Thu 30 Nov 2006
These are among the simplest of Recycle Songs.
First: students practice saying numbers. This is good practice even for advanced learners. They won’t believe it, but let them try. In “Counting Song 1 – 7,” they sing along with the numbers: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7… 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.”
“The Even Counting Song” is harder. Try singing along… “2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12… 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2.”
Now you know the basic melody for this 12-second song. A huge range of Recycle versions can be composed by students themselves. Examples:
1. Students create their own number songs. They can sing any numbers (“100, 80, 25, 10… 16, 17, 43, 1″) to the melody and the rest of the group writes them down. Thus the group gets speaking, listening, and pronunciation practice.
2. Don’t stop with numbers. Students can make a list of words for this melody. The melody may have a theme, as in the Animal List Song, or it may be current vocabulary.
