Songs & rhymes & chants

Questions
1.   Why is it important to use songs, rhymes and chants as a linguistic resource in TEVYL?
2.   Define nursery rhymes
3.   Name at least 4 language learning purposes of games.
4.   Name at least two choosing rhymes.
5.   Name at least two clapping rhymes.
6.   When and how to use songs, rhymes and chants
7. Why should we use songs and rhymes as a linguistic resource?
8. Name 3 pronunciation benefits of using songs, rhymes and chants.
9. Name and explain briefly the two main types of games in terms of language learning.
10. Explain briefly the language learning purposes of games.
1.   Why is it important to use songs, rhymes and chants as a linguistic resource in TEVYL?
2.   Define nursery rhymes
3.   Name at least 4 language learning purposes of games.
4.   Name at least two choosing rhymes.
5.   Name at least two clapping rhymes.
6.   When and how to use songs, rhymes and chants
7. Why should we use songs and rhymes as a linguistic resource?
8. Name 3 pronunciation benefits of using songs, rhymes and chants.
9. Name and explain briefly the two main types of games in terms of language learning.
10. Explain briefly the language learning purposes of games.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv9OltGdzw4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsUKHBziqGI
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U8-cdbfm14
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijxRuVE4gWo
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAYwoLZso7s#t=22
It is important to remember that jazz chanting is not like
rapping, nursery rhymes, or songs, which distort the
spoken language for poetic effect. The rhythms, stress and
intonation pattern of the chant should be an exact replica
of what the student would hear from an educated native
speaker in natural conversation.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Then the traveler in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the traveler in the dark.
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbhF943skmI

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy0YBMqe3rA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnK-QnIRRkg

London Bridge is falling down
• London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady

• Build it up with wood and clay, wood and clay, wood and clay
Build it up with wood and clay, my fair lady

• Wood and clay will wash away, wash away, wash away
Wood and clay will wash away, my fair lady

• Build it up with bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar
Build it up with bricks and mortar, my fair lady

• Bricks and mortar will not stay, will not stay, will not stay
Bricks and mortar will not stay, my fair lady

• Build it up with silver and gold,
Build it up with silver and gold, my fair lady

The Mulberry Bush
Here we go round the Mulberry bush, the
Mulberry bush
the mulberry bush, here we go round the
mulberry bush
early in the morning
This is the way you wash your face, wash
your face, wash your face
this is the way you wash your face, every
Monday morning
wash, wash, wash your face (repeat)
This is the way you brush your teeh, brush
your teeth, brush your teeth
this is the way you brush your teeth, every
Tuesday morning
brush, brush, brush your teeth (repeat)
This is the way you comb your hair, comb
your hair, comb your hair
This is the way you comb your hair, every
Wednesday morning
comb, comb, comb your hair (repeat)
This is the way you take a bath, take a bath,
take a bath
this is the way you take a bath every
Thursday morning
take, take, take a bath (repeat)
This is the way you go to school, go to
school, go to school
this is the way you go to school, every
Friday morning
go, go, go to school (repeat)
This is the way you read a book, read a
book, read a book
This is the way you read a book, every
Saturday morning
read, read, read a book (repeat)

http://www.nurseryrhymes4u.com/NURSERY_RHYMES/print_and_do.html
http://www.nurseryrhymes4u.com/NURSERY_RHYMES/themes.html
The Colours of Winter
http://www.nurseryrhymes4u.com/NURSERY_RHYMES/Page_813.html
The Reindeer Pokey
Five Little Bears
The Reindeer Pokey
Five Little Bears

Inky, pinky, ponky,
Daddy bought a Donkey
Donkey died, Daddy cried,
Inky , pinky, ponky.
Inky, pinky, ponky,
Daddy bought a Donkey
Donkey died, Daddy cried,
Inky , pinky, ponky.
Eeny meeny mimy moe,
Catch a tiger by the toe,
If he hollers, let him go,
Eeny meeny miny moe
Eeny meeny mimy moe,
Catch a tiger by the toe,
If he hollers, let him go,
Eeny meeny miny moe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDjOeb7xEy4

Arch or catching songs:
ORANGES & LEMONS
Oranges and lemons,
say the bells of St. Clement’s;
You owe me five farthings,
say the bells of St. Martin’s;
When will you pay me?
say the bells of Old Bailey;
When I grow rich,
say the bells of Shoreditch;
When will that be?
say the bells of Stepney;
I do not know,
says the great bell of Bow;
Here comes a candle to light you to
bed,
and here comes a chopper to chop
off your head: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.
ARCH SONG

Clapping rhymes:
• There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
B-I-N-G-O!
B-I-N-G-O!
B-I-N-G-O!
And Bingo was his name-o!
(Clap)-I-N-G-O!
(Clap)-I-N-G-O!
(Clap)-I-N-G-O!
(Clap, clap)-N-G-O!
(Clap, clap)-N-G-O!
(Clap, clap)-N-G-O!
(Clap, clap, clap)-G-O!
(Clap, clap, clap, clap)-O!
(Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap)
CLAPPING SONG

