Children of all ages LOVE to sing. I guess that's why Karoke has become so popular across our country. So why not use the love of singing to help students learn to sing. If you don't have a karoke machine, don't worry. There are several of places on the internet to find songs for your child, most are free. The only catch is that the child needs to read the lyrics, NOT just memorize the words to the song. One idea I read about includes have a "Lyrics Notebook" that is made by putting music into a three-ring binder. Let your child turn on the music and sing, I mean "read" along. The only rule is that the child has to read along with the music. Lyric notebooks would be great on a road trip. The following sites are places where you will find lyrics to some of your favorite songs.
Children's Music Archive - Lyrics, sing-along suggestions, and activities
The Bus Songs - Lyrics, videos, and music for kid's songs and nursery rhymes
Teacher Created Resources - Recordings of hundreds of children's songs along with printable lyrics.
National Institute of Environmental Health's Kids - Lyrics for dozen of children's songs, patriotic songs, holiday songs, and songs from movies
KiDiddles - Lyrics to popular children's songs organized by subject and alphabetically
Songs for Teaching - Songs to support math, science, social studies, art, etc.
