“Over the Rainbow” was already a classic song, but Brother Iz stamped it firmly into eternity with his deep tenor rendering. With this Picture Lyrics video version I hope even more kids and language learners can appreciate and understand this beautiful piece. Sing along, and feel your troubles melt away with the strums of Iz’s ukulele. And see how to get the slides for your home or classroom here.
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Weekly Release Update: Roll Call from Thomas and Friends, in Japanese!
What’s catchier than the original “Roll Call” by Thomas and Friends? The Japanese version is what – too catchy, you’ll be singing this, and understanding what it means with the help of pictures!
This song is packed good learning material – lots of strong and powerful words, and practice reading the Japanese Hiragana and Katakana alphabets. You can also print out the slides for use at home or the classroom here, or let the video play and take it all in that way. Enjoy!
Weekly Release Update: Old MacDonald!
So I found a version of Old MacDonald with 9 animals – that’s a good amount! We teach this every year at Dream Kids in Tokyo and the kids love singing it, and pick it up so quickly looking at the pictures. Lots of good stuff in this song – not just the animals but “here”, “there”, and “everywhere”. You can find the slides for your home or classroom here, or just pop on the YouTube video and let the pictures and music play.
Weekly Release Update: Do Re Mi!
This week we posted two versions of the classic “Do Re Mi” to the YouTube channel – one starting at the very beginning of the song (a very good place to start!) and one from “Doe, a deer”. I have taught this song for the past three years at Dream Kids in Tokyo, and the kids love singing it, and pick it up so quickly looking at the pictures. You can find the slides for your home or classroom here, or just pop on the YouTube video and let the pictures and music play.
Weekly Release Update: the Fox!
Hello, and time for that burning question that no one has been able to answer – what does the fox say? This week’s release, the classic Ylvis animals song, attempts to answer that question. I have taught this song for the past three years at Dream Kids in Tokyo, and it always gets the kids dancing, singing, and enjoying English. You can find the slides for your home or classroom here, or just pop on the YouTube video and let the pictures and music play.
Weekly Release Update: Twinkle Twinkle in English and Spanish!
The children’s classic that lives on after hundreds of years – this time sung in upbeat tempo by Dora the Explorer. My son loves this song so I printed off the slides and we sing it together at home – give it a try, you can download them here! Or tune in to YouTube video and learn the easy way 🙂 Happy learning English (and Spanish)!
Introducing Picture Lyrics
Picture Lyrics is born! We enter the world in order to spread music and language by bringing the two together with pictures. And without any further ado, we’ll now let our first two videos explain the concept behind this site.
Header image: “The Presentation” by Matthew Gosselin is licensed under CC BY 2.0