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Hope you enjoy this collection of songs, jokes and sound clips all of which could help students learn to read and write and understand text.

If You're Happy and You Know It [[image:http://www.indianchild.com/images/note.gif width="15" height="24"]]
** If you're happy and you know it clap your hands. (clap clap) If you're happy and you know it clap your hands. (clap clap) If you're happy and you know it then your face will surely show it; If you're happy and you know it clap your hands. (clap clap)

If you're happy and you know it tap your toe. (tap tap) If you're happy and you know it tap your toe. (tap tap) If you're happy and you know it then your face will surely show it; If you're happy and you know it tap your toe. (tap tap)

If you're happy and you know it nod your head. (nod nod) If you're happy and you know it nod your head. (nod nod) If you're happy and you know it then your face will surely show it; If you're happy and you know it nod your head. (nod nod) **

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 * As a teacher you need to be very careful about how you explain things and what you want your students to take out of the lesson...**

TEACHER: John, how do you spell "crocodile?"

JOHN: K-R-O-K-O-D-A-I-L

TEACHER: No, that's wrong

JOHN: Maybe it's wrong for you, but you asked me how I spell it. _

TEACHER: What is the chemical formula for water?

SARAH: H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O

TEACHER: What are you talking about?

SARAH: Yesterday you said it's H to O !!! --- A kindergartner was practicing spelling with magnetic letters on the refrigerator: cat, dog, dad, and mom had been proudly displayed for all to see. One morning while getting ready for the day, he bounded into the room with his arms outstretched. In his hands were three magnetic letters: G-O-D. "Look what I spelled, Mom!" with a proud smile on his face. "That's wonderful!" his mom praised him. "Now go put them on the fridge so Dad can see when he gets home tonight." The mom happily thought that her son's Catholic education was certainly having an impact. Just then, a little voice called from the kitchen: "Mom? How do you spell 'zilla'?" ---

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A Farm song can help children to learn about a different way of life and about animals!

Old MacDonald Had A Farm [[image:http://www.indianchild.com/images/note.gif width="15" height="24"]]
** Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O, And on his farm he had a cow, E I E I O. With a moo moo here and a moo moo there, Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo. Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O, And on his farm he had a pig, E I E I O. With an oink oink here and an oink oink there, Here an oink, there an oink, everywhere an oink oink. Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O, And on his farm he had a duck, E I E I O. With a quack quack here and a quack quack there, Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack quack. Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O. **



The Farmer in the Dell [[image:http://www.indianchild.com/images/note.gif width="15" height="24"]]
** The farmer in the dell, The farmer in the dell, Heigh-ho, the derry-o, The farmer in the dell.

The farmer takes a wife, The farmer takes a wife, Heigh-ho, the derry-o, The farmer takes a wife.

The wife takes a child, The wife takes a child, Heigh-ho, the derry-o, The wife takes a child.

The child takes a nurse, The child takes a nurse, Heigh-ho, the derry-o, The child takes a nurse.

The nurse takes a dog, The nurse takes a dog, Heigh-ho, the derry-o, The nurse takes a dog.

The dog takes a cat, The dog takes a cat, Heigh-ho, the derry-o, The dog takes a cat.

The cat takes a rat, The cat takes a rat, Heigh-ho, the derry-o, The cat takes a rat.

The rat takes the cheese, The rat takes the cheese, Heigh-ho, the derry-o, The rat takes the cheese.

The cheese stands alone, The cheese stands alone, Heigh-ho, the derry-o, The cheese stands alone. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dont forget those rhyming words your working on i class....

It's raining, it's pouring; The old man is snoring. Bumped his head And he went to bed And he couldn't get up in the morning. Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Johnny wants to play.

1, 2 One, two, buckle my shoe; 3, 4 Three, four, knock at the door; 5, 6 Five, six, pick up sticks; 7, 8 Seven, eight, lay them straight; 9, 10 Nine, ten, a good fat hen; 11, 12 Eleven, twelve, dig and delve; 13, 14 Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting; 15, 16 Fifteen, sixteen, maids a-kissing; 17, 18 Seventeen, eighteen, maids a-waiting; 19, 20 Nineteen, twenty, I've had plenty ** media type="youtube" key="5XEN4vtH4Ic" width="425" height="350"media type="youtube" key="lKfCyoNCUkM" width="425" height="350"
 * The Alphabet Song -**

Spelling c be confussing....does this help??? A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling by Mark Twain For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s," and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c," "y" and "x"--bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez--tu riplais "ch," "sh," and "th" rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld