It has often fallen happily to my lot to compose songs for children about the natural world: weather, plants and creatures. Here are twelve of the best of them.
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Twelve Of The Best: Songs Of Action
Categories: Twelve Of the Best: Choral Catalogues
Twelve action and dancing songs that are designed to break the ice, warm up the voices and bodies, and get things moving in a cheery and creative way.
Musical Digestive System
Categories: Music And Science Mini Units
“Why not take a music journey through the digestive system?” I once asked myself when, confronted with a year 4 class whose teacher wanted them to learn about food and nutrition in my music lessons. The digestive processes lend themselves readily to replication in musical composition, after all!
Lungs And Breathing
Categories: Music And Science Mini Units
Another science and music unit. This one started with what is now the ending – a request by a Year 1 class teacher to help with a musical presentation for Book Week on the theme of Visions Of the Future. I then developed the science aspect for future use.
Song Stories: You And Me Attached
Categories: Life As A Composer, Song Stories
It’s a song about making new friends, and all the activities we did as part of our Community Cohesion Days with Year 3 students at Wakefield Cathedral in 2016.