How Do You Use Music To Teach English Nouns?
Music is a powerful tool for engaging children when teaching ESL (English as a Second Language). Through singing and music games, children will listen, comprehend and speak nouns countless times without being burdened by repetition. These ideas will help your English language learners enjoy memorizing and speaking common nouns! Make a list of 10-15 nouns your ESL students will learn. It is helpful to keep the lists themed, such as animals, types of food, office objects, school supplies, occupations, family members, etc. Find an English children’s folk song that will help teach your list of nouns. Effective songs for teaching nouns include: “Do you Know the Muffin Man” “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,” “Mary Wore her Red Dress,” and “The Farmer in the Dell.” You can use multiple nouns with one song by just changing the noun each time you sing the song. (i.e. “Mary Wore Her Green Dress”) Sing the song to the ESL children. Have a visual representation of each noun. Point to the visual as
