Songs & Music Tips:

10 Little Elephants.  For this song use these flashcards: click here.  Elicit each color of the elephant flashcards and then use them during the song to count the elephants.  There is also a song sheet to accompany the song: click here.

ESL Kids Song CD.  Genki English: this company offers song cds made especially for the esl kids classroom and now have a total of 4 cds with accompanying worksheet books and teacher guides.  The songs are fantastic and well worth the investment.  For more information click here.

Head, Shoulders Song. We all know this one, "Head, shoulders, knees & toes" with all the actions.  After running through the song once, have some speed rounds where everyone sings and does the actions as quickly as possible.  Then try it backwards ("Toes, knees, shoulders & head, shoulders & head...")!  Great fun!  (Click here for a Song Sheet).

Online ESL Songs.  This link at The EFL Playhouse takes you to 30 popular kids songs for use in the ESL classroom.  Many have sound so you can here the song melody and others have teaching suggestions.  Songs include: "The Alphabet Song", "The Colors of our Clothes", "Do You Know the Opposites?", "Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes", "If You're Happy / Sad and You Know It", "Listen to the Teacher", "Pretty Colors", "Round the Clock", "There is Thunder", "What's the Weather" and "Where's My Desk?"

Songs for very young.  If your are teaching classes of very young kids (from 2-6 years) and need a good general song tape then try "Max & Millie's Song Cassette" (Longman, ISBN 0582082277).  You should be able to get it or order it at any good educational bookstore.  It is beautifully recorded and contains 15 songs, including the classics: The Hello Song; The Goodbye Song; Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes; Old MacDonald; The Rainbow Song; 10 Little Elephants; The ABC Song; The Wheels of a Bus; and so on.