"16 ESL Songs for
Children Learning English Aged 3 to 8"
For
Beginners With Games
and Actions
for Every Song!!
Songs are a FUN
way to learn English
You
can't expect young children to learn English without a LOT LOT LOT of
repetition...Making this
repetition fun is down to the
skill of the teacher and the resources you choose.
Songs
are absolutely IDEAL for language learning
as children love them and will want to hear them over and over again -
perfect for
vocabulary acquistion and language learning.
You
may have noticed that if you expect your child
or pupils to sit still and listen to you while you show them
flashcards, you will not have their attention for long!
Successful
ESL teaching is all about variety,
movement and using resources that appeal to young children. Young
children love games, they love stories and they love songs.
That's
why I created these particular songs, as
they go hand in hand with the first ten preschool stories, and this was
really a missing element in the toolbox. However let me add right now
that you can use these songs alone, without the stories too - more on
that at the bottom of this page.
Too
many words for ESL
One
problem with English songs is that very often there is
far too much vocabulary and language for ESL learners - after all they
were conceived
for native speakers.
If
you want to get your pupils to the point that
they can actually SING along to these songs then you need simple ones,
not too many words, and it's even better if the words match
up with what you are already
teaching in class.
Using
games, stories, drama and songs you are now
equipped to tackle any topic with the variety that young children need.
Otherwise they have a tendency to be bored in two minutes flat.
Teaching
English Songs Review
So
now for a quick review of the songs themselves - then you may want to
listen to the extracts further down...
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Simple
and repetitive, written especially for young ESL / EFL learners. |
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The
vocabulary and language in the songs matches stories 1 to 10 - Use to
sing, move to and act out the stories. |
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Suitable
for teaching individuals, small groups and classrooms
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Downloadable
activity sheet included for each song. Sing along, dance, do
special actions and play suggested games to use during the song.
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Activity sheets include ways to
act out each song - for
individuals and small groups.
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With
English learners you want to get to the point where the children can
sing along, not just listen, and you can do that with these songs. |
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Enjoy
the groovy animal noises and sound effects! |
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32
Tracks! 16 full songs and 16 backing tracks that you can sing
along to. Put different vocabulary to the same melodies. |
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The
16 extra backing tracks can also be used for shows to parents where the
children do all the singing, with no
help. |
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Musical
development in the songs - it's not "tin-can" looping because
instrumentation varies as the song moves along making for more
satisfiying listening and appreciation, and keeping the song
interesting for a long
time. |
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Varied
musical styles - give the children a musical education as well as
teaching English. |
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9
Original songs plus 6 classics with words adapted for ESL and fresh
arrangements. |
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The
songs are written to go hand in hand with the first set of preschool
stories. HOWEVER they work on their own too. |
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The
colourful cardboard sleeve is much lighter than a plastic CD case which
means shipping is kept to an absolute MINIMUM. (You can transfer the
sleeve to a CD case if you prefer). |
Hear
the songs and see the language they teach
Songs
on the CD are in higher
quality than the excerpts below.
ESL
Song 1 How Are
You? 
Listen to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: Here comes an ant, a spider, a bird, a cat, a fox, a
lion. How are you? (Goes with "I'm Hungry" story one)
ESL
Song 2 Funky
Monkey
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language:Monkies, ponies, cats, lions go like this and they go like
that. Funky! (Bridge from story one to "Anna at the Zoo" story
two)
ESL
Song
3 Anna At The Zoo
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: Anna and her daddy are at the zoo and Anna sees, one
snake, two ponies, three elephants, four giraffes, five bears, six
ducks, seven lions, eight monkeys, nine birds, ten fish. (Goes with
story two)
ESL
Song
4 Colours
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and langauge: Red and yellow, green and blue, what colour are you?
Orange and purple, pink and brown. ("Archie and His Poney"
story 3)
ESL
Song 5 On The
Path
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: Who is on the path / In the bush / In the pond / In the
grass / On my head? It's me the spider, the monkey, the
snake, the lion, the bird. Oh hello! (Second song for "Hide
and
Seek" story 4)
ESL
Song 6 Where Are
You
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: Where are you little bird? On the path, in the bush, in
the pond, in the grass, on the flower, on my head. Oh no it's
the
spider, monkey, snake, lion, fly. Oh there you are! ("Hide
and Seek" story 4)
ESL
Song
7 The Marching
Ants
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: The ants are marching down the path. The purple
ant
falls asleep. Goes through ten colours. Revision song
for
colours. New words are marching and falls asleep.
