Today we want to remember a special day in our history. Today is Juneteeth, the day that slavery was finally abolished in the United States of America.

Though this year, as a country we are going through multiple trials, we want to remember and honor the good that all you do.

We wanted to share this beautiful video from Dekalb County School District in Georgia with Original song by Chelsea Cook "We Are One: Dekalb United"

With the uncertainty of the COVID epidemic and many areas of the US still on lockdown, Peripole would like to share some links to great online professional development opportunities available for summer 2020.

Have you heard of the CajonTab®? One of the best things to happen to percussion in recent years, the CajonTab® gives you the sound and versatility of a cajon in a compact and portable form!

Keeping kids musically engaged during quarantine (or anytime!)

Welcome and thank you for joining us in our first blog post in a series for Keeping kids musically engaged during quarantine (or anytime!).  Keeping our children engaged in music while being away from school and friends can be a difficult task.  This blog series will give parents and children easy and fun music activity ideas to try at home, using easy to find household items. 

Because it is so important to have some guidance in these trying times we wanted to get the word out and share with all of you the NAFME instrument cleaning guide as well as the NAFME Covid-19 teacher resource page.

Do your kiddos need a easy way to make music during distance learning? While there are many great instruments we can recommend, we wanted to give a little shout out to the melodion! A instrument of many names, you may have heard it as a melodica, pianica or a keyboard harmonica as well. But whatever name it goes by, the instrument is the same: a wind instrument with a keyboard!

Due to the current world wide situation with the COVID-19 pandemic we have reduced our office hours to 8:30AM to 12:30PM PST (11:30AM to 3:30PM EST) Monday-Friday.

We are doing everything we can to reduce the spread of COVID-19, while maintaining our commitments to music education. Read our full statement here for more information.
 

We want to remind everyone how important it is to be safe and healthy right now. Here our recomendation on how to clean your recorder, a great resource for teachers (once schools are back in session) and parents of children practicing at home!

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Hello and welcome to the new Peripole blog. Here is a place for all this teacher resources! Check in to see regular updates with new helpful videos, lesson plans, articles and more!