Thread: Song Links for Children

I've used many of these songs over the years when teaching. You can reinforce grammar points, pronunciation, and teach, using songs. Songs such as Days of the Week, The Alphabet Song, One, Two, Buckle my Shoe are examples how you can teach using songs.

For many of these songs, I also teach gestures (actions) to go with. In my opinion, children learn and remember more if you can use more than one learning style. Other songs here, are just fun for children. If you have extra time, or you are teaching singing, then maybe these can be of use to you.

The Karaoke songs, all come with lyrics that are helpful if you are teaching a song. Some of these songs are good for a warmer, just to get them moving.

Feel free to add onto this list. I will add onto it over time. I'm currently teaching singing for a club activity. The Rabbit Foo Foo song is a good one for the children to act out.

Songs


Little Bunny Foo Foo Song
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGHfcvEVszM&feature=related"]YouTube - Little bunny foo foo AMV[/ame]

ABC Song
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XEN4vtH4Ic&feature=related"]YouTube - ABC Song[/ame]

Five Little Monkeys
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhODBFQ2-bQ&feature=channel"]YouTube - Five Little Monkeys![/ame]

The Wheels on the Bus
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdqk6SMfIvA&feature=PlayList&p=EE19868F723 DEA6F&index=0&playnext=1"]YouTube - Wheels on the Bus - Roger Daltrey[/ame]

If Your Happy and You Know It
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8mCitJbPMk"]YouTube - the Wiggles-If you're happy and you know it unofficial video[/ame]

Old McDonald Had a Farm
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_mol6B9z00&NR=1"]YouTube - Old MacDonal had a farm[/ame]

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfDUpB0NuF8&feature=related"]YouTube - Nursery Rhymes - Twinkle Twinkle[/ame]

London Bridges Falling Down
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3u6FD019_M&feature=related"]YouTube - Nursery Rhymes - London Bridge Is Falling Down[/ame]

7 Days in a Week
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1OarFa8-Q&feature=PlayList&p=69C5F3CFDD27E2AB&playnext=1&p laynext_from=PL&index=32"]YouTube - 7 Days In A Week - song for young children[/ame]

The Elephant Song
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yihq8BIhL9c"]YouTube - The Elephant Song - Cool Tunes for Kids by Eric Herman[/ame]

The Duck Song
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2nCsqujCsQ"]YouTube - The Duck Song: A funny song by Bryant Oden ~ SongDrops.com: Funny Songs[/ame]

Baby Beluga
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ZVLkR0Zqg&feature=PlayList&p=C688E1C2FA6 2AAF2&index=12"]YouTube - Baby Beluga- Childrens Song[/ame]

Banana Phone
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqq6jppAYFo&feature=PlayList&p=C688E1C2FA6 2AAF2&index=16"]YouTube - Banana Phone - By Raffi[/ame]


Karaoke Songs

Wheels on the Bus
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fNx3kdt51Y&feature=related"]YouTube - Wheels on the Bus[/ame]

Baa Baa Black Sheep
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwcyvwhu65Y&feature=related"]YouTube - Nursery Rhymes- Baba Baba black sheep- with Lyrics[/ame]

Apples and Bananas
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKEUAzzn-Ig&feature=related"]YouTube - Apples and Bananas[/ame]

Brush your teeth
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIXTkp4koOQ&feature=related"]YouTube - Brush your teeth[/ame]

There Was an Old Lady
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAblX4yd0AU&feature=related"]YouTube - There Was an Old Lady[/ame]

The Shoe Tying Song
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qn2atqL28&feature=related"]YouTube - The Shoe-tying Song[/ame]

Hakuna Matata
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXnnNDIzrQI&feature=related"]YouTube - Hakuna Matata[/ame]

It’s Raining It’s Pouring
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmvHYT7glAQ&feature=related"]YouTube - It's Raining, It's Pouring[/ame]

The Itsy Bitsy Spider
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXZ5CWZF10o&feature=related"]YouTube - The Itsy, Bitsy Spider[/ame]

The Hokey Pokey
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSw2i1_ypMA&feature=related"]YouTube - Hokey Pokey[/ame]

Down By the Bay
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlMyNXmfcM&feature=related"]YouTube - Down by the Bay[/ame]

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QdN-HYp46c&feature=related"]YouTube - Chicka Chicka Boom Boom[/ame]

Bingo
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5D2U56qR0&feature=related"]YouTube - B-I-N-G-O[/ame]

Mr. Sun
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwOomEMSxC0&feature=related"]YouTube - Mr. Sun[/ame]

Row, Row, Row Your Boat
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WRv_DZGQXI&feature=related"]YouTube - Row, Row, Row your Boat[/ame]

