ESL Songs

for Kids

How Do Good ESL Songs for Kids Help Teachers?

by Cheema Beckham

“If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.”

- Edgar W. Howe

When it comes to teaching English as a Secondary Language (ESL) to kids, the story is no different; however I have found an easy solution for this. Some good songs for kids always come handy in keeping them focused towards learning while enjoying and amusing them.

Good ESL songs for kids vary from basic nursery rhymes to somewhat advanced songs, and can keep your kids occupied, irrespective of their ages. Although there are some CDs available for teaching these songs and you can buy them for a few dollars.

At the same time, you can find hundreds of different free ESL ditties for kids on the internet. Various ESL websites offer a variety of songs and rhymes for kids.

These songs are primarily aimed at improving the comprehension and vocabulary for young lads, but at the same time they enhance other linguistic skills. Young children can only start learning by repeating the words again and again.

These songs play a vital role in helping them achieve this and still making this repetition fun. By hearing and singing them over and over, they engage in vocabulary acquisition, language learning and comprehension enrichment.

Most of the time, these songs are also augmented with ESL flash cards, work sheets, and classroom games to compliment the learning module. Together these teaching aids help the ESL teachers in their profession and make things easier for them.

You can find different and worthwhile lists of ESL kids songs on the websites mentioned below:-


• ESL-Kids

• English For Children

• KIDiddles

• Music English Lessons

• Songs for Teaching

• Simple Songs

• ESL Classics


The best thing about these songs is that they have very interesting and strong melodies. You will see your kids singing these songs throughout the day and learn new words in the process.

One of the dilemmas with ESL songs is that some of them have too much vocabulary and language for basic ESL learners. This crisis exists, because these songs were primarily conceived for native learners. Thus while teaching these songs to the children, it must be kept in mind, and the most basic songs should be taught first.

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