I'm teaching adult literacy to refugees and my students really love listening to music. I'm looking for suggestions of songs that adults would like but are very easy - lots of CVC words and one syllable words.
Thanks!
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Music is a great way to learn to read because musical scores are written with one sound to a bar. Even if it is not one word, the words are divided so there is one chunk of sound. You can go to your local music store and get a ton of songs but I would choose the onesyou like because you are going to hear them over and over. It would help if you chose the ones with music you already have as well as that would be cheaper.
You can act out the stories and take pictures so they will understand and of course, the clearer the lyrics on the story line the better. Country songs are good about story lines and refugees often have similar problems.
Lyrics. com also has words for most songs. You can break them down as if they were musical scores and then put them back together once they can do the sounds.
If you have refugees from one country you could have them bring in their music and well and try to find English translations or have someone translate for you.
You can act out the stories and take pictures so they will understand and of course, the clearer the lyrics on the story line the better. Country songs are good about story lines and refugees often have similar problems.
Lyrics. com also has words for most songs. You can break them down as if they were musical scores and then put them back together once they can do the sounds.
If you have refugees from one country you could have them bring in their music and well and try to find English translations or have someone translate for you.