Songs about Grammar? (No, not the one about the reindeer.)

In our homeschool journey, we use Shurley English; this is a FANTASTIC program, of which I cannot sing praises loud enough! Try it! Buy it! The ONLY problem I have with it is that after their Noun Jingle (which is set to music), all the other jingles we have come across in Book 1 are chants, not set to music. 

Since I can remember most of the words to Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy With It" all these years later, I think music is the best way to get the information to stick for life (or at least 20-ish years). Here's what I came up with as a result:

Verb Jingle

*sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle"

A verb shows action,

there's no doubt!

It tells what the subject does. [string it out to "dah-uhs"]

Action verbs are fun to do and 

now it's time to name a few.

So, clap your hands

and join our rhyme;

say those verbs

in record time!

Wiggle, jiggle, turn around; 

raise your arms 

and STOMP THE GROUND.

Sentence Jingle

*sung to the tune of "Jesus Loves Me"

A sentence is complete, complete,

when 5 simple rules it meets, meets, meets.

It has a subject, and a verb; 

it makes sense with every word.

Add a capital let-ter a-and an end mark.

Now we are finished,

Our sentence has its parts!

Adverb Jingle

*sung to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

An adverb modifies a verb.

And adverb asks How? When? Where?

To find an adverb: Go, Ask, Get.

Where do I go? To a verb.

What do I ask? How? When? Where?

What do I get? An Ad-verb!

Adjective Jingle

*sung to the tune of "Happy Birthday to You"

An adjective modifies a noun.

What kind? Which one? How Many? [these are the questions that you ask of the noun]

Go to the noun and ask the questions.

Whaddaya get? [pause] An adjective!

Article Adjective Jingle

*sung to the tune of "Three Blind Mice"

A, An, The

A, An, The

Ar-ti-cle Adjectives, and Noun Markers.

We are mem-or-ized and used

each and e-ver-y day you say.

So, if you spot us, you can mark us

With the label A.

Preposition Jingle (draft: still working on it)

*sung to the tune of Beethoven's 5th

A pre-po-sition is a group of words 

that connect a noun or a pronoun to 
the sentece you have read...

Object of the Preposition

*sung to the first 30-ish seconds of "Greensleeves"

The Object of the Pre-po-sition is the noun or the pronoun you will find,

after you have found the pre-eh-po-si-tion in the sen-tence.

Dorky? Yes. Will I forget? Probably not.