Schoolhouse Rock Schoolhouse Rock is one of many artifacts from the 1970s that still is in existence today. In the mid-70s, ABC TV aired these short cartoons, which taught a generation about government, history, grammar, science, and math. As your body grows bigger Your mind grows flowered It's great to learn 'Cause knowledge is power! It's Schoolhouse Rocky That chip off the block of your favorite schoolhouse Schoolhouse Rock! Sorry, all sound files have been removed to avoid trouble with the RIAA. Here are the lyrics of all of the songs: Thanks to Brent Metcalf and Todd Arbetter, who did most of the work. Darn!
EFL / ESOL / ESL Educational Songs and Activities: Song Lyrics for Teaching English as a Second Language These EFL/ESOL/ESL lyrics are available from a variety of albums: Songs that Teach Conversational English and English Vocabulary Action Songs Around the World – Jack Hartmann Can You Move Like Me? – Caroline and Danny Circle of Friends – Ron Brown Family Dance – Dr. – Music with Mar. – Jay Cleveland Jump for Numbers 0-10 – Ron Brown Jump, Jump, Jump – Jeanne Nelson and Hector Marín Stand Up – Skip West We Walk – Music with Mar. Alphabet The ABC Rap – The Gum Rappers Letter Blender – Music Movement & Magination Letter Sounds A to Z – Jack Hartmann Who Knows the Alphabet Sounds? – ABC's & Much More Animals African Safari – Diana Colson Baboon Baby – Diana Colson Do You Know These Sounds? – Jeanne Nelson and Hector Marín Doing the Flamingo Walk – Diana Colson Elephants – Diana Colson Giraffe – Diana Colson Lion Pride – Diana Colson Mosquito – Jeanne Nelson and Hector Marín My Fish – Jeanne Nelson and Hector Marín My Pet Turtle – Jeanne Nelson and Hector Marín Please Say Cheese (Animal Names and Movements) – Dr.
Virtual Field Trip What student doesn't enjoy a field trip? Wouldn't a trip to the New York Philharmonic be an amazing place to take your music students? If you think that is impossible, think again! You can take them on a virtual field trip. The New York Philharmonic Kidzone is a fabulous website packed with kid-friendly ways to explore orchestral instruments, learn about composers, and participate in educational music activities. I created a packet to serve as a guide for my students to use while exploring the NY Phil Kids website. If you would like to use the packet with your students, plan to allow more than one class period to complete the field trip. Take a quick spin through the NY Philharmonic Kidzone and see for yourself. The Music Room The Brain and Music Our brains are PATTERN SEEKERS! Our brains are attracted by rhyme and rhythm, movement and emotion. The beat increases thought and memory retention! Our brains LOVE to learn through music! So, go ahead! Suzy Red--Email me!
1,197 ESL Songs For Teaching English Worksheets Music can be a great way to connect with your students. Even students who aren’t fluent in English often know the words of popular songs phonetically, which makes these songs ideal resources for teaching your students certain forms of grammar, as well as vocabulary. Many students are happy to work with the unusual phrasing of song lyrics, because they’re learning new meanings for a piece of music that already has meaning in their lives. You might never have noticed it before, but many songs’ lyrics involve just one single tense - which means that as soon as you find a song that contains the tense you want to teach, you’ve got the makings of an exercise that your students will love. While some of our 1,788 worksheets simply focus on a certain feature of grammar that’s used a lot in a given song, others encourage more advanced students to really listen for the song’s meaning, and speak or write about their own interpretations of its lyrics.
