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LeslieAnne Bird

LeslieAnne Bird
LeslieAnne Bird is a music and movement educator at Stonebrook-White Montessori, in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District in Cleveland, Ohio. She teaches general music to children aged three to grade three and is an adjunct Professor at Cleveland State University. LeslieAnne is an international presenter. She has served as vice president and membership chair for the Greater Cleveland Orff Chapter and is currently serving as the content curator for the Teaching With Orff community. In addition, she is the owner and CEO of Three Little Birds Music Education Services LLC where she offers teacher training, coaching and musical experiences for children and adults.
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Posts By LeslieAnne Bird

warm demander

Becoming a Warm Demander

Classroom management is HARD. Yet we all know those ‘magical’ teachers who can connect with even the most challenging students. I have noticed that these educators exhibit the traits of a warm demander.
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General Music and Special Education

LeslieAnne Bird shares tips on how to meet the needs of our special education students and what to do to protect your student and yourself if you are denied access to the appropriate documents.
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relearning the music room

Making It Work: Relearning the Music Room

LeslieAnne Bird shares suggestions for refamiliarizing your students with making music together in your space.
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Incredibox

Lesson: Incredibox to the Rescue

LeslieAnne Bird shares her Incredibox lessons designed to encourage students to compose their own arrangements through manipulation of layered percussive and melodic ostinati.
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Orff Levels UMSL

Making It Work: Summer Orff Levels

Opportunities to create joyful music, make life-long friends, and become better facilitators are available throughout the country. Learn what to expect from each Orff Levels course.
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Take It Outside 2021

Making It Work: Take it Outside, 2021

Now that the weather is warmer for just about everyone in the US, it is a great time to take music class outside! LeslieAnne Bird shares updated ideas for outdoor music class in 2021.
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Failure

I Am a Failure …

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permission

Making It Work: Permission Slip

Do you struggle with granting yourself grace? LeslieAnne Bird gives us the permission slips we all need right now.
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alien cows

Lesson: Aliens and Cows and Questions – Oh My!

LeslieAnne Bird shares ways to add silly fun to your music classroom while experimenting with vocal improvisation and musical questions and answers.
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active sitting

Making It Work: Active Sitting

The ButtOn chair promotes active sitting and is freely distributed as a digital file. Using some plywood, a tennis ball and bungee cord, a ButtOn chair can be made for about seven dollars!
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planning ahead

Making It Work: Planning Ahead for Peace

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music room

Making It Work: Last Weeks of the Year

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