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Music and Language
Resources for foreign-language teachers
Teaching and Learning
Languages
We don’t have to forget that, in this case, music is a tool, therefore, music has to be used as a tool, and we don’t have to transform an English lesson into a music lesson. We should be teachers through music not music teachers, and that means that we must use music in a transversal way.
Nursery Rhymes
If you need some materials or if you want to get some ideas in order to use musical activities in your English lessons, here you have some webs that include Nursery rhymes to teach and learn English. Click the MAGNIFYING GLASS to get accessed to the desired page. You can find more resources on Internet, but I have selected some examples for you.
1. SONGS FOR TEACHING. USING MUSIC TO PROMOTE LEARNING
Songs for teaching
EFL / ESOL / ESL Songs and Activities. Educational Songs for Teaching English as a Second Language. Songs are organized by topic.
2. SONGS
Super Simple Learning
Classic kids songs and new originals made by teachers and tested by students. They're appropriately paced, lyrically simple, full of space for movement, easily taught through gesture, and most importantly, FUN! Each songs includes some advice of how teach the song.
3. LEARN ENGLISH KIDS
British Council
It is a web site that includes many resources for foreign-language teachers. You will finde many nursery rhymes. Each one includes a video, the lyrics, and some activties retaled to the song. You must register if you want to get accessed to the materials.
4. KIDS' PAGES
National Institute of Environmental Health Science
It is a web site that includes nursery songs and lyrics related to science topics.
5. LANTERNFISH SONGS
Boogle's worls: esl teacher resources and worksheets
Lanternfish Teacher Resources provides song and rhyme sheets for children's ESL classes.
6. LYRICS TO NURSERY RHYMES & KIDS' SONGS
BusSongs
It is a collection of over 2,000 children’s songs and nursery rhymes with lyrics, videos, and music.
7. SONGS FOR KIDS
anglomaniacy.pl
This Web site for younger children offers games and songs to learn vocabulary, expressions and grammar rules.
8. FREE ESL SONGS, CHANTS & ACTION RHYMES
Teach Children ESL.com.
This Web site offers illustrated downloadable PDF sheets with the lyrics of well-known songs.
9. CHILDRENS' SONGS
The teacher's guide
Over 200 songs for children. Lyrics are provided for most of them. Midi sound files are also available for some of the songs.
10. SONGS AND POEMS
CanTeach
Hundreds of song lyrics listed by themes: Seasons, Special Days, Animals, Vegetation, Food, Family & Friends, language Arts, Math, At School, Other.