What to Expect from Using Our ESL Songs in the Classroom:

Fun in the classroom!
Let the upbeat energy of our music bring English to life in your class. Kids love to move, sing and learn new things when it’s presented enthusiastically with our music.

Useful Language invites family participation—extend the learning into the home!
Songs and materials are about self-care and home. Ask your kids to teach our award-winning songs to someone at home. They’ll all learn useful ESL vocabulary they can use right away.

Movement corresponding to meaning (TPR—Total Physical Response) aids memory
Our songs invite movement, and movement helps learning. It’s also just fun! See our free online music video for ideas.

Music
We engage our brains differently when we sing. Music is the secret sauce of learning—think of the songs you know from childhood that are bonded forever into your memory! Our songs use this technique to help kids learn English (ESL) fast and easy.

10 Reasons to use Songs to Teach Kids Language

1. Songs can be sung anytime

2. Singing gets their attention

3. Singing encourages cooperation—it’s a magical distraction maneuver and can help keep everyone focused on the task.

4. Music is a memory aid

5. Music encourages movement, another memory aid, and a way to get those wiggles out!

6. Good songs include a bit of repetition which locks in the learning

7. Music engages the emotions, and this helps learning stick and brings joy

8. Singing is FUN—and you get to participate

9. Songs sung solely in the target language can help create an immersion experience, which is how kids learn best

10. Singing is speaking. It’s a fun way to get children to actually hear themselves using the language!

Good teaching songs have these qualities:

1. Upbeat, fun, enjoyable to YOU!

2. Short, simple

3. Pleasant repetition of useful phrases

4. Uses limited, manageable appropriate language

5. Uses rhyming

6. Sung by native English speakers

Here is a blog I wrote for Reallygoodstuff.com about using songs to teach language. Scroll down to May 13, 2010 for my entry. http://ht.ly/1KoNc

Administrators will want to know about these programs:

ESL Fundraiser opportunities
Buy our materials at a discount and resell them to your community. It’s a win-win. You earn needed fund, families feel good about purchasing quality enrichment ESL materials to enjoy with their kids. Call us at 617-852-9687 for more information.

Local shows for schools in the Boston area
Want Sing-A-Lingo to perform at your school? Call us at 617-852-9687 to discuss the possibility of us visiting your school to share our songs and/or offer an in-service about using our songs to teach language.

Afterschool, before school programs
Our materials can be the basis for a fun, interactive after or before-school program. Call us at 617-852-9687 to discuss your needs.

Sing-A-Lingo offers discounts for educators buying ESL teaching materials in bulk. For ordering info and pricing options, please contact Mikala Vidal at mikala-vidal@singalingo.com or 508-728-0557.