London Bridge
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1HjWpgBAGQ&feature=related"]YouTube - London Bridge[/ame]

I’m a Little Teapot
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrqxVfV39MY&feature=related"]YouTube - I'm a little teapot[/ame]

One, Two Buckle My Shoe
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNrkEuzWxXM&feature=related"]YouTube - 1, 2 Buckle My Shoe[/ame]

Skinamarinkeedoo
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvYI-fMuGdw&feature=related"]YouTube - Skinamarinkeedoo[/ame]

Shake my Sillies Out
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZde3-0RjrM&feature=related"]YouTube - Shake my Sillies Out[/ame]

There was an Old Lady
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgu-8CEkxhw&feature=related"]YouTube - There was an Old Lady[/ame]

Never Smile at a Crocodile
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9h7VuRusdw&feature=related"]YouTube - Never Smile at a Crocodile[/ame]

Three Blind Mice
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi-q5X220hg&feature=related"]YouTube - Three Blind Mice[/ame]

Whole World in his Hands
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeNYGBGkhW8&feature=related"]YouTube - Whole Word in His Hands[/ame]

Bumping Up and Down in my Little Red Wagon
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaYzijBqcUE&feature=related"]YouTube - Bumping up and Down in my Little Red Wagon[/ame]

The Name Game
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwJ52Rk5K3o&feature=related"]YouTube - The Name Game[/ame]

Skip Counting Song
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te183d1PBBs&feature=related"]YouTube - Skip Counting Song[/ame]

The Ants Go Marching In
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wz4P721_io&feature=related"]YouTube - The Ants Go Marching In[/ame]

If All the Raindrops Tasted Like
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjmrXmGYbgo&feature=related"]YouTube - If all the raindrops tasted like[/ame]

Do your Ears Hang Low
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5URLq0_1fos&feature=related"]YouTube - Do your ears hang low[/ame]

Elmo’s Song
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Rvz4eaH0o&feature=related"]YouTube - Elmo's Song[/ame]

^No worries.

Here is a link for more songs for children. On this website, you can order cd's with a variety of songs on different themes. You can download the songs in pdf. and there are activities. I have used these cd's in the classroom.

Wee Sing Books and Audio

Cheers PB!

Are you still in Cambo BTW?

^I'm not in Cambo anymore!

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I am teaching my sing-a-long club activity this song.

Do-Re-Me
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywb4yxg-oHk]YouTube - Do Re Mi - Karaoke[/ame]

A few more Karaoke songs.

Clementine
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w5qc1ER8gc]YouTube - Clementine - Karaoke[/ame]

If you are teaching children about vegetables or vocabulary related to vegetables, then you can use this song for reinforcement.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBMVmCvoR4U&feature=related]YouTube - Vegetable Song - Karaoke[/ame]

My very young students always liked 'Ring a Ring a Rosie'. Very good for teaching 'Up' and 'down' and 'fall'. In fact they liked it so much, we couldn't get past it.

They also loved the 'atishooooo' part.
These were three and four year olds.

^I can relate to that.. kids love that song! It makes me dizzy after awhile!

Originally Posted by russellsimpson

Good inormation PB.

I would use those up to a maximum of P4.

After that more modern pop and rock is what you want.

And these are very hard to find.

Anybody found any songs of a more modern/current nature for the P5 through Matayom years .

I have about seven. I know what works but am having a hard time expanding on the list.

A good song has to have a very easy and catchy chorus. It also have to slow and clear enough.

Two good examples are Rod Steward Sailing and Denver's Country Roads.

99.9 percent of western pop, folk, rock, etc. just won't fly.

Great question, Russ.

You can try and find songs that your students like on youtube, but I have a better idea.
Last year, I downloaded free Karaoke software, called the Karafun player. This is a karaoke player, that you can play songs on, using a T.V, or a screen projector. The kids absolutely love it.

You can download the newest songs from the software, but this will cost you money. Instead, what I did last year, was I asked my students what songs they liked (English), and then I made my own Karaoke version on the Karafun editor that comes with the software. Some of the songs that I made into Karaoke songs (with the free player you can slow down the tempo or speed up, so the students can read the words). Some of the songs I made using the editor, included, Dancing Queen, I Just Called to Say I Love You, Let It Be, etc..

Karaoke software and songs

One of the the teacher trainers here in Seoul, has a whole load of free songs to download on his website. I've included my songs on his site. Other than just karaoke songs, he has a tonne of other new songs that students usually know.
You have to register with his site, but it is worth it.

EFL CLASSROOM 2.0
Once you register go to Site Map -Learning:For Students - Karaoke Songs