• In this video you will learn how to make song cards so that children can choose which songs to sing in class.
• Song cards can be adapted to any story, age group or teaching situation.

Supplies:

1. Paper
2. Scissors
3. Pen or Pencil
4. Tape or Blue-tac
5. Links to Song Videos

Instructions:

1. Choose songs you would like to sing in class.
2. Mark off squares on a paper.
3. Write song titles (or draw pictures depicting them) on the squares.
4. Cut the squares out to form cards.

Various Ways to Use the Cards:

1. Tape the cards to a wall or board.  Children take turns choosing a card to be sung in class.
2. Simply lay the cards on the table (face up) and let the children choose a song to sing.
3. Lay the cards face down on a table and let the children choose a song to sing.
4. Fold up the cards and place them in a basket or bowl.  Children draw out a card to choose a song.
5. Provide supplies and help the children make their own song cards.

Click here to listen to real teachers singing songs