Live Concert With Matt At School or in Concert

Matt has done school concerts in Japan, Thailand, USA, France, Italy, Spain, and Morocco for over 1000 students. Get the best experience with a Matt Live Show!

Price

In Person Concerts fee is airfare + hotel + concert fee depending on school size. For more information, and to see if Matt is available to come to your school please send an email with the subject “In Person Visit Inquiry” to
matt @ dreamenglish.com no spaces.

Virtual Classroom Visit with Matt

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Matt has visited classrooms in Japan, Thailand, USA, France, Italy, Spain, and Morocco. Now he can visit your classroom virtually with Zoom!

Virtual Classroom Visits

Matt can Zoom in to your classroom for a 25 minute visit, sing-along and chat with your students. Choose your class favorite Dream English songs, or Matt can help you choose a program. Matt can ask and answer questions from students.

Price

$100.00 USD for classroom visit up to 30 students. Matt can only do a visit if it works with his time zone. For more information please send an email with the subject “Class visit Inquiry” and your country and time zone to

matt @ dreamenglish.com no spaces

Online Zoom Teacher Workshop With Matt

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Matt has done teacher workshops in Japan, Thailand, and Spain. Now Matt is doing live workshops online!

Topics for Workshop

Topics can include lesson planning, teaching English with songs, or Q & A about teaching with Matt (No personal questions please). Have another idea for a workshop? Email us and let us know! (email address below)

Prices

Minimum 10 participants at $10.00 USD each or $100.00 USD for session. For more information please send an email with the subject “Teacher Workshop Inquiry” to matt @ dreamenglish.com no spaces between like this:

 

Feel free to email with any questions about an online workshop!

Online Teacher Workshop with Matt Registration Details

I’m trying to do some new things and decided to hold an online teacher workshop and Q & A Session with Zoom. The workshop will be on May 7th at 11:00 AM Paris, France Time Zone.

Participants will learn my method for teaching with songs, and we will sing some Dream English songs together. Space is limited to 10 teachers.

For more info, fee details, and to register go here: https://www.dreamenglish.com/onlinemeeting
Happy Teaching! Matt
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New Song: What’s Your Favorite Food? Song for Kids English Class

Food is a very important topic in Children’s English Classes (ESL, EFL).  The new Favorite Food Song teaches 10 food names. More below the video:

How to Teach

Pre-teach the vocabulary in the lyrics using flashcards, or pictures. Then, watch the video and sing the song with your students.

Lyrics

What’s your favorite food? (repeat)

I like hamburgers
I like hot dogs
I like pizza
I like eggs

What’s your favorite food? (repeat)

I like rice
I like salad
I like sandwiches
I like spaghetti
I like soup
I like cake

What’s your favorite food? (repeat)

After the song, you can practice the vocabulary by asking the students, “What is your favorite food?”

Flashcard Game

Put the food flashcards on the floor or table. The students ask the teacher, “What is your favorite food?” The teachers answers, “I like pizza” for example. The students who touches the pizza flashcard first wins the round. Ask each students their favorite food so that they all can have a turn answering.

I hope this is helpful! Be creative, and make a great class using your own ideas and I hope this song can be a part of what you do. Happy Singing!

New Sight Words Song – Learn 10 High Frequency Words

I use sight words, along with phonics, to teach my students how to read in English (ESL, EFL) .  Sight Words are commonly used words that young learners are encouraged to memorize by sight.  More below the video!

Sight Words Song Series

I started using sight words a few years ago when I wanted to give my students a boost in their reading skills. Phonics are great, but it can take a long time to get students to begin reading. Encouraging students to memorize words that occur often in text help them read faster, and gain confidence in reading.

I chose the words for my song series from the “Top 150 Sight Words” list, with some modifications based on my experience teaching English to young learners.  The basic idea is like the lyrics to the song, “Listen. Read. Remember.”

How to teach

Show the students the video, and then on the second or third try ask them to read the words with me. You can also write the words on the board and pre-teach them before watching the video. The list of the words for this video is: the, I, and, a, to, in, is, you, that, it.

Game Idea

You can play a simple touch game with the words. Write each word on a separate sheet of paper. Put all of the words on a table and have a group of 2-4 students sit around the table. Call out one of the words, for example “the.” The student who touches the word first wins the round.

These are just some ideas to get you started with sight words. Stay tuned for the remaining videos of the series on the Dream English Kids Youtube Channel!

