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About Us

     This is a collaboration between two women, one an long time elementary school music teacher, the other a accomplished  ocarina player and graphic artist.  We have a passion to make music education available in elementary schools despite economic trends.   

     We have had quite a journey.  Last Spring we brought our fledgling program to the teachers.   They told us how to make it better and more useful, so we did. Then, Kristie watched our program grow until she realized it was personally beyond her ability to teach it, so  Diane wrote our our Teacher's  Edition.

     For an experienced teacher, this book makes filling out ELER forms easy as 1 - 2 - 3.  For the inexperienced teacher, pacing, points of learning, and ideas for classroom interaction are shared to help you build a thorough musical curriculum.  We made the music in the Teacher's Edition even larger than it is in the student book, with roomy 8 1/2 by 11 inch pages spiral bound pages. 

    So many instruments for young children are made overseas.  Diane and I never would have started this project if we had not had access to the finely engineered Bearpaw Ocarina.  They are made here in America from recycled materials.  These folks at Bearpaw Flutes and Ocarinas, also of Clayzeness Whistle Works, are old friends of ours who have reinforced our values on ecological business practices.  They have inspired us with their deep love of children, music, and education.  Ocarina Arena is a home grown business, and we're getting as green as we can as fast as we can.  Meet our friends  Richard and Sandi here at:     Clayz.Com