Super simple learning

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Super simple learning

www.supersimplelearning.com

Super Simple Learning materials are created by experienced educators to meet the needs of young learners and those who teach them. When you listen to our award-winning kids' songs, you'll hear right away how fun and easy they are to teach through gestures and dance. When you interact with any of our videos or apps, you'll see how quickly children react to them with bright eyes and big smiles. It all started in the classroom for us, so we pay particular attention to the small details that make learning fun and accessible to developing young minds.

Here is an example to use songs in the classroom:

Play Songs as Background Music First

When you hear a song on the radio for the first time, you don’t start singing along with it right away. You hear it a few times, and before you know it, even if you haven’t been actively listening, you soon find yourself singing along. Nobody “teaches” you the song.

When we’re helping students learn a new song, we can’t focus only on the words. Kids also need to learn the tune, the tempo, the rhythm, and sometimes even gestures and dance. Even if they know the words, they can’t really sing the song until they know the tune. If you play the song as background music as students enter the classroom or while they are doing a quiet activity, they will start learning the tune without even thinking about it. Then, when you start teaching the song in class, you will be able to focus more on the words.

For example, if you plan to introduce a song in class, play the song (on “repeat”) in the background as the students are doing a sorting activity, making a craft, or coloring. Often, the children will start humming or singing the song on their own after hearing it once or twice, especially if the song is at their level.

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Super simple learning

www.supersimplelearning.com

Super Simple Learning materials are created by experienced educators to meet the needs of young learners and those who teach them. When you listen to our award-winning kids' songs, you'll hear right away how fun and easy they are to teach through gestures and dance. When you interact with any of our videos or apps, you'll see how quickly children react to them with bright eyes and big smiles. It all started in the classroom for us, so we pay particular attention to the small details that make learning fun and accessible to developing young minds.

Here is an example to use songs in the classroom:

Play Songs as Background Music First

When you hear a song on the radio for the first time, you don’t start singing along with it right away. You hear it a few times, and before you know it, even if you haven’t been actively listening, you soon find yourself singing along. Nobody “teaches” you the song.

When we’re helping students learn a new song, we can’t focus only on the words. Kids also need to learn the tune, the tempo, the rhythm, and sometimes even gestures and dance. Even if they know the words, they can’t really sing the song until they know the tune. If you play the song as background music as students enter the classroom or while they are doing a quiet activity, they will start learning the tune without even thinking about it. Then, when you start teaching the song in class, you will be able to focus more on the words.

For example, if you plan to introduce a song in class, play the song (on “repeat”) in the background as the students are doing a sorting activity, making a craft, or coloring. Often, the children will start humming or singing the song on their own after hearing it once or twice, especially if the song is at their level.

 

Thanks for this resource. I've already found some videos for my young students. Useful information, especially  for young learners. As a rule, children  like to dance and sing, but they don't pay attention to the words for the first time. The way you present the song is amasing and have a fair amount of sense.