Songs and Chants for Children

The LanguagePoint - Resources based on English songs with language skills activities, music videos and lyrics.

Sing Along Midis and Lyrics for the NIEHS Kids pages - Over 600 songs for children with lyrics and midi files.

Lullabies:

• Old Toy Trains by Graeme Allwright with lyrics and a YouTube video.
• Hobo's Lullaby by Arlo Guthrie – Lyrics and YouTube video.
• Lullaby lyrics – This web page offers the lyrics of 18 lullabies and sound files for 12 of these.

• Hush Little Baby – YouTube video with the lyrics of the lullaby: Disney's The Rescuers Hush, little baby

Lanternfish Songs – Illustrated songs and rhymes sheets for children's ESL classes.

EFL/ESL Songs And Activities - This resource presents lyrics (and in some cases sound clips) in order to use music and games to teach English as second language.

Canadian Social Studies Songs - This resource provides the lyrics (and in some cases sound clips) for songs about Canada's history, prime ministers, geography, and way of life.

Songs for Scouts and Scouters - The MacScouter's Songs for Scouts and Scouters collection includes some good old campfire songs, silly songs, and chants and songs for leaders.

BusSongs.com is a collection of over 2,000 children’s songs and nursery rhymes with lyrics, videos, and music.

English for Kids  – This Web site for younger children offers games and songs to learn vocabulary, expressions and grammar rules.

Sing Along Midis and Lyrics for the NIEHS Kids' Pages - This Web site offers the lyrics and music of a large selection of songs for children.

Teach Children ESL - Songs, Chants, and Action Rhymes - This Web site offers illustrated downloadable PDF sheets with the lyrics of well-known songs.

The Teacher's Guide Children's Songs - Over 200 songs for children. Lyrics are provided for most of them. Midi sound files are also available for some of the songs.

CanTeach - Songs & Poems - Hundreds of song lyrics listed by themes: Seasons, Special Days, Animals, Vegetation, Food, Family & Friends, language Arts, Math, At School, Other.

Kids Music, Children's Music - Free MP3 Downloads of Kids Songs - Sound files of a large number of complete songs listed alphabetically.

Childrens songs lyrics (words) at Bussongs.com - Lyrics of a large number of children's songs. Song Categories: Activity Songs - Animal songs - Counting songs - Food songs - Gross-out songs - Holiday Songs - Learning songs - Lullaby songs - Musical Round songs - Nursery rhyme songs - Parody songs - Patriotic songs - Religious Songs - Silly songs - Singalong songs - Sports songs - Traditional songs - TV Theme Songs - Work songs.

The Great Canadian Tunebook - The lyrics and/or midi sound files for over 150 songs Canadian songs in English or French.

The Children's Music Archive - lyrics, sing-along suggestions, colouring sheets and activities for many children's songs.

Halloween Songs for Children and Teens - Lyrics of 17 songs with short sound clips (40 seconds each).

Music for Children and Teens with Special Needs: Oral Language Songs for Improving Speech Articulation Facility; Songs for Improving Concepts of Spoken Language; Songs for Children with Cognitive Challenges; Songs that Reinforce Good Behaviour; Activity Songs for People with Physical Challenges; Music for Children with Autism. Lyrics are provided for all of the songs as well as short sound clips of each of them.

The Teacher's Guide Children's Songs Page - The lyrics of close to 300 songs with, for approximately half of these, midi sound files.