Songs and Videos

In our classroom songs with videos are very popular. They keep the students interested and engaged as they sing and many times don't even realize they are learning. The more we watch the videos, the more they learn the songs and the concepts taught by the song.
My colleague, Ms. Conyers, posted on her blog about some of the favorites that we use in class and I thought I would share them as well.

Harry Kindergarten has created TONS of videos that range from the alphabet and phonics, to math concepts, science ideas, social studies and even classroom transitions. Below is one of the videos we have been watching for math to help us learn some of our shapes.

See all of his videos, here.


Another favorite set of videos comes from Have Fun Teaching. They have songs for each of the letters, a full alphabet song and now even some sight word songs. Their songs have really catchy beats - some that you may even recognize. Below is the alphabet song the students just love.

To see more of their videos, click here.

We have been watching a series of videos made to go along with color word songs. The songs are to the tune of popular nursery rhymes and teach the students how to spell the color words. Below is a favorite for the color green.

To see more color song videos, click here.

Last, but not least, Jack Hartmann. He has an enormous collection of songs, CDs and DVDs. Sometimes we listen to his songs on CD and sometimes we watch the videos. His songs for children cover pretty much everything! We were actually lucky enough to have him come to the school last year and I look forward to seeing if we can have him come again. The students really enjoyed dancing and singing along. (Also, many of the Harry Kindergarten videos use songs by Jack Hartmann).
Below is a clip from one of the songs I have on DVD.

 

See more Jack Hartmann, here.

Enjoy!