Ultimate Guide to Learning Through Song (in the grammar stage)

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A key component of the grammar stage (or elementary age) is learning lots of information.  Young children are like sponges, able to soak up whatever you put in front of them.  In classical education, we like to think of this as creating hooks (or pegs) in a child's brain for them to hang more information on as they grow and learn more.

My children and I begin most mornings going through our memory box.  We memorize scripture, poetry, science facts, history sentences, geography facts, and more.  Some things we memorize by simply speaking, others we learn through song!  Sometimes we use published songs,  other times we make up out own songs!

Here are some of the little songs we have made up: (don't mind my son's extra blinking, he has pinkeye =)




We also have certain songs that go with particular curriculum we are using.  We have a song for  Veritas Press history and many songs for Song School Latin from Classical Academic Press.  A few days a week I will have the kids work on puzzles or some other quiet activity like that and I will play through those types of songs for them in the background.  It's truly amazing what they can memorize, especially when it is put to song! 

While I was in the middle of writing this post, I came across Dr. Perrin (from Classical Academic Press) giving a talk on this same topic!  If you are wondering "Why memorize?" or "Why memorize to music?" definitely take some time to watch this video.




Here is a great list of resources for you to use for memorizing information through song.  Everyone's styles and needs are different, so if you don't like one selection, just try another!  The resources are broken down by subject.

• Old Testament and Ancient Egypt memory song     
• Veritas Press New Testament, Greek, and Rome memory song
• Veritas Press Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation memory song
• Veritas Press Explorers to 1815 memory song
• Veritas Press 1815 to Present memory song
• Classical Acts and Facts History Songs from Classical Conversations 
• History Songs (American) by Kathy Troxel
• Songs for Teaching: American History and Government
• American Rock by Schoolhouse Rock 
• The American Dream (Early American History)
• The American Way (19th & 20th Centuries)
• American Heroes by Jonathan Sprout (vol 1) (vol 2) (vol 3) (vol 4)
• Learning American History by Song  from Barbara Speicher
• Learning About Patriotic Holidays and Symbols from Barbara Speicher
• Westward Expansion Songs by Kathleen Wiley
• Discover America by Janine Cooper Ayres 

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• States and Capitals Song by Kathy Troxel
• Geography Songs by Kathy Troxel
• States and Capitals from Twin Sisters
• U.S. States and Capitals by The Kiboomers
• Geography, Geology, and Meteorology from Intelli-Tunes
• States and Capitals from Kidzup
• All Countries of the World from Mr. I & Gary Q

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• Grammar Songs by Kathy Troxel
• Grammar Time Jingles
• Shurley Grammar Jingles (level 1) (level 2) (level 3) (level 4) (level 5) (level 6) (level 7)  
• One Little Sound by Hap Palmer
• Two Little Sounds by Hap Palmer
• Sounds Fun Phonics
• English Tutor: Punctuation and Grammar Songs
• Grammar by Rock n Learn
• Grammar & English by Intelli-Tunes
• Grammar Rock by Schoolhouse Rock
• Word Mechanics by Intelli-Tunes
• Phonics from Twin Sisters
• Advanced Phonics from Twin Sisters
• Phonics Time with Miss Jenny
• Advanced Phonics with Miss Jenny

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• Addition Songs by Kathy Troxel
• Multiplication Songs by Kathy Troxel
• Subtraction Songs by Kathy Troxel
• Division Songs by Kathy Troxel
• Classical Math to Classical Music: Addition
• Classical Math to Classical Music: Subtraction
• Classical Math to Classical Music: Multiplication
• Classical Math to Classical Music: Division
• Multiplication Mountain by Hap Palmer
• Do The Math
• Got Math?
• Doggone Math by Harry Guffey
• Count, Add, Subtract by Hap Palmer
• Musical Math
• Math - Sing Your Way to Easy Learning
• Multiply by Music
• The NumBears Multiply
• Multiplication by Heart
• Mondo Math - Addition Facts
• Subtraction Unplugged
• Addition Unplugged
• Multiplication Rock by Schoolhouse Rock
• Skip Counting by Math-U-See
• Addition from Twin Sisters
• Subtraction from Twin Sisters
• Multiplication from Twin Sisters
• Division from Twin Sisters

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  (please note that there is evolutionary content in some of these)

• Lyrical Life Science (vol 1) (vol 2) (vol 3)
• Lyrical Earth Science (vol 1) 
• Have Fun Teaching: Science Songs
• Here Comes Science
• The Human Body by Intelli-tunes
• Science Songs by Intelli-tunes
• Buzzers, Creepers, & Crawlers by Intelli-tunes
• Science Rock by Schoolhouse Rock
• Singing Science Records
• Physics from Twin Sisters
• Singin' Songs of Science by J.P.Taylor (vol 1) (vol 2)  (vol 3)
• Science Songs by Kathleen Wiley
• Round the World with Science by Professor Broggs
• Mad Science Factory by Professor Broggs
• Science Songs from Musically Aligned (vol 1) (vol 2) (vol 3) (vol 4) (vol 5)
• Science in Song by Robin Walling (vol 1) (vol 2) (vol 3)
• Science Rocks by Jim Thompson
• Science Songs with Miss Jenny
• Health and the Human Body with Miss Jenny
• Anna and the Telophase by The Trigs

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• Song School Latin 1
• Song School Latin 2
• Song School Greek
• Song School Spanish
• Lyrical Latin
• Spanish from Twin Sisters
• German from Twin Sisters

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• Genesis-Joshua from Veritas Press
• Judges-Kings from Veritas Press
• Chronicles-Malachi from Veritas Press
• Gospels from Veritas Press
• Acts-Revelation from Veritas Press
• Bible Grammar Songs
• Questions with Answers from Songs for Saplings (vol 1) (vol 2) (vol 3) (vol 4)
• Hannah's Hundred from The Cooley House
• Seeds Family Worship
• Westminster Shorter Catechism Songs by Holly Dutton (vol 1) (vol 2) (vol 3) (vol 4)
• I know there are lots more.  Feel free to share your favorites!

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Multiple Subject Areas:

• Sing n Learn
• Cycle One Songs from Classical Conversations
• Cycle Two Songs from Classical Conversations
• Cycle Three Songs from Classical Conversations
• Geometry Park by Jim Crone
• Sing It to Learn It from Musical Recall (vol 1) (vol 2)

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Do you use songs to help your children memorize information?  

What are your favorite resources?  

Leave a comment if I missed a good one!

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