Cars' Song

Today I would like to share a song, that a lot of children in the Middle East know. It works really well for music therapy as well.

Everyone has a car

Kollon aindon siyarat
O djiddi aindo hmar
Birakebna khalfo
Byahodna mishwar

O police bisafferlou
Biidou, biasherlou
Siyarat betzammerlou
Bap-bap-bap

Here is the same song, but in a funny video

I have used this song for:

- learning about transportation
- pronunciation of sounds 's', 'z', 'sh'
- playing different instruments for each line of the song (small music sequence with instruments that the child likes)

Comment:

Kids love 'bap-bap-bap' :)

Sounds song

One of the songs that I use with my students is 'Sounds song'. I 'stole' it from a website, where it was done in English. I translated it into Arabic, and has sung it ever since.

This song is a great way to do oral exercises, as well as to make them say sounds that are not easy to pronounce.

Iftah tummak o ghanni 'ah' (or any other sound that resembles it)
Sakker shweye o ghanni 'oh' (or any other sound that resembles it)
Warjini isnanak o ghanni 'eeh' (or any other sound that resembles it)
O kolshi maba3ad 'ah', 'oh', 'eeh'

I repeat this song 5-7 times, to practice the syllables that are hard for a child to pronounce, while h/she sings 'sah, soh, seeh', or 'za, zoh, zeeh'. You can also adjust it and use it to sing any other mix of syllables (e.g. as-ma, os-mo, is-mi).