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Happy Birthday, Part 2! Kid Questions About Music 
Welcome back, music makers! The birthday celebration continues. In Part 2 of our two-year anniversary special, Miss Delana finishes answering YOUR questions, and Willow joins her right in the studio.

Have you ever wondered whether animals can make music? Whether an elephant could really play an instrument? Or why some people see colors when they hear a song? By the end of this episode, you'll know all three, plus you'll sing along in a brand-new game.

In this episode:

🐾 Can animals make music? Singing whales, songbird "accents," and Snowball the dancing cockatoo
 🐘 The rescued elephants in Thailand who play real instruments with their trunks
 🌈 Why some people see colors when they hear music (it's called synesthesia!)
 🎵 More of your questions: the highest and lowest sounds in the world, why music makes us feel things, and the oldest instrument ever found
 🎂 SING IT BACK, our new echo game! Take a birthday trip around the world and learn "Lang zal hij leven," a real Dutch birthday song that's over 200 years old

Then take the birthday challenge: send us your Sound Hunt song from Part 1, record yourself singing our new Dutch birthday song, and go listen to an animal this week. Is it music? You decide!

New here? Go back and listen to Part 1, where we learned how a flute works, how music gets onto a CD, and why an orchestra needs a conductor. The two parts are two halves of the same birthday present. 🎁

Got a question about music? We want to hear from you! With a grown-up's help, record a voice memo and send it to greenhousemusicak@gmail.com, or find us @greenhousemusicak on Instagram and Facebook. Your question might be on the show!

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It's our SECOND birthday — and this one belongs to you, music makers.

We asked kids to send in recordings of their questions about music, and you delivered. Voices from all over Alaska. A family in Salt Lake City. Kids as young as four. In this episode, Miss Delana answers them one by one! These are real questions from real kids, with real answers.

Best part? MORE are coming next Episode!!
Then stick around for The Sound Hunt: a simple activity you can do right now with three things from your kitchen. Kids find three objects, make each one sing, and put them in order from lowest to highest. Along the way, they discover something real about pitch: big things sing low, small things sing high. No instruments required, no supplies to buy.

And this is only half of it. There were too many great questions for one episode, so Part 2 arrives in two weeks with the rest, plus a favorite game we're bringing back for our birthday.

Got a question about music? Have your kiddo record a voice memo and send it to greenhousemusicak@gmail.com. Or send a DM on Facebook or Instagram Tell us what you're listening to, share a music fact, or ask Miss Delana anything. You might hear yourself on the show.

Perfect for homeschool families, elementary classrooms, car rides, and curious kids ages 6–10.

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In just four days, composer Sergei Prokofiev created one of the world's most beloved orchestral pieces—and he did it to teach children about musical instruments. Peter and the Wolf is pure genius: every character gets their own unique instrument sound.In this episode, Miss Delana uncovers:✓ How Prokofiev uses instruments as storytelling (the flute is the bird, the oboe is the stubborn duck, the French horns are the lonely wolf)✓ What a "leitmotif" is and why it matters for music and movies✓ How composers make intentional choices to make us FEEL things✓ An Eastern European folklore secret hidden at the end of the piece 

Kids will play the interactive "Instrument Story Detective" game listening for 8-10 second instrument clips and discovering which character they represent. Perfect for music class, homeschooling, or family listening. 


Share YOUR favorite musical character with us! 

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Recommended listening: Leonard Bernstein's 1960 recording

 (available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube).

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What happens when you hear music in TRAIN WHEELS?

In January 1924, George Gershwin learned about the biggest musical opportunity of his life from a newspaper. He had 

weeks to write a masterpiece—but here's where it gets wild: he composed Rhapsody in Blue in just 11 DAYS on a train ride 

to Boston, listening to the clickety-clack rhythm for inspiration.

This episode is about so much more than one song:

✓ The story of how a 25-year-old kid broke the rules and blended JAZZ with CLASSICAL music (when critics said it was   impossible)

✓ The PERSONALITY of a masterpiece: why Rhapsody in Blue sounds sassy, restless, soulful, and proudly American all at  once

✓ The famous clarinet glissando that was supposed to be a JOKE but became permanent legend

✓ How old and new collided during the Gilded Age—and created genius instead of conflict.

✓ A stunning performance by Hayato Sumino playing MELODICA and PIANO simultaneously (yes, the instrument from Bluey!)

✓ How to become a SOUND COLLECTOR and find music in the world around you

Rhapsody in Blue isn't just a pretty song. It's the sound of history, conflict, and hope all mixed together. By the end, you'll understand why it still moves people 100+ years later.

