Popular Children’s English Songbook in English Guitar with Chords and TAB’s
Easy level
By Joan Capafons
- Full lyrics
- Chord diagrams
- Tablature
€22.00incl. VAT
ISBN 9781291650785 · Ref. CAPAPUB-12197
About the book
This English children’s songbook for guitar is an educational resource designed to expand children’s English vocabulary through music and playing an instrument. The book offers a repertoire of traditional children’s folk songs, mainly from the United States, adapted to be sung and played on the guitar.
The songs were chosen following current teaching criteria and recommendations from an association of teachers in the United States. As a result, songs with racist roots have been removed, along with songs unsuitable for children and pieces that don’t fit today’s educational values. The result is a respectful, inclusive songbook suitable for the classroom and the home.
This English children’s songbook for guitar helps children work on pronunciation, aural memory and understanding of basic vocabulary in a natural way. Singing while playing the guitar makes learning English easier, as it combines rhythm, repetition and speaking in a single activity.
The book is especially useful for music teachers, English teachers, educators and professionals looking for cross-curricular materials. It’s also a very valuable resource for music therapy, inclusive education and music-based learning projects, as it encourages every child to take an active part.
Designed for the classroom as well as after-school and family activities, this songbook invites you to sing, play the guitar and learn English in a fun and meaningful way. It’s part of the catalogue of CapaPublisher, a publisher specialising in educational music materials that promote respectful, critical learning adapted to children’s needs today.
Repertoire
The 31 songs in the book, in the order they appear.
- Aloha ‘oe
- Alphabet song
- Are you sleeping brother John?
- Auld lang syne
- Brahms’ lullaby
- Day-o banana boat song
- Down by the riverside
- Jolly good fellow
- Happy birthday
- It’s raining it’s pouring
- Joshua fit the battle of jericho
- Kumba yah my lord
- London bridge
- Mary had a little lamb
- Michael row the boat ashore
- My bonnie lies over the ocean
- Nobody knows the trouble i’ve seen
- Ode to joy
- Oh happy day
- Oh mary don’t you weep
- Oh we can play on the big bass drum
- Oh when the saints
- Old Macdonald
- Red River Valley
- Row, row your boat
- Scarborough fair
- Star light, star bright
- Swing low, sweet chariot
- The house of the rising sun
- The wheels on the bus
- Twinkle, twinkle little star