When students sing and follow lyrics, they are reading. Songs have rhythm, rhyme, and repetition, powerful tools for developing fluency, expression, and word recognition.
The beat of a song helps learners understand how words are composed of sounds and syllables, an important aspect of early reading development. When the songs are familiar and enjoyable, students remain motivated and focused throughout the activities.
Two of the songs explored were “Count on Me” by Bruno Mars and “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift. Count on Me uses simple, positive language and repetition, making it ideal for building fluency and confidence. Shake It Off is full of rhythm and rhyme, encouraging students to read with energy, expression, and a sense of timing.
In the sessions students took part in shared reading, rhyming hunts, missing-word games, and performance reading, and created videos of themselves performing the songs. These activities made reading exciting, hands-on, achievable and accessible for everyone.
It really helped me with my reading and pushed me with my confidence.
To learn new things like rhyme and vocabulary.
It was good fun choosing songs, scrambling them and putting them together.
Through music, students strengthen their reading, listening, and expression skills joyfully and naturally. Singing provides a safe, creative space to practise reading aloud and to feel proud of progress. Sometimes, the best way to grow a reader is to let them sing along and enjoy every step of the learning.
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