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What if you could play music without ever touching your instrument? This week, Miss Delana takes music makers on a tour of the strangest, most wonderful instruments most grown-ups have never heard of — the hands-in-the-air theremin, the moaning waterphone, the shimmering cristal baschet, the singing saw, and the glass armonica that Benjamin Franklin loved more than any of his other inventions (and that some people once feared could drive you mad!). Play our new listening game, Name That Weird Sound, and take home a challenge: invent your own instrument. Because anything that vibrates can make music  and the world is full of undiscovered sounds.

 Perfect for ages 6–10, homeschoolers, and elementary classrooms.

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 140 years ago this week — on July 5, 1886 — seven farm kids from a Dakota Territory family named Bower made the entire U.S. Army brass band pack up and walk off a wooden platform in Rapid City. And nobody had even INVITED them to play. In this episode Miss Delana tells the true story of the Bower Family Band — meets the whole brass family of instruments (cornet, trumpet, trombone, tuba, baritone horn) — plays five rounds of Real or Ridiculous? — and finds the surprising Disney and Sherman Brothers ending. Perfect for homeschool music class, elementary music teachers, and Fourth of July family listening.

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Happy Father's Day! 🎼 In Episode 128, Miss Delana takes kids on a musical family reunion with the four famous sons of Johann Sebastian Bach — Wilhelm Friedemann, CPE Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich, and Johann Christian. Each son became a remarkable composer... and each one found a completely different musical path from his father. Along the way, we'll discover why CPE Bach was once MORE famous than his own dad, how Johann Christian Bach befriended a young Mozart, and what it means to find your own musical voice when you come from a legendary family. Perfect for Father's Day listening! Includes Real or Ridiculous?, a listening recommendation (CPE Bach's Solfeggietto), and a creative challenge for young musicians. For ages 6–10 and the grown-ups who love music with them. | greenhousemusicak.com | @greenhousemusicak

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You already know his songs. You just didn't know his name.

"It's a Small World." "A Spoonful of Sugar." "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." "The Bare Necessities." One man — working with his brother at a piano in Burbank, California — wrote songs that have lived in your brain since before you could read. His name was Richard M. Sherman, and he was born on June 12th, 1928.

In this episode, Miss Delana cracks open the secret formula behind the most unforgettable songs in Disney history — and it turns out, it fits in three words.

What you'll discover in this episode:

• The three-word formula Richard's dad gave him that changed everything (it's simpler than you think)
• How a five-year-old boy's trip to the school nurse accidentally wrote one of the most famous songs in movie history
• The wild true story of why "It's a Small World" was written in a single afternoon — and why Richard thought nobody would remember it
• What Walt Disney quietly asked for every single Friday afternoon — and why it might be the most moving story in all of music history
• Four rounds of Real or Ridiculous? — Sherman Brothers edition. Warning: the real ones sound completely made up.

🎧 This week's listening pick: "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins — Walt Disney's personal favorite song, and the one that started it all.

📚 Listen back: Episode 126 (The Drummer Boy Who Wouldn't Quit) · Episode 9 (Lin-Manuel Miranda)

Whether you're a homeschool family, a classroom music teacher, or a parent who just wants their kid to fall in love with music — this episode hands kids a songwriting secret they can use today.

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In this Memorial Day episode of the Greenhouse Music Podcast, Miss Delana tells the true story of Johnny Clem, the famous young drummer boy from the Civil War who refused to quit even after being told he was too small.

Kids will learn how drums were once used as a real-life language on the battlefield, with different drumbeats telling soldiers when to wake up, march, charge, fall back, and rest. This episode also includes a big Memorial Day edition of Real or Ridiculous?, featuring surprising facts about patriotic music, Taps, The Star-Spangled Banner, Irving Berlin, and John Philip Sousa.

This episode is perfect for elementary kids, homeschool families, music teachers, and anyone looking for a meaningful Memorial Day music lesson for children.

In this episode, kids will learn about:

•  Johnny Clem, the Drummer Boy of Chickamauga 
•  How Civil War drums were used for communication 
•  Memorial Day music and military traditions 
•  The story behind Taps 
•  Patriotic songs and surprising music history 
•  Perseverance, courage, and the reminder that you are never too small to be brave 

Plus, Miss Delana shares a listening challenge featuring Vitamin String Quartet and recommends past Greenhouse Music Podcast episodes for more learning.

