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8 Great Educational Song Videos, from my Favorite 7th Grader!

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Sharing Some Excellent Examples of one of the Most Fun Learning Constructs Ever Conceived

Most of us have heard “teaching tunes” like the Periodic Table song featured above. What a great technique to help students learn about a subject that might otherwise be learned through rote memorization! Don't you just love this idea?

My daughter was singing the Periodic Table Song the other day and it reminded me how fun and functional this approach to learning is. When asked if she knew any other good songs like this, she was happy to share some. Then she took it to the next level and searched around for some more that she thought were good enough to share. Thanks, Jordan (I'm so fortunate to be blessed with such a fun, bright, and musically inclined daughter)!

8 Great Songs for Student Learning and Topic Review:

Thank you to the many talented people behind these educational ditties! Brilliant work!

If you know of other great examples like this, please be so kind as to share them in a comment. Thanks! 🙂

In closing, since we're on the subject and the holidays are coming, … here's a silly little ditty of my own, The 12 Days of Ed Tech Rap, that combines my appreciation of music with my love of ed tech (although it'll be obvious pretty quickly that I ain't no rapper! Here's an original song that reflects my ‘roots-rock' musical style). Happy holidays everyone!

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  1. […] Most of us have heard “teaching tunes” like the Periodic Table song featured above. What a great technique to help students learn about a subject that might otherwise be learned through rote memorization! Don’t you just love this idea? My daughter was singing the Periodic Table Song the other day and it reminded me how fun and functional this approach to learning is. When asked if she knew any other good songs like this, she was happy to share some. Then she took it to the next level and searched around for some more that she thought were good enough to share. Thanks, Jordan (I’m so fortunate to be blessed with such a fun, bright, and musically inclined daughter)!  […]

  2. I love this idea. I remember watching School House Rock growing up and it made learning so much easier and fun. The Periodic Table song is a bit fast and seems complicated still, but I’m sure after listening to it a number of times it will come natural to the kids. When my wife assigns lines from Canterbury Tales, I enjoy hearing her come home to sing some of the tunes that the kids put together to memorize those lines. This proves that when we allow students to take control of their learning and connect it with what they are interested in, learning is guaranteed.

  3. Yes! Great post. I love the raps. For millennia, humans across the globe have used rhythm to aid memorization: think Shakespeare, the Homeric epic poems, the Mahabharata, etc.

    If you/your kids want to use rhythm to learn spoken Chinese, take a look at the new LoopSkool Chinese app: http://www.loopskool.com

  4. Great stuff! Not a ‘song’ but a poem I learned once:

    Bile from the liver emulsifies greases
    Tinges the urine and colours the faeces
    Aids peristalsis, prevents putrefaction
    Remember all this and you’ll give satisfaction!

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