‘on-air’ with the presenter, ‘Bob’.   

If you have any information to go in the next newsletter, please e-mail me at

k.keehan@xtra.co.nz or ring 03-3522106. Cheers, Jody