| It would be hard to argue the popularity of | | | | uses of Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions, |
| contemporary children's music today. As | | | | Interjections, Pronouns, Verbs, Nouns, |
| innovative as it seems, this is not the first time | | | | Prepositions, Subjects and Predicates. Favorites |
| that the contemporary music of the day was | | | | here are "Conjunction Junction" and Verb: That's |
| used to educate children. In fact, School House | | | | What's Happening". |
| Rock blazed this uncharted territory in the 70's. | | | | - Multiplication Rock - Music in this section teach |
| For my next article in the series I am going old | | | | multiplying by zero, two, three, four, five, six, |
| school. Writing about educational websites without | | | | seven, eight, nine, eleven and twelve. As with the |
| including one that is a salute to School House | | | | other sections, there are some screen shots and |
| Rock, would be just plain wrong. Especially when | | | | lyrics. |
| you consider how much kids learned from these | | | | - Science Rock - Here children find music, lyrics |
| short cartoons aired on Saturday mornings. is a | | | | and screen shots teaching about the body, |
| free educational website tribute to these brilliant | | | | electricity, the solar system, different sources of |
| cartoon shorts. The site has four main sections | | | | energy and gravity. |
| representing four subjects covered by the | | | | - The site also features free software, a history |
| Schoolhouse Rock videos: | | | | of schoolhouse rock, news and a store. |
| - America Rock - In this section, you will find | | | | A drawback for this site is that it does not |
| music and screen shots from the videos teaching | | | | feature the actual cartoons just the music. But |
| about the founding and history of America as well | | | | you and the children should enjoy it anyway. I |
| as how the government works. My personal | | | | really do wish someone would bring these |
| favorites are "The Preamble" and "I'm Just A | | | | cartoons back. Even if they were updated. The |
| Bill".There are also lyrics to the songs and | | | | fact that I can still recite the Preamble to the |
| educational product links. | | | | Constitution from memory is a testament to how |
| - Grammar Rock - This section contains music, | | | | well children learn when lessons are set to music |
| lyrics and screen shots from videos teaching the | | | | and how long they can retain the information. |