Instructions
1.Choose a song or songs that will let children use skills they already have, to build their confidence while singing. "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," for example, lets children imitate rowing with their bodies. "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" lets children follow the hand-motions that help reinforce new words for body-parts. "Old McDonald Had a Farm" enables children to volunteer the names and noises of familiar farm-animals, either in their original language or in English. Songs like these help children be part of a group before they have learned all the words.
2.Locate pictures, books or toys that can help reinforce words in the song and support new language before and after singing. A picture-book of farm animals lets a child practice saying English animal names; so do animal-figures they can play with. A full-body photo or drawing enables children to correlate body-part names on a body other than their own. You can also help a child learn body parts with puppets or dolls. Toy boats add to "Row, Row, Row" and provide an opportunity to expand English words for other things boats can do, like float or sink.
3.Teach the song as-is. Don't interrupt for lengthy explanations of what all the words mean. Sing it several times, using gestures or props. If attention wavers, do this again later when child/children show willingness to pay attention again.
4.Praise the child's participation in the project. Compliment all he does right in the song.
5.Add more words when you can: "Let's sing louder/softer/faster/very slowly."
6.Follow up with the same activity or a different one--if you looked at pictures, it's time to get out the boats or play a game about touching other body-parts.
1.Choose a song or songs that will let children use skills they already have, to build their confidence while singing. "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," for example, lets children imitate rowing with their bodies. "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" lets children follow the hand-motions that help reinforce new words for body-parts. "Old McDonald Had a Farm" enables children to volunteer the names and noises of familiar farm-animals, either in their original language or in English. Songs like these help children be part of a group before they have learned all the words.
2.Locate pictures, books or toys that can help reinforce words in the song and support new language before and after singing. A picture-book of farm animals lets a child practice saying English animal names; so do animal-figures they can play with. A full-body photo or drawing enables children to correlate body-part names on a body other than their own. You can also help a child learn body parts with puppets or dolls. Toy boats add to "Row, Row, Row" and provide an opportunity to expand English words for other things boats can do, like float or sink.
3.Teach the song as-is. Don't interrupt for lengthy explanations of what all the words mean. Sing it several times, using gestures or props. If attention wavers, do this again later when child/children show willingness to pay attention again.
4.Praise the child's participation in the project. Compliment all he does right in the song.
5.Add more words when you can: "Let's sing louder/softer/faster/very slowly."
6.Follow up with the same activity or a different one--if you looked at pictures, it's time to get out the boats or play a game about touching other body-parts.
Super Simple Songs
CD1: 01.Knock Knock Hello 02.Make A Circle 03.Seven Steps 04.One Little Finger 05.Walking Walking 06.Are You Hungry 07.Clean Up 08.If You're Happy 09.Days Of The Week 10.I See Something Blue 11.Head Shoulders Knees And Toes (Let's Learn) 12.Head Shoulders Knees And Toes (Let's Sing) 13.Ten In The Bed 14.The Bath Song 15.Five Little Monkeys 16.The Alphabet Song (Lets Learn) 17.The Alphabet Song (Lets Sing) 18.I See Something Pink 19.Go Away 20.What Do You Want For Christmas 21.Put On Your Shoes 22.See You Later 23.Please Sit Down And Storytime Music 24.Sweet Dreams (Goodnight Song) CD2: 01.Count and Move 02.Hello 03.Hows the Weather 04.One Potato Two Potatoes 05.Eeney Meeney Miney Moe 06.The Eensey Weensey Spider 07.Rock Scissors Paper Fingerplay 1 08.Who Took the Cookie 09.The Wheels on the Bus (Learn It) 10.The Wheels on the Bus (Sing It) 11.Uh.huh 12.The Shape Song 1 13.Counting Bananas 14.The Hokey Pokey Shake (Learn It) 15.The Hokey Pokey Shake (Sing It) 16.Rock Scissors Paper Fingerplay 2 17.The Shape Song 2 18.Mystery Box 19.Hide and Seek 20.See You Later Alligator 21.Rock Scissors Paper Play (Circletime Version) 22.Who Took the Cookie (Circletime Version) CD3: 01.Intro 02.Hello Hello 03.Open Shut Them and Other Opposites 04.BINGO (Learn It) 05.BINGO (Play With It) 06.We All Fall Down 07.Rain Rain Go Away (Learn It) 08.Rain Rain Go Away (Play With It) 09.Old McDonald (Learn It) 10.Old Mc Donald (Play With It) 11.Do You Like Broccoli Ice Cream 12.The Pinocchio 13.Five Little Pumpkins 14.Skidamarink 15.Happy Birthday (How Old Are You Today) 16.Say Cheese (Lets Take a Picture) 17.The Alphabet Chant 18.The Months Chant 19.Bye Bye Goodbye 20.Hello Hello (Classroom Version) 21.Open Shut Them (Classroom Version) 22.Do You Like Brocolli Ice Cream (Classroom Version) 23.Bye Bye Goodbye (Classroom Version) |
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