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What if the orchestra wasn't just a group of musicians — but a school full of clubs, each with its own personality? 🎻🎺🌬️🥁

In this episode of the Greenhouse Music Podcast, Miss Delana takes kids on a tour of the four orchestral instrument families — strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion — by walking down the hallway of an imaginary music school and peeking into each "club." Kids will discover what makes each family unique, how each one actually makes its sound, and which group might match their own personality.

🌱 In this episode, your kids will learn:
- The four orchestral instrument families and the instruments inside each one
- How strings vibrate, brass players buzz their lips, woodwinds use reeds, and percussion is the heartbeat
- Why the trombone is the only orchestra instrument with a slide
- That Wagner once wrote an opera using EIGHTEEN real blacksmith anvils 🤯
- Wild facts about a 16-foot folded contrabassoon and a 47-string harp with 7 foot pedals

🎮 Featured game: Real or Ridiculous? — three rounds of orchestra facts where kids have to shout out which ones are true and which ones Miss Delana totally made up.

🎧 What I'm Listening To This Week: Benjamin Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" — written in 1946 specifically to introduce kids to every section of the orchestra. A perfect family listen after this episode!

📚 Listen Back to Learn More:
- Episode 13 — the original "Guess That Instrument Family" game
- Episode 121 — Celtic Music (the same four families show up in folk music too!)

✨ Emotional takeaway: There is no "best" instrument family. The orchestra only works when every section shows up exactly as it is — and the same is true for every kid listening.

Perfect for: homeschool music lessons, elementary classrooms, family listening, music teachers introducing the orchestra, and any kid curious about how instruments work.

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What does music ACTUALLY do to your brain? 🧠🎵

Welcome back to the Greenhouse Music Podcast — the best music class you've ever heard! In this episode, Miss Delana takes kids inside the music science laboratory to explore some of the strangest, weirdest, most jaw-dropping music experiments scientists have ever done.

We meet cows that give more milk to Beethoven 🐄, a 400-year-old Italian dance that people once believed could cure spider bites 🕷️, a Swedish choir whose heartbeats actually synced up while they sang ❤️, and a very real story about every newborn baby in Georgia going home with a free Mozart CD in 1998. Plus — kids learn how music can help people remember, speak, and heal. Music isn't just fun, music makers. Sometimes it's the strongest medicine in the room.

In this episode, your music maker will learn:

• Why music is called a "whole-brain workout."
• How real scientists study music's effect on the body
• The story of the Tarantella and music as folk medicine
• How music therapy helps people with memory loss and speech difficulties
• Why songs from childhood stay with us, even when other memories fade

Vocabulary featured: whole-brain workout • tarantella • choir • music therapy • adagio

What I'm Listening to This Week: Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber — a piece scientists have actually studied for the goosebumps it produces!

Want to go deeper? Listen back to:

• Episode 69 — Songs Are Full of Surprises
• Episode 86 — The Secret Recipe for Spooky-Sounding Songs

🎓 Free student worksheet available at greenhousemusicak.com — perfect for homeschool families and elementary music classrooms. Subscribers get the answer key with rubrics, vocabulary deep-dive, and teacher discussion prompts!

Follow Greenhouse Music on Instagram @greenhousemusicak and let us know — what song would YOU play to a cow? 🐄🎼

Music Credits:

"Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1 — I. Allegro molto e con brio" by Beethoven, sourced via Pixabay (pixabay.com)

"Tarantella Napoletana" by michelangeloop, sourced via Pixabay (pixabay.com)

"Moonlight Sonata" performed by MusicRevolution, sourced via Adobe Stock (Asset ID: 643482372); no credit required.

Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber — brief excerpt used under fair use for educational commentary.

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🎻 He was a red-haired priest who kept sneaking out of church to write music. He taught orphan girls who became the most famous musicians in Europe. He wrote 500 concertos — and then the whole world forgot him for 200 years.

His name was Antonio Vivaldi. And today, Miss Delana is taking you inside one of the most famous pieces of music ever written — The Four Seasons: Spring — to discover how a violin can literally paint a thunderstorm, a meadow full of birds, and yes… a snoring dog. 🐶💤

🌱 In this episode, your little music maker will discover:

✅ Who Vivaldi was — and why people called him "The Red Priest" 🔴 ✅ What program music is (music that tells a story or paints a picture) ✅ How Vivaldi used violins to describe birds, a rainstorm, and a sleeping dog — in 1725 ✅ The wild true story of how The Four Seasons was forgotten for nearly 200 years — and found again ✅ What a concerto is and what a ritornello means

🎮 Today's Game: Real or Ridiculous? Can you guess which Vivaldi facts are TRUE — and which ones sound too outrageous to be real? (Hint: some of the most ridiculous ones are completely true.) Shout out your answers!

