Why do we include cheers, chants, raps, and poetry in English lessons?
Chanting has many of the benefits of song:
It uses rhythm and rhyme in an enjoyable way.
It provides patterns that can make learning easier.
It builds children's confidence in oral language.
It can promote a sense of community, which is conducive to learning.
It provides a change of pace and mood to improve student motivation.
It offers opportunities for repeated readings, which build fluency.
It can serve as a writing prompt, offering students the chance to write new verses.
Kids love it!
Chants, raps, cheers, and poetry can be performed anywhere, even if your voice is as bad as mine! I encourage you to incorporate chanting into your lessons, and see how it builds energy for learning.
These chants and raps song lyrics are available from a variety of albums: Action Chants– Traditional/Tickle Tune Typhoon
– Hugh Hanley
– Traditional/Tickle Tune Typhoon
– Katherine Dines
– John "Kinderman" Taylor
Character Education Chants– James Oglesby
– Paulette Meier
– Music with Mar.
– Dr. Thomas Moore
– Linda K. Williams
– John "Kinderman" Taylor
– John "Kinderman" Taylor
– John "Kinderman" Taylor
– John "Kinderman" Taylor
Holiday and Calendar Chants and Raps– Caroline Figiel and Danny Jones
– Hap Palmer
Language Arts: Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Raps– Steven Widerman And The Gum Rappers
– John "Kinderman" Taylor
– Music with Mar.
– Dennis Westphall
– John "Kinderman" Taylor
– Jack Hartmann
– Jack Hartmann
– Katherine Dines
– Jack Hartmann
– Jack Hartmann
– Jack Hartmann
– Jack Hartmann
– Learning by Song
– Jack Hartmann
– Jack Hartmann
– Learning by Song
– Felice Green
– Jack Hartmann
Math Chants and Raps– Earth Tone
– Jack Hartmann
– Mary Perrine: Believers and Achievers
– Jack Hartmann
(Radius, Diameter, Circumference, Pi)– Mary Perrine
– Ron Brown
–Katherine Dines
(Patterns)– Jack Hartmann
– Jack Hartmann
– Earth Tone
– Mary Perrine and Sue Herby: Believers and Achievers
– Jack Hartmann
– Jack Hartmann
– Mary Perrine: Believers and Achievers
– Mary Perrine: Believers and Achievers
Poetry– Linda Brown
– Linda Brown
– Linda Brown
– Robert Louis Stevenson
– Robert Louis Stevenson
– Robert Louis Stevenson
– Linda Brown
– Linda Brown
Science Chants and Raps– Kathleen Carroll
– Ron Brown
– Tickle Tune Typhoon
– Tickle Tune Typhoon
– Jack Hartmann
– Stephanie Burton
– Kathleen Carroll
Social Studies Raps and Chants– School Art Theatre Productions
– Mr. I
– School Art Theatre Productions
– School Art Theatre Productions
– School Art Theatre Productions
– School Art Theatre Productions
Traditional Folk Songs and Nursery Rhymes – John "Kinderman" Taylor
– Skip West
– Katherine Dines
– John "Kinderman" Taylor
– Katherine Dines
– Jim Rule
– John "Kinderman" Taylor
– Jack Hartmann
– Jack Hartmann
– Jack Hartmann
– Jack Hartmann
– John "Kinderman" Taylor
– Katherine Dines
– Katherine Dines
– Jack Hartmann
– John "Kinderman" Taylor
– Jack Hartmann
– Jim Rule
Transition Raps – School Art Theatre Productions
– Katherine Dines
– School Art Theatre Productions
– School Art Theatre Productions
– Musically Aligned