This site contains a collection of songs and chants for teaching young learners Mathematics for various topics. Each song listed is included with its lyric and a preview of the song. To listen to the full version of the song listed, users need to buy the CD from the online store on the website. However, being able to listen to the song preview is already an advantage because the rest of the melody for the song can be created by the user itself (be creative!). Just a word of caution, do acknowledge the source if a lyric of song from this site is used in a lesson because it involves copyrights. (I myself would not like if my ideas get stolen!). Have fun!
*Other than the songs listed in the above website, I also found songs that teach from youtube. The first one is The Shape Song. It talks about the attributes of each basic shapes; a circle, square, rectangle and triangle. There are also visual representations for each shape. In my opinion, this song could be very useful in teaching young learners the properties of basic shapes because while recognizing shapes, children learn about the attributes of each shape.
*Another song Ifound on youtube is the Malaysian version song, entitled '10 Budak Hitam' (10 Black Kids). The original version of this song was not meant for educational purposes, but it has been modified to be one. This modified version of '10 budak Hitam' talks about 10 black kids who were playing together as big group at the beginning but later one by one get parted from the group. Basically, the song teaches students about subtraction. In between the subtraction processes, there are some moral values added to it.
*Other than the songs listed in the above website, I also found songs that teach from youtube. The first one is The Shape Song. It talks about the attributes of each basic shapes; a circle, square, rectangle and triangle. There are also visual representations for each shape. In my opinion, this song could be very useful in teaching young learners the properties of basic shapes because while recognizing shapes, children learn about the attributes of each shape.
*Another song Ifound on youtube is the Malaysian version song, entitled '10 Budak Hitam' (10 Black Kids). The original version of this song was not meant for educational purposes, but it has been modified to be one. This modified version of '10 budak Hitam' talks about 10 black kids who were playing together as big group at the beginning but later one by one get parted from the group. Basically, the song teaches students about subtraction. In between the subtraction processes, there are some moral values added to it.
Below is one example of interactive flash games that could be found from the link above. This game help student further learning and understanding about angles in a circle. It may or may not be appropriate for the early childhood learners, it is all depend on the learners proficiency levels. The game is certainly appropriate for primary school children.
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