The Community Song teaches kids how to be a good citizen in the community. This is a fun citizenship song that teaches kids about being a citizen and being part of their community.
Using the Community Song (MP3), students learn how to be a good citizen in the community by listening to this catchy song.
Using the Going Green Song (Animated Music Video), students learn all about ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle and so much more through a catchy video!
UsingGood Morning Song (MP3), students will have a great day at school after listening to this song in their morning circles.
Using the Responsibility Song (MP3), students learn how to show responsibility at home and at school while listening to a song.
Using the Caring Song, students learn how to care for others at home. This song will help build confidence and your kids will want to show kindness to others. Our students need a lot of practice and examples of how to treat each other kindly. This song will help your…
Using the Truth Song (MP3), students learn how to speak the truth and how to be honest while listening to a song.
Songs for Kids Download by Have Fun Teaching has 18 fun and educational songs for kids.
Using the Character Songs (MP3), students learn different character skills that build caring and thoughtful individuals home and at school while listening to a song.
Using the Respect Song (Classroom Mix Version), students learn how to treat each other with respect at home and at school while listening to a song.
Using the Patience Song (MP3), students learn how to have patience for others at home and at school while listening to a song.
Using the Fairness Song (MP3), students learn how to treat each other fairly at home and at school while listening to a song.
Using the Friend Song (MP3), students learn how to be a good friend at home and at school while listening to a song.
Using the Hey Bully Song (Original Music Video), studentslearn how to deal with a bully by listening to this catchy song and watching this video.
Using the Character Songs Download Instrumental Karaoke Version, students learn different character skills that build caring and thoughtful individuals while listening to a song.
Maps, community and the world around us
Social studies starts close to home and keeps zooming out. Kindergartners and 1st graders learn about themselves, their families, community helpers, rules and being a good citizen. In 2nd and 3rd grade, kids read maps with a compass rose, compare communities, learn about goods and services, and label the continents and oceans. Upper elementary brings state history, US regions, latitude and longitude, the three branches of government and early American history. The click moment is when kids see that every map, law and story is about real people, including them!
Social studies sticks when kids can see it, sing it and connect it to their own lives. Here's what works in our rooms.
Give each child a blank map and have them label and color the continents, saying each name out loud as they go. Then flip the page over and see how many they can place from memory. Repeat it a few times across the month and watch the blanks fill in.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withLabeling Continents WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →The 50 States Song makes a long list feel short. Play it every morning for two weeks and pause it now and then so kids can call out the next state. Then point to each state on a US map as you sing.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it with50 States SongSongsOpen it →Flash a state card and kids race to name its capital. Start with your home state and its neighbors, then add a region each week. Short daily rounds beat one big memorizing night.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withUS States and Capitals Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Kids love to explore. These ideas get them moving and talking.
WorksheetsHide a treasure in the room and give directions like three steps north, two steps east. First explorer to find it wins!
Open Compass Rose Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids interview a grown-up about their family, then fill in their own tree and share one surprising fact.
Open 1 Child Family Tree Worksheet →
WorksheetsSplit the class into lawmakers, a president and judges. Pass a silly class law, sign it and decide if it's fair.
Open Three Branches of Government Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: 50 States Song, Community Song and Community Song (MP3).
Elementary social studies covers family and community, citizenship, maps and geography, economics like goods and services, government, and history. It starts with the child's own world and expands to their state, country and the world.
Kindergartners learn about themselves, their families, community helpers, rules and being a good friend and citizen. They also start talking about holidays, needs and wants, and simple maps of places they know.
Start with a map of something familiar, like your classroom or bedroom. Then add a compass rose, a key and directions. Once kids can find things on a map of their own space, move to town, state and world maps.
Many kids learn the states and capitals in 4th or 5th grade, often alongside US regions and history. A song and a little daily practice make it much easier.
Yes! Every social studies worksheet prints as a PDF, from blank maps to family trees, and many have matching songs, videos and flash cards.
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