{"id":13022,"date":"2021-08-24T15:39:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T15:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/languages4kidz.com\/?p=13022"},"modified":"2021-08-24T15:39:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T15:39:50","slug":"singing-in-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/languages4kidz.com\/?p=13022","title":{"rendered":"Singing in class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am one of those bilingual teachers that love singing. It brightens my day and brings joy to the children and parents around me.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video of some songs I demonstrated to teachers while in a training session in China.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Songs for kids (mix)\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BMEcAxNroDg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Through songs, little ones can explore new thematic units in context, learn and practice new vocabulary, internalize grammar structures, \u2013 and singing along to a tune is a great way for them to get used to the language and practice pronunciation.<\/p>\n<p>I used to teach at the pre-primary and elementary levels and of course some songs were a little difficult at the beginning for my students. However, I ensured there was a natural progression when learning a new one. First I played the song everyday at the beginning of the class as children walked into the classroom, so they would get familiar with the tune. Later during the week I started by teaching the words to the songs. I used charts with the songs written in large print and chanted the words as the children would go repeating after me. I usually added some movement to the singing and encouraged children to copy me.<\/p>\n<p>Young children love songs, especially those paired with movement and this is one of the best ways for them to learn and practice a new language. You can download some of the songs I have written for my books and sung with the children HERE.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-746677425\/i-am-growing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I am Growing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-746677425\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miss Polly<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-746677425\/im-very-proud\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I am proud of me<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am one of those bilingual teachers that love singing. It brightens my day and brings joy to the children and parents around me. Here is a video of some songs I demonstrated to teachers while in a training session in China. Through songs, little ones can explore new thematic units in context, learn and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":13023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/languages4kidz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/languages4kidz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/languages4kidz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/languages4kidz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/languages4kidz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/languages4kidz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/languages4kidz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/languages4kidz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/languages4kidz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/languages4kidz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}