Clapping rhymes:
A sailor went to sea sea sea
To see what he could see see see
But all that he could see see see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man;
Bake me a cake as fast as you can;
Roll it and pat it and mark it with B,
and put it in the oven for Baby and me
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
One two three together
up together
down together
back side knees together
Boom!
CLAPPING SONGS

ACTION rhymes:
• I'm a little teapot, short and stout
Here is my handle (one hand on
hip),here is my spout (other arm out
straight)
When I get all steamed up, hear me
shout
Just tip me over and pour me out!
(As song ends, lean over and tip arm out
like a spout.)
• I'm a clever teapot, yes it's true
Here's an example of what I can do
I can change my handle to my
spout(Switch arm positions and repeat
tipping motion.)
Just tip me over and pour me out.
ACTION SONGS

ONLINE RESOURCES
• http://esl-kids.com/eslgames/eslgames.html
• http://www.eslkidstuff.com/esl-kids-games/action-games.htm#.Vp6H_yrhDWI
• http://www.brighthubeducation.com/preschool-crafts-activities/38384-five-outdoor-
movement-game
• http://busyteacher.org/6824-what-you-can-do-with-a-ball-7-fun-esl-games.htmls-and-
activities-for-preschool/
• Search the Internet to find more
TEFL/TESL games resources for VYL

Why to use rhymes?
• They are an alternative to the use of
graded readers.
• They have been successfully used in
Primary and Pre-Primary schools.
• They have a long tradition in English
speaking countries.

It’s raining, It’s pouring,
The old man’s snoring;
He went to bed,
And bumped his head,
And couldn’t get up in the morning.

Oh, The Grand Old Duke of York
He had ten thousand men
he marched them up to the top of the hill
and he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up.
And when they were down, they were
down.
And when they were half way up,
they were neither up nor down.

We can find a lot of these short poems. For
instance, Agatha Christie based many of
her novels in them, such as "Ten Little
Niggers", "The Crooked House", "A
Pocketful of Rye", "Three Blind Mice", etc.
There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile;
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;
He brought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
http://youtu.be/fqFDexLdlUo
There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile;
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;
He brought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
http://youtu.be/fqFDexLdlUo

Humpty Dumpty, the egg that fell from the wall, is
well known by all of the English speakers.
Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
couldn't put Humpty together again.
http://youtu.be/9fExzr4oa7w
Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
couldn't put Humpty together again.
http://youtu.be/9fExzr4oa7w

Rhymes can be used at any moment
in the teaching process, since they
can give rise to a great number of
different activities on:
•Pronuciation
•Vocabulary
•Grammar structures

Solomon Grundy,
Born on Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Sick on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday.
And that was the end
Of Solomon Grundy.

• THE TRAGICAL DEATH OF A, APPLE-PIE,
WHO WAS CUT IN PIECES AND EATEN BY
TWENTY-FIVE GENTLEMEN WITH WHOM
ALL LITTLE PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE VERY
WELL ACQUAINTED.
A was an apple-pie,
B bit it
C cut it
D dealt it
E ate it
F fought for it
G got it
H had it
I inked it
J joined it
K kept it
L longed for it
M mourned for it
N nodded at it
O opened it
P peeped in it
Q quartered it
R ran for it
S stole it
T took it
U upset it
V viewed it
W wanted it
X Y Z and ampersand (&)
All wished for a piece in the hand.
(Dated in 1671)

One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on the right.

This is the house that Jack built.
This is the malt that lay in the house that Jack built
This is the rat that ate the malt...
This is the cat that killed the rat...
This is the dog that worried the cat...
This is the cow with the crumpled horn that tossed the dog...
This is the maiden all forlorn, that milked the cow...
This is the man all tattered and torn that kissed the lady...
This the cock, that crowed in the morn,
That woke the priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the twisted horn
That tossed the dog
That chased the cat
That killed the rat
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.

1. What runs about all day and lies under the bed at night?
2. What is black and white and /red/ all over?
3. What grows bigger the more you take from it?
4. What walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon and three in the
evening?
5. The man who made it did not want it. The man who bought it did not use it.
The man who used it did not know it.
6. What kind of can never needs a can-opener?
7. Here on Earth it’s always true, that a day follows a day. But there is a place
where yesterday always follows today!
8. I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn
red.

1. The dog
2. The traditional answer, which relies upon the fact that the words "red" and
"read" are homophones, is: A newspaper
3. A hole.
4. Man. He crawls on all hands and knees as a baby, walks on two legs as an
adult, and walks using a cane in his old age. Of course morning, noon, and
night are metaphors for the times in a man's (person's) life. Such metaphors
are common in riddles.
5. A wooden coffin. The man who made it did not want it because he was not
dead and did not want to be. The man who bought it also was not dead in other
words he did not need it. And the man who used it is dead so he obviously
cannot know that he is using it because..well he is dead!
6. A pelican.
7. A dictionary
8. A fire

My love is like a cabbage
divided into two
The leaves I give to others
but the heart I give to you.
Plenty of love
Tons of kisses
Hope some day
To be your Mrs.
Postman, postman, do your
duty
Take this to my loving beauty.
Postman, postman, do not tarry
take this to the one I'll marry

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