I Go With My Bright Little Lantern (lyrics and video)

 

I Go With My Little Lantern

I go with my bright little lantern,

my lantern is going with me.

Above the stars are shining,

on Earth that light is me.

La la la la la la la la

la bi-me-la ba-me-la boom.

La la la la la la la la

la bi-me-la ba-me-la boom.

Activity ideas for ESL teaching: Spring song "The Rainbow Colors"

Spring song: How is a rainbow formed

This is a good song for teaching ESL students. It's easy, catchy, and educational. You can use it for the "How Is A Rainbow Formed" project. You can teach it before or after teaching "The Rainbow Colors".

Before teaching a new song, it is always required to pre-teach the targeted vocabulary. For this song, that would be sun, rain, rainbow, and flowers. Prepare the flashcards and introduce them to your students. You can use some of these FLASHCARDS GAMES IDEAS. 

Depending on the English level your students are at,  you can also add warmth, sound, sight, or whatever you like. It is always a great idea to use TPR as well.

After introducing the targeted vocabulary, ask students what will appear in the sky when the sun is shining and it is raining at the same time. They will probably know the answer: the rainbow. 

After the conversation, sing the song using TPR. The second time, ask the students to do the TPR as well. 

To boost learning, you can make for example several cards of each word you have introduced and give them to your students. Ask them to stand up each time when they hear their word. Or, you can make prompts sun, rain, rainbow, flowers, like we did, and "dramatize" the song as if it were a story. Well, it kind of is.

For the follow-up activity, ask your children to draw "How Is A Rainbow formed?".

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THE RAINBOW COLORS SONG 

ESL TEACHING IDEAS
COLORS FLASHCARD GAME IDEA: JUMPING COLORS

Ideas for teaching The Rainbow Colors Song ESL

The Rainbow Colors Song

Music is a great tool to use for teaching children the English language. When teaching children a new song, all activities should be carefully planned and managed for children to be motivated for learning.

Before introducing to children a new song, you may want to “pre-teach” some of the words. For example, if you are going to sing "The rainbow song", you should first teach children colors or revise them through playing a game for example. As always, playing is one of the best ways for learning. In that way, you will warm up children and create good group dynamics.

You may want to read Simple ideas for introducing language using flashcards.

The Rainbow Colors Song

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, "clap" (clap with your hands).

(clap with your hands and/or say "yes").

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, (clap with your hands).

It's a rainbow, it’s a rainbow.  (clap with your hands)

A beautiful rainbow in the sky. (draw an arch with your hands pointing to the sky)

After revising colors, give children rainbow colors (flashcards/blocks) for each child one color. Use color flashcards lined up as they go in the song: red. orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. Start singing the song first slowly. When children hear the color they have, they need to stand up. After warming-up, start singing the song faster, and faster - this part is the most interesting to the children.
After singing, reinforce overall development in other parts of your lesson such as in art activity, a worksheet or other games e.g. "bingo game". 

The Rainbow Colors
Watercolor and crayons combination

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COLORS FLASHCARD GAME IDEA: JUMPING COLORS

SPRING SONG: HOW IS A RAINBOW FORMED

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