Friday
Aug062010
Fifty Nifty United States Song - Dewey's Showcase
Friday, August 6, 2010 at 9:30PM 
Today I want to participate in Dewey's Showcase at The Stay at Home Librarian. Check out her site...you will love it! If you are working on the fifty states with your homeschooler, then you have to download the song "Fifty Nifty United States" originally by Ray Charles. Take a minute to listen to the song, and when you are done, you can go to the website and download the .mp3 file and also the lyrics. Look on the right side of the page and you will see "download the .mp3 file".
| Macmillan/McGraw-Hill - Fifty Nifty United States P.286 .mp3 | ||
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 | Found at bee mp3 search engine |  |
Of course, you can print the lyrics out and just let your kids learn it by singing along. When I used to teach in the schools I would make a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet with each state's name typed in bold letters and pass out to the children in the class. When your state was sung you had to hold up your sheet. Now, this might be hard in a homeschool class of 2 or 3, but if you have a big family it could be fun! To this day, I can sing all 50 states in alphabetical order with great speed. Now.... how many people can say that?!!?!
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Thank you! I love this! I LOVE your blog and will be visiting often! I got my music education degree, but started having children before I ever taught music. My first job was teaching children with reading problems. I am always trying to bring music into our home schooling as well and can't wait to keep up with what you are doing in your home!
So cool. I'm going to download it for sure!
This is so cool! I have to put this in the yearly schedule.
Thanks!
That's awesome! I love using singing for learning. I just got my kids the Melissa and Doug state puzzle. They're a little young yet, still, but who can resist Ray Charles! Awesome! And thanks for participating in the showcase. This was PERFECT.