One thing that we do daily with our students is sing a pop song. That’s only just a bit difficult for me as I really don’t like any of the current pop music out there. I’m a country girl through and through. Yes, it comes from living in Austin for graduate school. But I digress. Last week I finally managed to put together a mix CD from the music I own. There are some pop-ish country songs out there that I put on the CD. I do have some older pop music that I put on there. And I also put on some oldies from the 50s, 60s and 70s.

The one that I’m doing with all of my preschoolers right now is “Rock Around the Clock” (the history of the song is actually quite interesting). I’m also doing it with A4 and B4 because it’s a pretty easy song. It’s also a good song for the kids. Koreans who are learning English tend to have lots of trouble with the R sound. So it’s a great song for reinforcing correct pronunciation.

We’re also supposed to have the kids try to read the lyrics. Inevitably, kids lose the papers you give them. And I wanted to make this as “fun” as possible. So I printed up some lyric sheets that include images relating to the song and laminated them. I then keep them and hand them out to each class. No more “Teacher! I don’t have my paper!” for me. Click the picture for a nearly full size image. And click for a downloadable copy in Open Document format, or Microsoft Office format.