With the time to think, he wrote some of the 1975’s most mature songs, about his own relationships (including a recent split from FKA Twigs, which is alluded to multiple times on the record) and the culture at large. The band’s lyricist began writing the album during the first break from touring he had in nearly a decade, thanks to the pandemic, and while staying away from Twitter, where provocative statements could get him in trouble. Then there were Healy’s personal reflections. Let’s admit that it’s black and white,” Healy says. “That elicited a bit of a downer,” says band leader Matty Healy, “which then elicited loads of conversations that we just hadn’t had in years.” They started to brainstorm: What is the 1975? What does the 1975 look like out of your peripheral vision? What would a 1975 Halloween costume be? “It’s black and white. After the band noticed that the new music they were working on felt like an extension of their last record, 2020’s Notes on a Conditional Form, they stopped to reconsider. You can find the song, `Write Your Name!’ on our CD `Fun Kids Songs Volume 2’ available at the ETJ Book Service here.Being Funny in a Foreign Language, the 1975’s fifth album, was born from reflection.

So as you can see, by using games and activities with songs we can take them from being an ordinary part of our classes to………. We also encourage teachers to add their own ideas and share them with us, please!

Here in the video below is an example of how a class using Write Your Name! may be approached. (Repeat this arrangement for each of the school supplies)Īll of us at Fun Kids English believe that this song and activity will be great additions to each and every classroom! Touch your book/bag/eraser/ruler/paper/glue Depending on the age and level of children in class, teachers may want to pause the song so as to provide ample time for her student(s). When the part of the song asking participants to touch one of the school supplies comes around, a timer can be heard in the song urging children to quickly find and touch one of the various objects. In preparation for this song/activity, we encourage the teacher to set, to the side of the room, one of each item for every student in the class. In this song target language includes: pick up your pencil, write your name, touch your and time’s up! The teacher and her student(s) sing “pick up your pencil – write your name” and then the student is prompted to touch her book, bag, eraser, ruler, glue or paper (depending on verse).

“ Write Your Name!” Is track 13 on our Fun Kids Songs Volume 2 CD.

Vocabulary: Pick up your pencil, write your name, touch your……., book, bag, eraser, ruler, glue, paper and time’s up!īelow are illustrations of the MATERIALS needed!Ĭertain songs may encourage the teacher and her students to use specific gestures, while other songs can get everyone in the classroom engaging in full-fledged races! The song I’ll be focusing on here does just that.

Song: Write Your Name! (available here).

Pencil(s), book(s), bag(s), eraser(s), ruler(s), paper(s) and glue(s).

Pencil, book, bag, eraser, ruler, paper and glue flash cards (available here).

To teach young learners the English names of some of the most commonly used school supplies and reinforcing their comprehension of certain tasks, including “write your name” and “pick up your pencil”, while having fun!.

Capturing and Sustaining Students’ Interest.

Student Centered Learning (giving our young learners ownership of their goals and achievements).

Here are some benefits of using games and activities with songs in our lessons: When songs are designed around an activity or game of sorts, the melodies and words become a vehicle for teaching our young learners. Listening to and singing songs with our students can actually become the core of a lesson plan. Music is a magical medium and proves time and again to be a great tool regarding children and education. Songs in the classroom can be wonderful additions to our lessons.

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