Lyrics and Literacy

Who would have thought that children singing songs which link to literacy could relate to every subject you would find in their learning? I was pretty amazed still reading this article myself. Here are some quotes:

"Even young children frequently memorize verse after verse of elaborate song lyrics, such as those in "I know an Old Lady who swallowed a fly" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". "Like predictable books, song lyrics possess any or all of the following characteristics: rhyme, rhythm, repetition of vocabulary, and repetition of structure (Lynch, 1986)"

"In the classroom there should be song lyrics as the base not only for literacy activities but for learning experiences that integrate language with other curricular areas, such as science, math, social studies, art and music."

Imagine yourself t h e r e...

A deeply dark night, His life on earth flashed before eyes; “Wise men visited Him, John Baptized Him, He was tempted, He began His work in Galilee, He chose followers, He taught and healed, He made promises, people followed Him, He brought a dead girl to life, He walked on water, He warned everyone that He must die, they planned to kill Him, Judas became an enemy, He ate at passover, He ate His last supper, His followers left Him, He was arrested, He was put on trial before the leaders, Peter denied Him, He was taken to Pilate, Judas killed himself because He realized he was wrong, Pilate questions Jesus and tried to free Him, Jesus was crucified”

And the whole country became dark, for 3 hours, and then He died. I can almost smell the air of that day He died, as the darkened sky surrounded Him in silence, I can imagine that time stood still, as the wind blew the garments off our heads, As we kneeled on that hill by the foot of the cross, if only our presence helped soothe His spirit, longing to touch Him and kiss His feet, only to see His blood hit the ground and His breath become less, as he struggles not only physically but with the weight of the world's sin's, past, present and future... Each and e v e r y sin. He went to each of our most depressing, excruciating painful days on earth, every time we envied others, lied to that friend, spoke out in anger to a loved one, gave our bodies away to another because our worth was unknown, every bad thought we had, each spec of jealously in our hearts, every word of gossip that destroyed that friend, the very cuts on our arms representing a numbness to our pain, every act of immorality, He never wanted us to suffer...

Because we did not k n o w, or did not care to consider the life He lived and the death He not only died but the every sin of ours that HE made His o w n... so that we could L I V E in return.
So that WE may have L I F E. Wether you believe or not... Imagine yourself t h e r e …. that night.
The night He wanted us to remember so that our every tear may be wiped, every burden lifted, so that we could know the depth of the only u n c o n d i t I o n a l love we could ever know...
There is no other love...

Imagine yourself there...