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Do you recall the multiplication tables, grammatical terms, or historical documents through song? Many educators recognize that teaching with song makes learning not only more fun, but more effective and long-lasting. When you want to inspire your students, take time to tickle the ivories, pluck the strings, or turn on the boom box and tune-in" to song. Included: Learn why songs benefit learning and how to choose the right material for the school or classroom.

Children's Songs and Educational Music for preschool, elementary, middle and high school. Lyrics, mp3 downloads, DVDs and CDs.

We know that kids can remember songs and actions to songs that we haven't done for months, or even weeks! Why not use this to help them learn letters and sounds!? Our first step of action was to associate a letter/beginning sound with a picture.

Use with class for remembering to skip count.

...more than JUST a song! This is a complete routine for the beginning of the day, especially for elementary students, but probably could apply to older kids as well. Love this idea!

Learn about the special benefits of this weekly school event, which features much more than music. We do this with our Lakota Flag song every Friday or any other day the kids want to sing. It opens a plethora of musical learning/comparing/contrasting.

some cool pop songs redone as shakespearean sonnets