Tea Time with Bach « Homeschool Share blog Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685 in Eisenach, Germany into a family of musicians and was the youngest of eight children. This era was known as the Baroque period of music. His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, was a town musician and taught Sebastian how to play the violin. Today, Bach is known as one of the greatest composers of his time, but his works were not well known until almost 100 years after he died! Activities: Listen to: One of Bach’s best known pieces is Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring. Here is a website with much Bach to download and listen to. Mr. Enjoy: Reading and lapbooking the fun picture book, The Cello of Mr. Reading and lapbooking another entertaining picture book, Bach’s Big Adventure by Sallie Ketcham The classic children’s biography, Sebastian Bach, The Boy from Thuringia by Opal Wheeler. Sebastian: A Book about Bach, beautifully illustrated and written by Jeanette Winter Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach by Mike Venezia
Home - Simply Music ESL Lesson Plans and Resources on Music7 March is Music in our Schools Month! There has never been a better excuse to get up and dance with your students. To encourage you to bring music into your classroom throughout the year, we’ve created a collection of useful links. These links are full of ideas for using music in the classroom. Music-Themed Lesson Plans Check out our Famous People section for lesson plans on Whitney Houston, Bob Marley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon. Check out our Famous Things section for lesson plans on Jazz, Hip Hop, and Rock n’ Roll. We have Discussion Starters lesson plans on Talent and Music Piracy, and Mini-Debates on File Sharing and Live 8 Concerts. Flashcards Are you looking for images related to music? Authentic Materials and WarmUps What Makes a Teacherjerker? Teaching With the Chimes of Freedom Album Street Musician Experiment The Red Carpet Articles about Using Music in the Classroom DJ ELT: Mike Harrison Grammaropolis Song
Classical Composers Monthly » Duke Ellington Born April 29, 1899 in Washington DC, composer, bandleader, and pianist Edward Kennedy (“Duke”) Ellington was recognized in his lifetime as one of the greatest jazz composers and performers. Duke began learning to play piano at age 7, and his earliest influences were the ragtime pianists. He made his professional debut at age 17. Duke Ellington is known for many interesting styles of music. Ellington’s work has most certainly been a major influence in the modern jazz world. Duke Ellington’s instrument of choice was the piano, learn about how a piano is made in this cool video! Here’s a fact page from Kids Music Corner. Click here for a reading and activity guide related to the book Duke Ellington, which you can purchase here. The Smithsonian website has a whole page dedicated to Duke Ellington resources. Here’s a fun game featuring a jazz band full of animals! Check out the Smithsonian’s Groovin to Jazz page! Click here for a selection of videos and quizzes about jazz history and composers.
Schoolhouse Rock Site -The School House Rock Site How to use songs in the English language classroom What makes for a successful song-based lesson? Adam Simpson, second-time winner of the British Council’s Teaching English blog award for his post on conditionals (written with Paul Mains), explains. One of the big problems we all face, whether teaching English to children or adults, is maintaining learners’ interest throughout our lessons. Consequently, we often have to be very creative in the techniques we use. Planning for the use of songs in class The process of selecting a song is one of the most difficult aspects of using music in a lesson. Carefully examine what it is you want your class to learn in the lesson Is this going to be a lesson focusing on vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, or a particular topic? Think about the language level of your class The language level of your class will determine not only which songs you can use, but also what other activities – such as games or written exercises – you will use to develop the lesson. How old are your learners? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Composer Study Resources, Freebies, Printables and Deals Posted by Sarah on Mar 27, 2013 in Fine Arts Freebies, Freebies, Homeschooling Freebies, Themed Freebies “It is a pity that we like our music as our pictures and our poetry mixed, so that there are few opportunities of going through as a listener a course of the works of a single composer . . . Let young people study as far as possible under one master until they have received some of this teaching and know its style.” If you haven’t figured it out yet by most of my posts, I really love the Charlotte Mason Method of teaching in our homeschool. Composer and Music Study is surprisingly very simple and fun! Here are some great FREE websites with radio shows, music downloads and even more printables:Classics for KidsMaking Music FunHomeschool Share Classical ComposersClassic Cat Here are some resources you may like to incorporate into your studies: Composers Card Game 25 Children’s Favorites Bernstein Favorites: Children’s Classics Written by Sarah
The Best Online Karaoke Sites For English Language Learners I’ve used music a lot with English Language Learners. Singing feels much less threatening to many who are learning a new language. Karaoke is a good language-development activity, and there are quite a few karaoke sites on the Internet. I thought it would be a good topic for a short “The Best…” list. In order to make it on this list, a site has to be available free-of-charge (or at least some of its resources have to be free), easy-to-use, require no download, and allow students — either alone or in a group — to record themselves singing. There are only a few sites that meet that criteria. SMS Tunes is another similar site. Sing Snap is the newest addition to this list. KaraSongs doesn’t allow students to record themselves, but they have tons of great videos showing the lyrics to popular songs with instrumental accompaniment. Red Karaoke The Karaoke Channel You might also be interested in The Best Music Websites For Learning English and The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English. Related