#Hopscotch multiplication songs how to#

Kimmie said that her students also like to follow along with the songs on their multiplication charts, and draw arrays along with the songs. They will be using them as jump rope chants soon, too! The fourth graders at my school have been using these songs as part of their rotation to help them learn their times tables, and it has been very successful! And my daughter Kimmie says that her kids LOVE them! She said that they have even been singing the songs while they play hopscotch, with each square being one number. We wanted this one to feel like a dance party! Here is the solo part for the Counting by Eights song. I picture the kids sneaking around during the quiet parts, hehe! This one has a little bit of a James Bond Villian vibe. This is the Counting by Eights song! You can tell, we like to have fun! And this time, we did not ask our singers to try to sound like children, either! So this album sounds entirely different than our usual fare! Here is some behind-the-scenes footage! So we stuck with pop style songs and themes! Each song has a great soloist leading the group of singers. We decided to try for an older, more mature sound since these songs would likely be used with second, third, fourth, and fifth graders, etc. Using music to help kids memorize educational concepts is such a natural direction for me to take! So this year, when my daughter Kimberly got a job teaching third grade, and I was placed in a first and second grade combination class, I knew that this would be the year to do it! So my wonderful music co-writer Mike Cravens and I have been working on these since September! No DVD yet.)įor many years now, people have been asking me if I have any songs to help kids memorize the times tables, and I always felt like it would be a great HeidiSongs project.

#Hopscotch multiplication songs how to#

Well, guess WHAT? We’ve been working on some great, new songs that teach kids how to skip count (AKA counting by twos, counting by threes, fours, fives, sixes, etc.,) all the way up to twelve! And as I’m sure you know, skip counting is the beginning of learning to multiply! And the songs are all finally FINISHED and posted on iTunes!!! WAAHOOOO! (We are going to go ALL DIGITAL with this CD, at least for a while, so it will only be available to purchase on iTunes.