Learning the Greek Alphabet Through Song

Children learn through catchy songs or rhymes, but have you ever wondered why singing is such a great way to learn?

• When we learn new information that has a tune attached to it, we are more likely to remember it in the long-term as it becomes embedded in our minds quickly and easily
• Learning through songs is fun and increases enjoyment in learning
• Singing lends itself to learning through repetition- the more you repeat something, the more likely you are to learn it, and it is easy and fun to listen to a song many times over
• Singling contributes to a child’s emotional wellbeing

It is most likely that your children learnt the English alphabet by singing a song, so I thought that it would be a great idea to find an equivalent song for the Greek alphabet. Although it’s a simple idea, when I searched YouTube for “Greek alphabet song”, I was disappointed to find that the first few searches were songs of the Greek alphabet, spoken in English (i.e alpha, beta, gamma etc.).

My children, husband and I decided to make our own Greek alphabet song and post it on YouTube. It was such an enjoyable and fulfilling experience! My husband has a home studio and he recorded the kids singing the alphabet song. He also recorded my son playing the keyboard and then added drums as well. I made a video to accompany the song and then we uploaded it onto YouTube. Below is the link to the video. Please have a listen and let me know what you think (Disclaimer- the video is not perfect- I’m new to the whole movie-making business).

Click below for the Greek Alphabet YouTube video!

In a previous post, I talked about learning through games and I included a downloadable Bingo board for the Greek alphabet, as well as other resources to help children enrich their Greek vocabulary.
Click here to read the post and to download the free Bingo boards!

If you have other ideas or fun games to help children learn the Greek alphabet, please comment below.

Thank you all for your time and I hope you have a great week SINGING! 🙂

Maria

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