Teaching Resources

These 2-beat MGRs were inspired by Gunild Keetman's Orff building bricks and allow you to create longer patterns, especially when combined with MGR Rhythm N'Counters.

Identify moods and emotions in dramatic play, in music, in each other with our interactive silicone manipulatives.

Explore steady beat from head to toe!  Rhythm reading is a fun challenge, too.  

Cut & Play Rhythm N'Counters Printable Manipulatives allow students to explore basic concepts of rhythm and meter and develop rhythm reading and ear training skills. Download allow you to print as many as you need.

Enough pieces for 4 students! 32 hearts, 40 rhythms, 16 numbers and 8 write-on blanks.

MINIs are perfect for 4-6 students to use at tables, on the floor, or on charts in class or centers.

Our MINI Simple Time Add-ons provide more rhythmic variety as your students learn note values, build measures and patterns in various meters, notate simple songs, etc.

Students visualize durations of rhythms by the relative lengths of the pieces. Arrange in metric patterns, build rhythm towers, more.  Work well in centers and studio. 

Matches Kidsplay instruments. Set of 112 is enough for multiple students to work individually.

Arrange our silicone manipulatives in patterns, phrases, and familiar tunes for learning and reading.

Make both teaching and learning rhythms more fun with our silicone manipulatives. Enough rhythms to arrange in patterns, phrases, familiar tunes and our PDF Guides offer may activities and a step-by-step approach.

All in one: BOOM & RING KIT with Music-Go-Rounds (TM) color-coordinated instruments and activities. All instruments are in C major.

Identify the moods of the imaginative and varied film music on the CDs with our silicone manipulative EMOJIs. 

This classroom set of 5 instruments in C Major, Music-Go-Rounds AlphaDots, and Flashcards is color-coded to work together to accomplish your teaching goals.

Learn note values, take dictation, create measures in 4/4, 3/4, 2/4 time, and more, in full class and centers.

Sets have enough pieces for 4 to 6 students to participate individually to learn and build rhythm patterns, play grooves, notate simple songs. 

Put EMOJIS in the Cube and toss to change the mood of a song, build a story, demonstrate the feeling.  

Explore moods and feelings with Dr. Seuss using color, movement with scarves, emojis, and more.

Lay the silicone dots on the cajon to create a rhythm reading circle!

Songs and Orff Activities for the Music Classroom by Mark Burrows with Emojis and Articulations MGRs to add to and experiment with the clever, twisted songs.