This clever, portable teaching aid is a cardboard box filled with educational manipulatives for teaching hand and finger position, keyboard geography, ear training, note values, and notes of the staff.  Along with an 8-page idea book for the teacher, It contains a large grand staff with 30 die-cut plastic notes for learning note names, a large one-octave keyboard for coordinating staff and keyboard. 

 

The rhythm component is a set of 16 rhythm cards sized according to their rhythmic value to arrange in patterns on the blank 4/4 measure board.  Cards include one whole note, two half notes, four quarter notes, four eighth notes, two quarter rests, a dotted half note, two cards of a dotted quarter and an eighth note.

 

Open this magical box of music manipulatives and students will learn to read in no time!   Suitable for group or individual learning from age 4 up.  Box is 15" x 12" .

 

KUDOS FROM USERS:

"My first and second year students love THE BOX and so do I. It works like a charm for note identification, building intervals and understanding and experiencing rhythm patters."-Annette Conklin, Independent piano teacher, former President of Indiana Music Teachers Association, Chair of the Board of Music Teachers National Assoc. Foundation.

"It's amazing what simple cardboard boxes (can) transform into, coupled with a child's imagination! From a television set, to a house, to a treasure chest, to a fort, the possibilities are endless. The same principle applies to...THE MUSIC BOX.

I discovered these ingenious...Boxes during my student teaching while preparing a lesson on note values in a measure. The students labeled them "pizza boxes" and immediately caught on to the concept of four beats to a measure (or four slices to a pizza). The "toppings" or different note values, gave an engaging twist to the usual method of paper and pencil... Students could easily work in teams of two or on their own, cooperatively challenging each other to be the first team to set up the ultimate 3D flashcards!

I encountered numerous other venues for the infamous "pizza" boxes. From naming notes and composing simple melodies, to solidifying solfege syllables, every elementary grade benefited from THE MUSIC BOX. I highly recommend this tool for any teacher who wants to inspire his or her students with the innovative "technology" of a cardboard box."  -Sarah Beth Erdel, 2004 Music Education Graduate of Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN