Teacher Resource - Teaching English Through Songs & Games Volume 1

"Denise’s work is awe-inspiring. She teaches from her soul and reaches that part of a child few even know exists. Her work shines as an example we all strive to achieve.”

Liz Ball, Principal,
Calgary Catholic Separate School District #1

Denise Gagne Williamson - teacher, author, vocal coach

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Teaching English Through Songs and Games Volume 1

Teaching English Through Songs & Games
Volume 1
written and performed by Denise Gagné Williamson
illustrated by Linda Bunn
$32.95

Add interest and variety to your English as a Second Language or English Immersion program!

By using the songs and activities in this book, you will:
Encourage student oral production of English
Enhance student memorization of the language
Organize and lead simple musical presentations with greater confidence

This teacher resource includes:
• Includes an audio CD of all the songs and poems
• Activity sheets to reinforce language learning
• Includes Christmas and holiday songs
• Basic beginner level English vocabulary suitable for Kindergarten,
Grade One and Grade Two

Listen to a Song The Ants Go Marching (3013KB)

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Titles of Songs:

Basic vocabulary
1.   Eeny-meeny-miny mo
2.   One potato, two potato
3.   Red, red, red
4.   Bluebird
5.   One, two, buckle my shoe
6.   Five Fat Peas
7.   3 Blue Pigeons
8.   Five Little Monkeys
9.   This Old Man
10.   Brush Your Teeth
11.   The Ants Go Marching
12.   I’ve Got 10 Little Fingers
13.   Head & Shoulders
14.   I Clap my Hands
15.   It’s Raining
16.   Cloudy and Cold
17.   Snowflakes Falling
18.   If You Love to See the Sun

Holiday Songs
19.   Dark, Dark Woods
20.   I’m In the Lord’s Army
21.   We Wish You a Merry
Christmas
22.   Ring those Bells
23.   Jingle Bells
24.   Up on the Housetop
25.   Children, Go Where I Send
Thee
26.   Tony Chestnut
27.   The Leprechaun’s Parade

Fun Songs for Everyday
28.   Miss Polly Had a Dolly
29.   Ring Around the Rosie
30.   Baby Bumblebee
31.   There Was an Old Woman Who
Swallowed a Fly
32.   BINGO

"Over the years, I have seen firsthand how much easier it is for children to learn a second language when vocabulary is presented through song and rhyme. I have also witnessed children’s enthusiasm for learning blossom when singing is incorporated into the lesson plan."

Denise Gagné Williamson
Listening Voice Media

Denise Gagné Williamson has a BA in Theatre and Music from Université du Québec à Montréal, and a graduate
diploma in Early Childhood Education from the University of Calgary. She has 20 years experience teaching at the
Elementary level, in Kindergarten, as a Music teacher and as a homeroom teacher of every Grade 1-6.
As most of her years teaching were spent in the Immersion setting, Denise has seen firsthand how much easier it is
for students to learn a second language when vocabulary is presented in song and rhyme. She believes that the
pure joy made possible through singing should be shared with our students at every possible moment. Although
still teaching, she currently offers private voice instruction to teens and adults.

Linda Bunn works both as a commercial and a fine artist. She earned a diploma in graphic and visual design, and
worked in advertising. Following a period a travel and inspiration in Europe, Linda studied fine arts at the University
of Waterloo. Besides having illustrated a children’s storybook (Moon Canoe), she also found time to create over 35
murals for children’s rooms.

This is the Denise and Linda’s third collaboration. Their other books together are Teaching French through Songs &
Games (2004) and Les meilleures chansons anglaises (2005).