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Granny at the Fair with Dr Jean

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TitleGranny at the Fair with Dr Jean
AuthorDr. Jean
Duration3:29
File FormatMP3 / MP4
Original URL https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ja0kg3qRzgc

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SINGING BOOKS AND READING SONGS

Someone came up to me at the end of a workshop one day and said, “Dr. Jean, you take a simple idea and milk it for all it’s worth.”.

I smiled and said, “I sure do! That’s what good teachers do!” Let’s see how we can take a song that children enjoy and use it as a springboard to develop skills, as well as motivate children to read.

Narrative songs are songs that tell a story. The lyrics provide the opportunity for children to recall details and sequence, and they also make great class books!

1st – Sing the song several times so the children are familiar with it.
2nd – Who are the characters in the song? What is the setting? What happened first? Next? Then? Last?
3rd - Ask the children to close their eyes as you sing and make pictures in their brains.
4th – Give them paper, crayons, markers, or paint to illustrate a picture from the song.
5th – Enlarge the words to the song, cut them apart, and glue them to pages where they seem most appropriate.
6th – Add a page for “Illustrators” where the children can sign their names.

Dr. Jean created some activities where students make books focused on her songs. You can find info about her Granny at the Fair book here: http://www.drjean.org/html/monthly_act/act_2013/03_Mar_css/pg03.html

Kids, parents and teachers could improve learning by singing every day in class and at home.

Here are the top ten reasons to SING every day!

1. When you sing your brain emits endorphins, and endorphins make you happy! Emotions are critical to learning.

2. Music is multi-sensory. The more senses you get going to the brain, the more likely the message will get there.

3. Music is powerful for prior-learning. If children are exposed to concepts while singing, it is easier for them to learn when formally introduced.

4. Music nurtures phonemic awareness (alliteration, rhyme, etc.).

5. Songs and chants are a natural way to develop oral language and auditory memory.

6. Poems and songs lay a foundation for fluency and enhance short term memory.

7. Children are able to use their imaginations and create pictures in their brains when they sing. This is an important part of reading comprehension.

8. Repetition is a key to learning. It is much more fun to repeat songs than worksheets!

9. Singing and dancing relieve stress and oxygenate the brain.

10. Through music and movement ALL children can feel successful. A “community of learners” is enhanced when teachers and children enjoy something together!

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