Here are a set of links to children's music pages. Most of these sites offer lyrics and music in midi format. Midi uses the computer's music synthesizer to play the songs. In midi format, songs are always "karaoke" - the synthesizer cannot emulate the human voice.
This can work as an advantage rather than a drawback, as the children can sing the song without interference from the original singer.
Unfortunately, Midi files will not play on a CD player if you copy them directly to CD without changing the file format. (You will still need a computer in your classroom to play the music.)
You can, however, change the format. To transfer Midi to CD, you have various options. One is to connect the audio out of your computer to the audio in of your CD player, and record the track in real time. Another option is to convert the midi file to a CD format (wma/wav etc) and then burn the new file to CD.
Many computers nowadays have a recording device, so you can play and record the file simultaneously over the internet.
LINKS
There is some useful methodological advice on using songs at the British Council.
You can use MIDI SEARCH to help you locate song files.
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