Music-Go-Rounds Manipulatives

Do MUSIC MATH and A-Rhythm-a-tic problems with our fun silicone manipulatives. Share them with your math teacher, too!

Build beat boxes in various meters and use our silicone manipulatives to create the 2, 3, or 4-beat patterns in them.

Read the story from Peter Malone's book. For active listening, play the CD and use Music-Go-Rounds to point out the music of each character and the instrument that plays it.

As you listen to Bernstienon the CD, ask kids to put the Music-Go-Rounds (MGRs) characters on the whiteboard as they appear, then place the instrument that represents them underneath.  Our PDF Activity Guide includes many activities!

Music-Go-Rounds: Using Manipulatives to Explore the Elements of Music by Mark Burrows. With expertise and humor, shows how to use MGRs to full advantage to teach all aspects of music. Plus 27 sets of MGRs to put to use in your current curriculum.

All you need to make full use of our silicone manipulatives, beginning with Mark Burrows' book Music-Go-Rounds: Using Manipulatives to Teach the Elements of Music.

Manipulatives make learning stick as kids learn and make choices about the elements of music through active listening, games, orchestrating songs/poems, more.

Our tactile silicone manipulatives that stick to smooth surfaces focus attention, increase concentration, engage multiple senses, enhance memory, and accelerate comprehension.  These are the most flexible tools in your classroom--and will become both your and your student's favorites.

Name the instruments, group them in families, aurally identify them individually and in ensembles.

Mix Number dots and Rhythm dots in a-rhythm-a-tic equations with our Numbers/Operators.

Manipulatives are like “hands” for your brain: they help you “grasp,” understand, and remember concepts. Like building blocks, the elements of music can be combined in wondrous ways and Mark Burrows provides over 40 activities to help do just that!

This clever counting rhyme by Lloyd Moss introduces orchestral instruments and musical ensemble terms—solo, duet, trio, quartet, etc. Our manipulatives make it fun to interact with the story.

Music-Go-Rounds are a great visual and manipulative tool to help kids focus, listen actively, and remember more!

Create rhythm grooves, choose patterns of rhythms and instruments to create a sound story or chant, set up a groove, select instruments and ensembles groupings, listen to music and guess the ensemble.

Learn about ensembles: terminology and how many in each. Cross over to math, too.  Both are more fun with manipulatives.

Your complete K-5 General Music program!  The excellent K-5 MusicPlay Curriculum by Denise Gagne with our full Activity Kit of visual aids, charts, and manipulatives to complement it. 

Your complete K-6 General Music program!  The excellent K-6 MusicPlay Curriculum by Denise Gagne with our full Activity Kit of visual aids, charts, and manipulatives to complement it. 

Our tactile silicone manipulatives that stick to smooth surfaces focus attention, increase concentration, engage multiple senses, enhance memory, and accelerate comprehension.

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Created by Mary Ann Stewart.  Engage the whole child kinesthetically in learning music!