5-+The+importance+of+rhymes,+Teddy+Bear

__USING SONGS IN CHILDHOOD AND PRIMARY EDUCATION IN ENGLISH: __
 * THE IMPORTANCE OF RHYMES: TEDDY BEAR **

English teachers should use traditional songs because they are mainly repetitive and have a strong rhythm, because of these two characteristics children on childhood and primary education can quickly learn them. As teachers we can introduce these songs with some meaningful visual or audio resources so as to make them more attractive and interactive (pets, flashcards, CD’s, DVD’s… and also these resources can help us to point or ask some words… that pupils do not understand. Rhymes are funny and consequently motivating for pupils, all of these kinds of songs are usually destined for young people of all kinds, so they can be used to sing or perform at the same time with pupils who are even shy, rhymes can be performed alone or in big groups. These entertaining songs usually make pupils feel happy about what they have learnt, so they do not be afraid to show teachers, classmates or family this kind of learning. Kids can develop their physical and psychological skills at the same time like memory, focusing, coordination... Rhymes are also useful due to help children to improve their linguistic skills such as in making familiar the different sounds and pronunciations of the words. With these songs pupils start learning chunking and significant sentences instead of simply words, it is with these songs that they start taking knowledge about other aspects just like the rhythms and stressed patterns.

__REMARKABLE POINTS OF THE RHYMES: __

We have told almost everything before but we can still say something more specific about rhymes and their contributions and features:


 * 1) 1. Rhymes contain almost always the language in an authentic and natural way.


 * 1) 2. A new variety of vocabulary can be introduced to pupils with rhymes.


 * 1) 3. Rhymes are generally easily found.


 * 1) 4. Rhymes can be selected to suit some needs and interests of the studentss.


 * 1) 5. Grammar and cultural aspects can be introduced with rhymes.


 * 1) 6. Children can experience a wide range of English accents.

__INTERESTING LINKS: __
 * 1) 7. Pupils can find that rhymes are natural and interesting.

[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Web site with many activities suggestions to work with the Teddy bear theme.)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Web site with more information about rhymes.)

[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">(I highly recommend you this one; it contains a huge amount of traditional rhymes with their respective lyrics, origins & history.)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|http://curry.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm#This_Week] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Here you will find some Week Units and downloadables so as to work with rhymes.)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">(I recommend you to explore this web site due to find some resources to work on rhymes.)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">(This site is recommended if you want to find resources like coloring sheets of a huge variety of traditional English rhymes)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">(To find coloring pages that deal with many rhymes)

**__DEVELOPED TASK:__** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This year we have worked on rhymes with a very well known one like “Teddy Bear” is. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">With this song we have been tough to employ it so as to develop the pupils’ **oral, listening and performing skills** in a funny and significant way. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">So here I give you as an example all of the materials we have made to apply and analyze the “Teddy Bear” rhyme in classroom.

<span style="color: #ce9822; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">**TEDDY BEAR**



Our version Lyrics: <span style="background-color: #dfc58b; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 14px;">Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Touch the ground

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn around

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Walk down the Street

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Stamp your feet __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">GIVEN RESOURCES THAT MAY HELP YOU TO DEVELOP THE "TEDDY BEAR" RHYME IN CLASS: __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">