LESSON TIPS - RHYMES - CHANTS
Chants are a wonderful way to introduce and practice new vocabulary and structures. They are a lot more felxible than songs, since you can elaborate and change to your needs.
Chants

A great resource has been the book "Get them talking" by Patti Lozano. An entire section has been dedicated to "Chanting Activities" and include

  • The basic Chant
  • The high /Medium/ Low Chant
  • The emotional Chant
  • The Character Chant
  • The Conductor's Chant
  • The Radio Game
  • Round Chanting
  • Gesture Chanting
  • Gesture-Guessing Chanting
  • The Stomping Grammar Chant
  • Synonym/ Antonym Chanting
  • Erase Chanting
  • Drones and Descants
  • Nonsense Chanting
  • Frog Chorus
  • Verb Highway
Response Chants