 

A to Z Letters Song Album now on Spotify and iTunes

The A to Z Letter Songs Album is now on Spotify and iTunes! 26 Songs, one for each letter of the alphabet. Each song introduces one letter and three words that begin with that letter. For example, “A, apple, ant, alligator.” Great for the ESL and EFL classroom!

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Song Videos on YouTube

Above you will find the YouTube Playlist with the 19 Today’s Letter Song videos that are now on YouTube. We are currently through letter S. The remaining videos will be uploaded in coming months.

How to Teach

Teachers can use the videos to teach the vocabulary in the song, or simply an alphabet chart and some pictures on the board for the vocabulary.  First, teach the vocabulary slowly, and then try to have the students sing along with the song. Be sure to do the actions in the songs, clap, shake, and dance!

Activities

After singing the song, have the students sit down and write the letter on a piece of paper. Next, ask the students to draw something that starts with the letter. For example, if you are starting with letter A, ask the students to write letter A and then draw an apple. For younger students, you may need to help and draw an apple first on the board so that they can follow along.

These are just some ideas, be creative and come up with your own!

Happy teaching!

New Action Song: “My Feet Are For Walking”

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This is a fun and simple song for your children’s English class (ESL, EFL). Your students will love the fun and silly actions. Have a look at the video before reading the below teaching tips.

Lyrics:

My feet are for walking (x2)
Walking fast, walking slow
My mouth is for talking (x2)
talking fast, talking slow
My legs are for jumping (x2)
jumping fast, jumping slow
My arms are for swimming (x2)
swimming fast, swimming slow

Teaching Tips:

Start out by teaching the lyrics to the song. Teach them slowly, and have the students repeat after you. If you are not sure about pronunciation, have the students repeat after me as I say the lyrics at the beginning of the video.

I recommend teaching the actions and lyrics at the same time. This helps the students remember. Practice the walking fast, and slow part. This will be really fun for the students, and get them ready to sing. Finally, give the song a try! If you teach your students weekly, try to sing this song at the beginning of class every week for a month! By the end of the month, I’m sure the students will be singing very well. Encourage the students to sing in a loud voice.

Game idea:

Start a phrase of the lyrics and the students have to finish. For example:
Teacher: My feet are for….
Students: walking!
Next, ask a student to come to the front of the class to start the phrase.

Get the song:
“My Feet are for Walking” is available on YouTube, iTunes, and Spotify

YouTube Video link: Click here!
Download this song:
Spotify: Click here!
iTunes: Click here!

Happy teaching!!

How to Teach Children to Say “My name is …” in English

Children learning English (ESL/EFL) love to introduce themselves in English. Asking the students, “What’s your name?” and having them answer is a daily task in my classes. Here are my top tips for teaching this:

Top 5 Tips for Teaching Children Self Introduction with Name

    1. Introduce yourself first: I always begin by saying, “My name is Matt.” Next, I will invite a student up and after learning their name help them say for example, “My name is Bell.” The students can slowly repeat each word after you.
    2. Use puppets to introduce the idea: I often use small hand puppets that I bought at a local store to model saying, “My name is…” I have a dog puppet, and a cat puppet. I introduce myself by saying, “My name is Matt” then I pull out the puppets. I make a silly dog voice and using the dog puppet say, “My name is Douggy Dog. Woof, woof!” Then I take out the cat puppet and say, “My name is Catey Cat. Meow!” The students start seeing that we are introducing ourselves.
    3. What’s Your Name? Song: After introducing the idea of saying our names, we sing the What’s Your Name? Song. You can get a free mp3 download of that song here. And check out the simple video here:
    4. Game Idea: Have the students stand in a circle. Use a ball, and have the students throw it to each other. The student that throws the ball has to ask “What’s your name?” The student who catches the ball answers, “My name is _____.” See if they can gradually speed up without making mistakes. If the students are younger, ages 2-5, you can have them pass the ball and say their name.
    5. Name and Numbers Quiz: When the students are comfortable saying, “My name is …” you can combine asking the student’s names and a number quiz. I do this in big classes with students ages 4-6. I invite a group of students to the front of the class. I ask, “What’s your name?” and they all answer. Next, I show them a number card usually from 1-10 and ask, “What number?” and they answer for example, “Five!” Then I ask those students to sit down again, and invite another group up until all of the students have had a turn. This is fun, simple, and gives young learners confidence in English!

      Tip:       Simplify! If something is too difficult for your students, you can always simplify the activity. For example, in the game above if the students are not ready yet to ask “What’s your name?” have them pass the ball and say, “My name is…”

I hope this helps you get your students introducing themselves in English. Happy Teaching! – Matt