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Math Songs

Overview

Rhyming, alliteration, and other sound devices reinforce math skills development by activating the mental processes that promote memory. By singing math songs, students actively practice their Math Communication and start to move these math concepts into Long-term Memory.

Use It in the Classroom

Watch how this high school class created a song that incorporates rhythm to solve quadratic and algebraic problems.

Combining a catchy tune with hand gestures and other physical movements can further facilitate the movement of challenging math concepts, such as statistical definitions and algebraic and geometric formulas, from Short-term to Long-term Memory.

Design It into Your Product

Videos are chosen as examples of strategies in action. These choices are not endorsements of the products or evidence of use of research to develop the feature.

Learn how Flocabulary creates engaging rap math videos for K-12 grades. As memorable, engaging videos, they can be used for the whole class, or students can create their own math songs with flocabulary melodies.

Students can also create their own math songs. Digital features such as simple coding, recording, playback, and touch screen can capture these songs and even videos of students singing the songs for sharing with others.

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Resources

Below are additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.

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GoNoodle

Videos of catchy math songs that encourages mindfulness and movement

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How Making Music Made Math Cool

Video on rap and rhythm in a sixth grade classroom

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Math Songs for Teaching

Library of math songs

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Mathwire

A curated website that provides fun math songs