Silly Songs with Mommy

I got an email the other day from Positively Feminine and it included an article that could have been written by me called Silly Songs With Mommy. This is such a cute article about a mom who makes up songs with her children about everything -- so nice to read about a kindred spirit!

I have mentioned before how much I love to sing all day -- now, mind you, I can't carry a tune in a bucket, but as my Mama always said, "This is the voice God gave me, so it must be the voice He wants to hear me sing in!"

I make up songs about anything and everything -- and the great part is that my girls are REALLY learning because of it! So far, via song my girls have both learned:

• Their complete address including city, state and zipcode
• Their phone number
• How to spell their first and last names
• How to spell each other's names
• And a variety of prayers

I am sure there are tons more things that we have taught them through song that I am forgetting right now, but the point is that it works -- and they are only 3 and 2! We sing all the things above at least once a day, often more because it is so much fun for them! I feel good knowing that if anything should ever happen and they need to tell someone where we live or how to reach us, that they should be able to do so. And I don't feel like I am "teaching" when we do it in song -- it is fun for me, too!

I wonder how long I can carry this teaching tool. Will I be singing grammar facts and multiplication tables? Hey, if it works . . .

What fun teaching tools work well for you and your family?