Songs that Build Reading & Language Skills

Sound files are available from these pages.*


Sounds of Letters, Digraphs, and Blends*

• Initial letter sounds from A to Z
• Consonants, Blends and Digraphs
• Long and Short Vowels

Songs that Build Phonological Awareness*

• Concepts of Words and Syllables
• Recognition and Production of Rhymes
• Word Families -- Phonograms -- Onsets and Rimes
• Segmenting, Blending, and Manipulation of Phonemes and Syllables

ESL / EFL / ESOL Songs* Elementary Concepts*

• Concepts of words, names, opposites, animals, colors, and shapes.

Grammar Songs*

• Songs that Teach Parts of Speech, Punctuation, and Spelling

Vocabulary, Clichés, and Idioms

• Big Toe Truck — Joe Scruggs
• Change The Baby* — Joe Scruggs
• Great Big Words* — Michael Mark & Tom Chapin
• Phobias* — John McCutcheon
• Trey Très Cliché — Katherine Dines
• Weird, Wild, and Wacky Words* — Katherine Dines
• New: Professionally-produced Songs and Raps for Building Vocabulary in Older Students.

Reading Comprehension

• Reading Comprehension Strategy Songs
• See also: Recommended Resources for Building Reading Comprehension

Playing With Traditional Literature

• Rapunzel Got a Mohawk — Joe Scruggs
• Throw It Out The Window*

Playing With Words

(See also Phonemic Awareness Songs)

• Two Kinds Of Seagulls* — John Forster

Songs that Encourage Children to Read

• I Can Read* — Jack Grunsky
• Library Song* — Michael Mark & Tom Chapin
• Read A Book* — Marcy Marxer

Even more children's songs and lyrics can be found on Kids' Music Town.