Test your coordination, singing, and playing ability with the first 5 PictureLyrics English Music Learning Units – for Hello How Are You, Rain Rain Go Away, Twinkle Twinkle, Old MacDonald, and Mary Had a Little Lamb. I take my young learners at Dream Kids through each of the stages for each song over the course of several lessons, but it’s amazing how well they can pick it up. Grab your Hohner glockenspiel and give it a try. Enjoy learning English and music through pictures!
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Weekly Release: Old MacDonald Learning Unit
What better way to kick off your lesson on animals, than Old Mac with American Sign Language! OK, so I may have butchered some of them – the signs, not the animals! But check out Dr. Bill at Lifeprint for all the correct signs. And enjoy the rest of this video describing how I teach this song in lessons – with actions, PictureLyrics, and playing/singing on drum and glockenspiel. And download the slides for use in your home or classroom here. Enjoy learning English and music through pictures!
Weekly Release: Mary Had a Little Lamb Learning Unit
This is the first song I remember learning on the piano, and with this PictureLyrics learning unit I hope to bring more young learners into Mary’s fold! This week’s video shows 4 ways to teach, learn, and enjoy this classic – with dance, PictureLyrics, and music for the drum and glockenspiel. I use this song when teaching colors, as you can swap Mary’s white fleece for just about anything – silver, green, blue, fuchsia. Just make sure to change the snow part also – let your imagination run wild! And download the slides for use in your home or classroom here. Enjoy learning English and music through pictures!
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Weekly Release: Hello How Are You Learning Unit
How’s everybody doing? Fine I hope! Just released, our third learning unit, for the super simple greetings song, Hello How Are You by Muffin Songs. This is a great way to start any lesson, with a simple and repetitive tune and dance that kids recognize across Asia. Learn it 4 ways with our video – dance, PictureLyrics, and play on the drum and glockenspiel. And download the slides for use in your home or classroom here. Enjoy learning English and music through pictures!
Weekly Release: Rain Rain Go Away Learning Unit
This week PictureLyrics and Dream Kids Network bring you the whole learning unit for Rain Rain Go Away – with dance, pictures for vocabulary, and music for the drum and glockenspiel. Thanks to the super cool kids, Clayton and Landis, who made a cameo for the video, and to all my students at Dream Kids. All the learning materials in this video are available for free here. Enjoy learning English and music through pictures!
Weekly Release: Twinkle Twinkle Learning Unit
This week we introduce the first PictureLyrics and Dream Kids whole learning unit for early language learners, with the timeless classic, Twinkle Twinkle. This builds on my experience teaching at Dream Kids Network in Tokyo, where kids in my English music program learn songs in four distinct ways – with actions, pictures, and playing/singing with drums and glockenspiel. This really drives home the pronunciation and meaning of the song, and kids have a great time doing it! Give it a try with your child or class – all the slide materials are available for free here.