("Marching Ants" story 5)
ESL
Song
8 Catch The Ball
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: Catch the ball, run and catch the ball, on the path, in
the grass, in the bush, in the pond, in the lady's garden, good girl
(Story 6, "Volka and the Pink Ball")
ESL
Song
9 Six Ducks
Swimming
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: Six ducks swimming, swimming in the pond, and if one duck
stops swimming in the pond, there'll be five ducks swimming... (Story
7, "Volka and the Ducks")
ESL
Song
10 The Ducks In
The Pond
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: The ducks in the pond go quack quack quack while they
swim around. Volka in the pond goes woof woof woof.
(Second song for story 7)
ESL
Song
11 Bear And
Teddy Bear
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: Let me read you a story, sing you a song, play you some
music, give you your teddy bear, give you a kiss goodnight,
you'll be asleep before long. (Story 8)
ESL
Song
12 Teddy Go To
Sleep Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: Teddy go to sleep, read a story, sing a song, play some
music, drink some milk, kiss goodnight (Second song for story 8)
ESL
Song
13 Apples
Bananas Oranges
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: Apples, bananas, oranges, get ready to touch
something...red, blue, green, yellow, pink, black, brown, a friend
(Story 9 "Hetty and the Lion and revises colours)
Use
the backing version for ANY vocabulary!!
ESL
Song
14 Hetty And The
Lion
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: Lion, would you like some apples? pears, oranges, milk,
bananas. Oh yes Hetty, I would. I'd like the ice cream.
ESL
Song
15 Gerard The
Giraffe
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: Hello Gerard, how are you. I am hungry. I'm
still hungry. Eat some ice cream, oranges, drink some milk, grass.
I'm fine thanks. (Story 10 "Gerard the Giraffe")
ESL
Song
16 Calypso Jump!
Listen
to the mp3
Vocabulary
and language: Jumping like a pony, swimming like a duck, running like a
giraffe, eating like a lion, hiding like a spider, jumping a monkey.
Oh yes we can jump, swim, run, eat, hide. (General revision
song - animals and action verbs)
P.S.
Listening
to the music, hearing the words, singing the words, doing the actions,
playing games to the music, acting out the stories in the
songs...
...these are all things children love doing and they are the BEST ways
for them to learn English, remember it, and love doing so.
Plus they will bond with each other and the teacher while
having fun and learning.
So
you can be sure to have more fun in class with these songs.
Included
for 15 euros, 12
UK pounds or 23 US Dollars:
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16 songs (9 are
original, 6 are familiar tunes with new words and arrangements) |
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16
backing tracks for those songs |
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Activity sheet for each song with
actions, games and how to act it out. |
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16 Animal Masks!
Provided in black and white for the children to colour and also already
coloured. Print off as often as you like. |
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The
CD comes in a colourful cardboard sleeve to keep postage low. |
HELP
deciding whether to order the games and stories with the songs
Teaching Scenario 1
If you already
have stories 1-10 or you are teaching children aged 7 or 8
Order
the Songs (CD) and Activity sheets (download)
Teaching Scenario 2
If you are teaching small groups
of children aged 3 to 6
the preschool games and stories are the perfect, highly recommended
compliment to these
songs.
The
advantage of having the stories is that you already have all the
vocabulary flashcards for the words in the songs, black and white
vocab. flashcards for colouring and the story illustrations.
The
children know the stories and the characters and the song relates to
them.
Getting
the stories with
the games means you also get mini-lesson plans for each story with
pre-story ideas, ideas to use during story telling and post-story ideas.
Order
Songs (CD) and Activity Sheets (download) WITH preschool games AND
stories 1-10 (download)
Teaching
Scenario 3
If
you are teaching BIG groups of
children aged 3 to 6 then the stories are a perfect
compliment, but not the preschool games - which are for small groups.
Order
Songs (CD) and Activity Sheets (download) WITH preschool
stories 1-10 (download)
Do
you prefer to order by post? Click
here
to print out an order form.
Do
you prefer the download version of the CDs?
Download
Only: Songs & Activity Sheets
Prefer
to order by phone? Please email to arrange a call that suits
both
our time zones. (Email is on the contact page below)
The
songs are shipped by regular postal mail - if you need them
fast please email me.
Yours
sincerely
Shelley
Ann Vernon
Teaching
English Games
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