Keep some handy to pass around. Play them as background during informal gathering times. Create some study around their lyrics. Loan them out. Give them as gifts.
Songs become related pieces of literature.
Teachers or students may point to the words and track them as the songs are sung aloud. Each child is given a line of lyrics to illustrate. Pages are combined in sequence to form a class book. Class books become part of the room library. Individual books can also be made and used to teach reading.