Comments on: Super Simple Songs

by: nikoniko

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:22:22 +0000

I was so glad to hear you interview Devon in your podcast!! I teach preschoolers, and I found the Super Simple English CDs about a month ago. I absolutely love them, and they are so easy to use!! My students love the songs we’ve done so far, and its great to finally be able to bring more music into our lessons. As Mark said in the interview, my own two boys love the songs too, and are often singing them while they play!

I only found your podcasts recently (got an ipod for Christmas!!) and I really enjoy them!

Looking forward to more!!

by: troym

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:58:19 +0000

Thanks for featuring us! When I heard Eric talk about how much he dreads teaching kids with music, it brought me back to when I first started teaching and how much I feared it too. I think for any ESL teacher who teaches young kids and uses music, its important to take things slow-and don’t make learning every word the focus-the focus should be getting up and moving and just having fun. When it comes to young learners I think music is no different than English-it should be played with, not “taught”.

Of course, if you don’t have the right music for the age/level you are working with, none of that matters. I think/hope we’ve made some of that “right” music with Super Simple Songs or you can find lots more out there from some of the artists Devon mentioned as well. I am a big fan of Sue Schnitzer and use her songs a lot in my classes. (http://www.weebeemusic.com/) Her early albums in particular have a lot of useful material for young kids.

Thanks again…..looking forward to the next show!

by: DevonT

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:03:18 +0000

Hey guys,

Thanks…I enjoyed it!