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Favorite silly songs Kids love to sing, and (with the exception of my husband) the more you sing the better you get. Singing is a great way to introduce language, new sounds, and develop tongue and lip movement (oral motor skills). Two songs I would sing to my own kids (and use in therapy) are The Witch Doctor Song from 1959 and The Name Game, another oldie from 1965. The Witch Doctor Song has a goofy chorus that is actually good practice for kids as they sing the vowel sounds. "Ooo Eee Ooo Ahh Ahh." It's great exercise for the mouth and lips as they pucker for the Ooo sound and stretch their lips into a smile position for the Eee sound. And of course, sing it as fast as they can. The lyrics to the song can be found here. The song was recorded by David Seville of Alvin & The Chipmunks fame. (Actually, David Seville was the stage name of songwriter Ross Bagdasarian.) The Name Game was a Top
10 hit and is very good for teaching kids the idea of rhyming sounds.
You rhyme people's names according to the pattern set up in the song.
(The full lyrics can be found here.)
To rhyme the name Tony: Tony, Tony bo (to introduce the /b/ sound)
Bony. Banana Fana Fo (to introduce the /f/ sound) Fony. Fee Fi Mo
(to introduce the /m/ sound) Mony. You check out these songs and artists at Amazon.com or try this new version by The Re-Bops that contains both songs here. Or, visit your local record store and look in the oldies section. There is also the excellent music CD
from singer-songwriter Cathy Bollinger and EduFun Productions, Singing
Sounds. These are songs written to be used for therapy and
sound acquisition. They are very tuneful and fun to listen to, even
if you're an adult. You can find it here. |
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