It’s another new month on the 4M dance floor and we have a new honorary co-host, Patrick from Adventures at Weseland. This week’s theme is ‘How 🎶Mewsic🎶 Educates Us‘. *scratch head* I’m not going to lie to you folks, this challenged my little brain. Maybe I need to go back to school. Okay, maybe not. I’ll figure this out as I go. 🙂
Mewsic increases the listener’s ability to focus. That’s probably why we remember song lyrics better than we do science and math lessons. Teachers lecturing is a snoozer but mewsic is euphoric to the ear but how do you bring the two together.
Lyrical mewsic is a distraction while doing studies but if classical or instrumental mewsic isn’t your thing, then it’s essential to outline in advance the subject you’re learning to establish the best song choice patterns ie George Washington. You might want to dig up interesting tidbits on Washington then build a playlist on your discoveries.
Growing up, my teachers told me that the English language is the most difficult language to learn. It is confusing even for this American girl.
In my search, I found 10 Cool Pop Songs That Make Learning English Incredibly Easy from which I pulled one of my favorite songs from my childhood, “ABC” by the Jackson 5. The author of the article mentions the fun catchy lyrics is a great way to get the English phrases stuck in one’s head helping someone to learn English better. “Albert Einstein Pi Day Birthday Song” is a bit dry mewsically but its chockful of facts about the man in which I learned that the man was more than a beautiful mind, he was a violinist, too.  I learned that “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” gives a good lesson the English language past tenses and examples of idioms and figurative expressions. Even the name of the song is an idiom, you know gathering info through word of mouth as in gossip or rumors. Marvin’s song as well The Bangles “Manic Monday’ also came from the 10 Cool Pop Songs article. This ditty is a good example for teaching beginners basic daily routines words as the song clearly outlines but the structure is a bit more advanced offering past tense and past progressive forms of words ending in ‘ing’.  I’m not an English major so don’t look at me. The author gave this example I was kissing Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream.  Does that clarify things? It does, great! Now, explain it to me. 🙂 lol English (the rules) always lost me in school.  Finally, the last song, “Thomas Alva Edison“, the father of inventions is a sung in German. So, if you if you’re like me and don’t speak or understand the German language here are the song lyrics.
Please join Marie (4M Brain Child) and my fellow 4M Co-hosts Stacy, Alana, Colette, & Patrick (honorary co-host in #1 spot) below.
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How did you do with this theme? Where you left to wonder about things like Einstein might as figured out things methodically or where like Edison’s lightbulb instantly clicking on in your head?
Before I leave, let me remind you I need your vote in my last Friday’s BoTB. If you haven’t done it yet, then invite you to do so now, here. Alrighty, that’s a wrap for today. I can’t wait to see what tunes are playing on your turntable. I’m boogieing that way now! Thanks for visiting and have a sparkletastic day.
X💋X💋, Cathy