🎧 This Week's Listening Challenge: Listen to the full Spring from The Four Seasons and listen for three things: the birds singing in the high strings, the moment the storm rolls in, and the viola note that's supposed to be a dog snoring. You can find it by searching "Vivaldi Spring Four Seasons" on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Music.

📚 Listen Back to Learn More: 👉 Episode 14 — Little Ears, Big Sounds: The Classical Tunes in Bluey — Vivaldi's Spring actually appeared in the Bluey episode "Fancy Restaurant!" You've heard him before — now you know who he is. 👉 Episode 12 — A Musical Journey with Camille Saint-Saëns — More program music! The Carnival of Animals uses instruments to paint animals, just like Vivaldi painted the seasons.

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A Greenhouse Music Podcast episode inspired by Gustav Holst's The Planets 

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Put on your detective hat, music maker — because today we're solving the most out-of-this-world musical mystery in the whole galaxy! 🔍🎶

In this episode of the Greenhouse Music Podcast, Miss Delana takes you on a mission through outer space and into the imagination of one of history's most creative composers — Gustav Holst. Back in 1916, Holst wrote a HUGE piece of music called The Planets — and instead of writing songs about what the planets look like, he wrote about what they feel like. Each planet has its own personality, its own mood, its own musical character.

And here's your mission, should you choose to accept it: Listen to the clues. Match the character to the planet. Are you a brave warrior? A dreamy wanderer? A jolly adventurer? The music will tell you — if you know how to listen like a detective!

In this episode you'll discover:

• 🎻 Who was Gustav Holst and why did he look to the stars for musical inspiration?
• 🪐 What makes each planet's music sound completely different from the others?
• 🎮 Play the Musical Detective Game — Miss Delana gives you character clues and YOU match them to the right planet!
• 🔭 How composers use instruments, tempo, and dynamics to paint pictures without a single word
• 🌟 Which planet's music was so famous it inspired movie soundtracks you've definitely heard before

Whether you're a homeschool family exploring the solar system, a classroom musician, or just a curious kid who loves space AND music — this episode is your boarding pass. 🚀

🎧 Listen for: the thundering brass in Mars, the floaty strings in Venus, and the sneaky, mysterious plucking in Saturn!

📚 Connects to: Ep. 12 (Camille Saint-Saëns & Carnival of the Animals) and Ep. 13 (Magic of Instruments) — great companion listens!

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Happy almost-St. Patrick's Day, music makers! 🍀

Have you ever been sitting there minding your own business… and a song comes on… and suddenly your foot just STARTS GOING? You didn't decide to move. It just happened.

There is a whole family of music that has been doing exactly that to human bodies for over a thousand years. And today we are figuring out WHY.

In this episode we explore:
🎶 What Celtic music IS — and why it was always designed for moving, not sitting
🥁 The JIG — bouncy, skippy, 6/8 time, and why your body can't resist it
⚡ The REEL — fast, driving, and impossible to ignore
🕺 The POLKA — the dance a teenage girl invented in a field that swept all of Europe
🎻 The Irish Washerwoman — a 240-year-old jig so catchy it played on barrel organs on every street corner in London
🎵 John Ryan's Polka — one of Miss Delana's all-time favorite Irish tunes
✨ Riverdance — how a 7-minute TV interval act changed music history forever

We also play Clap It Back — can you feel the difference between a jig, a reel, and a polka in YOUR body?

This episode is perfect for kids ages 6–10, homeschool families, and elementary music classrooms. Grab the free activity worksheet at greenhousemusicak.com!



🎓 WHAT KIDS LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:
• The difference between a jig, reel, and polka (time signatures + how each feels)
• The history of The Irish Washerwoman and John Ryan's Polka
• How Irish traditional music was passed down entirely by ear for centuries
• Why Celtic music makes your body want to move before your brain even decides to
• The incredible true story of how Riverdance started


📚 LISTEN TO THESE EPISODES NEXT:
→ Ep. 54 — Gettin' Jiggy With Irish Music
→ Ep. 2 — Clap, Tap, Snap: The Magic of Rhythm
→ Ep. 52 — Marching Into March



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What does a conductor actually do… and how do they lead an entire orchestra without making a single sound? 

