Vocab in songs.

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Reply #1 - 2009 October 13, 7:07 am
Gingerninja Member
From: England Registered: 2008-08-06 Posts: 382

Remember back in school when you were small and stuff, you'd learn lots of things through singing songs.  I'm wondering what kind of stuff there is in Japanese similar (there's bound to be I'm sure)
Songs designed for remembering specific things,   Such as the almighty 
"Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"
Which while childish, served its purpose in both being fun to perform but also highly memorable.
There was also the other medical one about how the bones connected, but alas thats been superseeded in my memory by the Dr Nick Riviera version

"The kneebone's connected to the... something! The something's connected to the... red thing! The red thing's connected to my wristwatch! Uh-oh..."

but these are just examples.  Anyone know of any good Japanese childrens songs that teach vocab in a logical and simple way?

Reply #2 - 2009 October 13, 7:27 am
Nukemarine Member
From: 神奈川 Registered: 2007-07-15 Posts: 2347

From the Learning Resources sticky:

http://hukumusume.com/douwa/pc/jap/itiran/01gatu.htm
This is a list of children's stories both of Japanese and International origins (though all in Japanese). Many of the stories have audio.

http://www3.u-toyama.ac.jp/niho/song/song_jplevel.html
56 japanese children's song, divided into levels of difficulty. They include audio, song sheet and a pop up for translations.

Reply #3 - 2009 October 13, 7:33 am
crayonmaster Member
From: USA Registered: 2009-01-19 Posts: 99 Website

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH_vhg1GLRU - Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p … 12A1DCD5B2 Genki Japan has a lot of good songs... I now know my hidari and migi better than my left and right.

Last edited by crayonmaster (2009 October 13, 7:34 am)

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Reply #4 - 2009 October 13, 8:45 am
anon6969 Member
From: Anon Land Registered: 2008-03-24 Posts: 49

~ Head, Shoulders, Nintendo. ~

Reply #5 - 2009 October 13, 9:41 am
Jarvik7 Member
From: 名古屋 Registered: 2007-03-05 Posts: 3946

Nukemarine wrote:

From the Learning Resources sticky:
http://www3.u-toyama.ac.jp/niho/song/song_jplevel.html
56 japanese children's song, divided into levels of difficulty. They include audio, song sheet and a pop up for translations.

That woman has no business singing.

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