#Music math videos professional

Spreading the wordĭriven by the prospect of creating videos worthy of being disseminated across multiple digital platforms, I began working with professional animators. Then, three years ago there came an “Aha!” moment, when I envisioned writing a song and animation for every math standard in the curriculum. Almost in disbelief that kids were singing math songs for fun outside of school, I felt encouraged and inspired to continue writing. Parents would tell me that their children were singing these songs in the car, at dinner, even teaching them to their siblings. Soon, I began writing songs in genres that my students actually listened to: rap, rock, pop, country, you name it. By the end of class, some kids were singing the lyrics to themselves as they worked out the steps. While not all the students liked the folk rock genre, I could tell I had everyone’s attention.

I serendipitously stumbled upon this connection one morning after bringing my guitar into school to play an original song about long division that was accompanied by a simple animation. So why not use that power to remind students of what they've learned? Using music in this way, to transform my classroom into a multi-sensory learning environment, has resulted in an amazing amount of energy and enthusiasm being brought into math lessons.

Now, it's probably a safe assumption that everyone has experienced the magical power of hearing a song from the past, and then suddenly being transported back to the memories of a distant time and space. The key to this method was combining my life as a songwriter with my life as an educator. I carefully honed a teaching method that integrated the emotional connectivity and stimulation of modern entertainment with the way children were learning math in the classroom.

#Music math videos full

During the last seven years as an elementary school teacher, I’ve tried to find new ways to capture my students’ full attention, especially for that one subject that gets such a notoriously bad rap in elementary school – math. When you look at the entertainment that’s being produced for kids in games and movies, it’s no wonder that they are starting to zone out in school. Ben Hehn, TES Author Numberock, tells us about his collection of music videos that reinforce mathematical learning concepts using a multi-sensory approach Entertaining in the classroom