In this episode of the Greenhouse Music Podcast, we begin our March mini-series, Brave Voices in Music, with the remarkable true story of Antonia Brico — one of the first women to conduct major orchestras in the early 1900s. 

At a time when women were rarely invited to stand on the podium, Antonia studied, prepared, and listened her way into history. In 1930, she conducted the Berlin Philharmonic, and later founded the New York Women’s Symphony Orchestra. She believed orchestras should reflect real life, once saying: 

“Men and women mix in life and they should mix in orchestras.” 

In this episode, kids will: 

🎵 Learn what a conductor actually does
 🎵 Practice a real 4/4 conducting pattern
 🎵 Develop listening skills through an interactive “Find the Problem” sound challenge
 🎵 Discover how leadership in music begins with careful listening 

Perfect for elementary-aged music makers (and the grown-ups listening alongside them), this episode blends music history, hands-on learning, and encouragement for brave leadership. 

By the end, your child will not only understand how conducting works — they’ll feel empowered to lead with clarity and courage. 

🎧 Listen in and grow your musical greenhouse. 

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Can music carry secrets?

In this episode, we explore how spirituals like Follow the Drinking Gourd and Wade in the Water held hidden instructions during the Civil War era. As we listen closely, we uncover musical clues — in rhythm, repetition, and melody — that helped guide people toward freedom.

This episode invites kids to listen beyond the surface and discover how music can carry courage, hope, and direction.

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What if music could tell a story without using any words at all?

In today’s episode of the Greenhouse Music Podcast, we step into the musical world of Franz Schubert — a composer who followed his heart, wrote over 600 songs, and created music that sounds like galloping horses, spinning wheels, and quiet prayers.

We explore:

• How Schubert’s friends formed secret music gatherings called Schubertiades
• What a Lied is and how music can “paint pictures”
• The mystery behind the famous Unfinished Symphony
• Why Ave Maria is one of the most misunderstood pieces of music

Plus, in What I’m Listening To This Week, we talk about Vitamin String Quartet and how modern songs can be transformed into beautiful string music — just like Schubert transformed feelings into sound.

This episode is perfect for curious kids, families, and classrooms who love stories, imagination, and discovering how music connects to emotions.

🎶 Listening tip: Keep your ears open for music that sounds like motion, emotion, and mystery.

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🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.

Send us an email: Delana@greenhousemusicak.com

Think you know who created the Nutcracker? 

Think again. 

Here is a wonderful new episode of The Greenhouse Music Podcast

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🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.

Send us an email: Delana@greenhousemusicak.com

Hey! I missed all of you wonderful listeners. 

Here I am, back and looking forward to another episode and music fun to share with you.

This ones a short one as we get back into a new season!

I hope you enjoy

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Explore the World of Music with the Greenhouse Music Podcast
🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

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The final chapter in Holly's Heart of Christmas Journey!

🌟 Don’t forget-Get the Album here
👉https://green.myflodesk.com/christmas

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Explore the World of Music with the Greenhouse Music Podcast
🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.

Send us an email: Delana@greenhousemusicak.com

Kids follow along Holly, little Levi, and the Bennet family as the story begins to unfold. Today’s clue sets everything in motion… and it just might lead Holly somewhere special.

🌟 Don’t forget!
Download your 25 Days of Christmas Journey Print-Out, so your kids can follow along, track each clue, and stay immersed in the magic:
👉 green.myflodesk.com/hollysheart

Be sure to listen to the episodes in order, because each day builds on the last.
Let the Christmas adventure begin! 

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Explore the World of Music with the Greenhouse Music Podcast
🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.

Send us an email: Delana@greenhousemusicak.com

Kids follow along, Holly, little Levi, and the Bennet family as the story begins to unfold. Today’s clue sets everything in motion… and it just might lead Holly somewhere special.

🌟 Don’t forget!
Download your 25 Days of Christmas Journey Print-Out, so your kids can follow along, track each clue, and stay immersed in the magic:
👉 green.myflodesk.com/hollysheart

Be sure to listen to the episodes in order, because each day builds on the last.
Let the Christmas adventure begin! 

Support the show

Explore the World of Music with the Greenhouse Music Podcast
🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.

Send us an email: Delana@greenhousemusicak.com

Kids follow along Holly, little Levi, and the Bennet family as the story begins to unfold. Today’s clue sets everything in motion… and it just might lead Holly somewhere special.

🌟 Don’t forget!
Download your 25 Days of Christmas Journey Print-Out, so your kids can follow along, track each clue, and stay immersed in the magic:
👉 green.myflodesk.com/hollysheart

Be sure to listen to the episodes in order, because each day builds on the last.
Let the Christmas adventure begin! 

