{"id":182,"date":"2018-10-01T06:39:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T06:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/?p=182"},"modified":"2018-10-01T06:41:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T06:41:54","slug":"top-10-dream-english-songs-for-teaching-english-to-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/top-10-dream-english-songs-for-teaching-english-to-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Dream English Songs for Teaching English to Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I started Dream English there were not many songs available that were great for teaching young learners English (ESL, EFL). Now there are hundreds! I thought it would be helpful to talk about the songs I use most teaching children ages 3-8 English.<\/p>\n

Top 10\u00a0Dream English Songs for\u00a0Teaching Children English<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Hello Song – A great song to start the class. Say hello, make a circle, and walk this way! Watch video here!<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. What’s Your Name? – Asking students, “What’s your name?” is something that I do in every class! It’s simple interaction, and kids always enjoy saying their names.\u00a0Watch video here!<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Let’s Count 1 to 10 – A favorite numbers and actions song. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, jump!\u00a0Watch video here!<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes – This traditional song is perfect for teaching body parts. The speed up part makes it super fun for students!\u00a0Watch video here!<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. ABC Rock Song – A bit of a twist on the ABC song with a fun A to Z chant in the middle.\u00a0Watch video here!<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Colors Action Song – Let’s sing colors, and do actions with each color. A great movement and color song!\u00a0Watch video here!<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Weather Song – The sun comes up, up, up! Another fun action song, teaches weather and some prepositions.\u00a0Watch video here!<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Days of the Week Song – Monday, Tuesday, la, la, la! Be sure to do all of the actions in this pop song about the Days of the Week!\u00a0Watch video here!<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. What Can you do? Action Song – Jump, I can jump! Let’s do some fun actions while we sing along to this simple song!\u00a0Watch video here!<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Shapes Song – A circle, a triangle, a square, a heart. I’ve always liked the simplicity of this song, and the actions that go along make it a great motor skills song.\u00a0Watch video here!<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Wake Up Song \/ Daily Routines – One of the first, and still most popular Dream English songs. Let’s wake up, brush our teeth, and more in this fun daily routines song.\u00a0Watch video here!<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Goodbye Song – Another early Dream English song, that is still a favorite. Let’s clap our hands, spin around, do more actions and say Goodbye to the class! Watch video here!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So that is the list of the songs I use most to teach English. Some of these I wrote years ago, and some more recent. Check out the videos for all of the songs , and you can find most of these songs on our Free Download Page<\/a>, or on Spotify<\/a> and iTunes.<\/a> Happy Singing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When I started Dream English there were not many songs available that were great for teaching young learners English (ESL, EFL). Now there are hundreds! I thought it would be helpful to talk about the songs I use most teaching children ages 3-8 English. Top 10\u00a0Dream English Songs for\u00a0Teaching Children English Hello Song – A … Continue reading “Top 10 Dream English Songs for Teaching English to Children”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,97,7],"tags":[17,98,12,36,62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}