Hello, Teacher
Hello, teacher,
hello, teacher,
How are you?
How are you?
We are happy, thank you,
we are happy, thank you.
How are you?
How are you?
Primary English - Grade 2
Skip to the content belowSing and Learn: Songs for Grade 2
Five short songs to sing together. Press play, follow the words as they light up, and sing along.
About these songs
Grade 1 and Grade 2 share one syllabus, Activity Based Oral English, and each of its themes uses songs to teach words and sentence patterns. Each song here goes with one of those themes, so it works in Grade 1 as well.
The tunes are traditional and very old, so they are free for anyone to use. The words of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star were written by Jane Taylor in 1806. The words of the other four were written for RCF English.
The songs
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that farm he had a cow,
E-I-E-I-O!
With a moo moo here, and a moo moo there,
here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that farm he had a duck,
E-I-E-I-O!
With a quack quack here, and a quack quack there,
here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack quack.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that farm he had a dog,
E-I-E-I-O!
With a woof woof here, and a woof woof there,
here a woof, there a woof, everywhere a woof woof.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
The Weather Song
Rain, rain, rain comes down,
on the roof and ground.
Pitter patter, pitter patter, pitter patter,
It's a rainy day!
Sun, sun, sun comes out,
shining all around.
Warm and bright, warm and bright, warm and bright, warm and bright,
It's a sunny day!
This Is How I Wash My Hands
This is how I wash my hands,
wash my hands, wash my hands,
This is how I wash my hands,
with soap and water too.
This is how I brush my teeth,
brush my teeth, brush my teeth,
This is how I brush my teeth,
each morning and each night.
This is how I drink my milk,
drink my milk, drink my milk,
This is how I drink my milk,
I drink it from my cup.
Five short steps
Teaching a song
Listen first
Play the tune once while the children just listen and watch the words light up.
Say the words
Press Say the words, or say them yourself, slowly, a line at a time. Children repeat each line.
Sing slowly
Tick Slower and sing along. Point to the words as they light up.
Add actions
Wave for hello, wiggle fingers for twinkle, rub hands for wash. Actions help children remember the words.
Sing it again
Untick Slower once the song is known. Children love singing a song they know well - repeat it on later days.
About the sound
The tune is played as soft, quiet notes made by the browser itself - there are no audio files to download. Nothing plays until you press a button, and the sound switch at the top of the songs turns it off.
The tune has no singing voice. The children do the singing. That is what makes it an action song rather than a video to watch.
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