Support the show

Explore the World of Music with the Greenhouse Music Podcast
🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.

Send us an email: Delana@greenhousemusicak.com

Kids follow along Holly, little Levi, and the Bennet family as the story begins to unfold. Today’s clue sets everything in motion… and it just might lead Holly somewhere special.

🌟 Don’t forget!
Download your 25 Days of Christmas Journey Print-Out, so your kids can follow along, track each clue, and stay immersed in the magic:
👉 green.myflodesk.com/hollysheart

Be sure to listen to the episodes in order, because each day builds on the last.
Let the Christmas adventure begin! 

Support the show

Explore the World of Music with the Greenhouse Music Podcast
🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.

Send us an email: Delana@greenhousemusicak.com

Kids follow along Holly, little Levi, and the Bennet family as the story begins to unfold. Today’s clue sets everything in motion… and it just might lead Holly somewhere special.

🌟 Don’t forget!
Download your 25 Days of Christmas Journey Print-Out, so your kids can follow along, track each clue, and stay immersed in the magic:
👉 green.myflodesk.com/hollysheart

Be sure to listen to the episodes in order, because each day builds on the last.
Let the Christmas adventure begin! 

Support the show

Explore the World of Music with the Greenhouse Music Podcast
🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.

Send us an email: Delana@greenhousemusicak.com

Kids follow along Holly, little Levi, and the Bennet family as the story begins to unfold. Today’s clue sets everything in motion… and it just might lead Holly somewhere special.

🌟 Don’t forget!
Download your 25 Days of Christmas Journey Print-Out, so your kids can follow along, track each clue, and stay immersed in the magic:
👉 green.myflodesk.com/hollysheart

Be sure to listen to the episodes in order, because each day builds on the last.
Let the Christmas adventure begin! 

Support the show

Explore the World of Music with the Greenhouse Music Podcast
🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.

Send us an email: Delana@greenhousemusicak.com

Kids follow along Holly, little Levi, and the Bennet family as the story begins to unfold. Today’s clue sets everything in motion… and it just might lead Holly somewhere special.

🌟 Don’t forget!
Download your 25 Days of Christmas Journey Print-Out, so your kids can follow along, track each clue, and stay immersed in the magic:
👉 green.myflodesk.com/hollysheart

Be sure to listen to the episodes in order, because each day builds on the last.
Let the Christmas adventure begin! 

Support the show

Explore the World of Music with the Greenhouse Music Podcast
🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.

Send us an email: Delana@greenhousemusicak.com

Kids follow along Holly, little Levi, and the Bennet family as the story begins to unfold. Today’s clue sets everything in motion… and it just might lead Holly somewhere special.

🌟 Don’t forget!
Download your 25 Days of Christmas Journey Print-Out, so your kids can follow along, track each clue, and stay immersed in the magic:
👉 green.myflodesk.com/hollysheart

Be sure to listen to the episodes in order, because each day builds on the last.
Let the Christmas adventure begin! 

Support the show

Explore the World of Music with the Greenhouse Music Podcast
🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.

Send us an email: Delana@greenhousemusicak.com

Kids follow along Holly, little Levi, and the Bennet family as the story begins to unfold. Today’s clue sets everything in motion… and it just might lead Holly somewhere special.

🌟 Don’t forget!
Download your 25 Days of Christmas Journey Print-Out, so your kids can follow along, track each clue, and stay immersed in the magic:
👉 green.myflodesk.com/hollysheart

Be sure to listen to the episodes in order, because each day builds on the last.
Let the Christmas adventure begin! 

Support the show

Explore the World of Music with the Greenhouse Music Podcast
🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.

Send us an email: Delana@greenhousemusicak.com

Kids follow along Holly, little Levi, and the Bennet family as the story begins to unfold. Today’s clue sets everything in motion… and it just might lead Holly somewhere special.

🌟 Don’t forget!
Download your 25 Days of Christmas Journey Print-Out, so your kids can follow along, track each clue, and stay immersed in the magic:
👉 green.myflodesk.com/hollysheart

Be sure to listen to the episodes in order, because each day builds on the last.
Let the Christmas adventure begin! 

Support the show

Explore the World of Music with the Greenhouse Music Podcast
🎶 Nurturing Young Minds Through Music Education 🎶

Discover engaging music lessons and inspiring stories designed just for kids! Visit us at greenhousemusicak.com and follow us on YouTube and Facebook for more musical adventures.