DIY Nativity is an indispensable collection of 25 childrens nativity songs taken from our best-selling catalogue, enabling you to 'do' the Christmas show yourself. Now available with Words on Screen™.
About DIY Nativity
For those of you who prefer to 'do' the Christmas show yourself, DIY Nativity is the ideal resource for you!
This bumper DIY nativity package is perfect for anyone who wants to create their own Christmas play, with titles chosen to cover all the main elements of the nativity story. Equally useful if you simply need some cracking songs for Christmas services or concerts, it's a resource you'll turn to year after year.
A performance licence is not required for DIY Nativity as permission is already granted to use any of the songs with your own script.
Words on Screen™ CD ROM System Requirements
PC:
- 2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor or Intel® Atom™ 1.6GHz or faster process for netbooks.
- Microsoft® Windows® 7 (64 bit) or later, Windows Server 2016 (64 bit) or later
- Internet Explorer 7.0 or later, Mozilla Firefox 69.0 or later, Google Chrome, Safari 12.0 or later, or Opera 36 or later
- 512MB RAM (1GB RAM recommended for netbooks); 128MB graphics memory
MAC:
- Intel Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor
- macOS 10.7-10.14.6 inclusive
- Safari 12.0 or later, Mozilla Firefox 69.0 or later, Google Chrome, or Opera 36 or later
- 512MB RAM; 128MB graphics memory
For the Download Player System Requirements, please click here.
If you have purchased a Premium Pack online which includes Words on Screen™, you will immediately receive a Words on Screen™ eSongbook in your Out of the Ark Music online account. The eSongbook is where we bring together all of the digital resources available for your product. As well as being able to play the Words on Screen™ versions of your songs, you can also instantly access PDFs and MP3s for your product at no additional cost. If you have already downloaded and installed a Download Player from our website simply refresh your player and select your new eSongbook. You will need to download the eSongbook to your player before you can extract and save the PDFs and MP3s. You will also need to have installed Download Player version 2.0 or above.
If you don’t yet have a player then follow these instructions:
- Log in to your online account
- Within the My Words on Screen™ Online panel (on the My Account dashboard) choose either to Stream Online or Download Player
- Within the player click on All eSongbooks in the left hand menu and select your eSongbook
You will find the PDFs and MP3s under eSongbook Resources in the left hand menu of your eSongbook. From there, you can choose to extract and save All Audio MP3s, All Lyrics PDFs and All Score PDFs. If you just want the MP3s, lyrics or music score for one song, then select the song in the library and use the buttons in the Song Extras area at the bottom of the screen.
Licence Information
Words on Screen™ User Licences
Words on Screen™ CD ROMs are supplied with a single user licence which allows the Words on Screen™ CD ROM to be installed on ONE computer only.
To license the installation of the CD ROM onto network servers and/or two or more computers, please purchase an Annual Digital Site Licence.
Annual Digital Site Licences
With so many songbooks and audio files purchased in digital format, you need a legal way to install or distribute copies for use around the school. Out of the Ark’s Annual Digital Site Licences are the perfect solution!
Cost-effective and flexible, our digital licences give you peace of mind so that you know you are covered for all kinds of digital usage for 12 months, including permission to:
- Install Words on Screen™ song files from a CD ROM onto more than one computer or onto a network.
- Download Words on Screen™ song files from a CD ROM onto more than one computer or onto a network.
- Continue to stream Words on Screen™ songs from your Out of the Ark Music online account on any device (beyond your free period).
- Copy song files from an Audio CD onto more than one computer or onto a network.
- Copy MP3 audio files onto more than one computer or onto a network.
- Create a recording of the song/s with children singing over the top, whether with our backing track, our vocal track or your own backing track.
- Upload and share digital content to your school's intranet, restricted internet or learning platform.
- Share on public websites including the school’s website, YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Soundcloud, etc. However Out of the Ark Music must be credited and an inbound link to www.outoftheark.com must be provided. Please note that Out of the Ark Music's original recordings may not be posted to public websites except as an accompaniment to the children singing. However, as a special dispensation, if children are not allowed to sing for health & safety reasons, original recordings may be used instead, as long as they are part of an overall recording or stream of the whole work with the spoken parts, and not just the songs on their own.
- Permit usage of digital content at home for teachers for preparation purposes.
A separate Annual Digital Site Licence is required for each product title that you use in any of these ways and will need to be renewed each year. However, if you have a current Annual Digital Site Licence – Multi-Product, then ALL product titles that you have purchased are covered for digital permissions for one year without the need for individual licences.
You will receive a renewal notice by email 28 days before the end of any 12 month licence period.
You can renew your Annual Digital Site Licences by simply logging into your account if you have one and going to your My Licences page. Pick the relevant licence and click RENEW.
Annual Digital Site Licence – Multi-product
If you have four or more product titles that you wish to license, it is more cost-effective and convenient to purchase an Annual Digital Site Licence – Multi-Product for just £39.96pa. This licence covers the same usages as the single product licences, but gives you blanket digital permissions for ALL Out of the Ark products that you buy. However, it does not include the right to perform any of our nativities or musicals to an audience (other than pupils or staff) - a separate Annual Performance Licence is still required for each of those titles.
Listen to Songs
| Two Thousand Years Ago | |
| Christmas Calypso | |
| Midnight | |
| Because It's Christmas | |
| Long Ago And Far Away | |
| All The Days Of Our Lives | |
| Bumpy Journey | |
| It's A Long Way To Bethlehem | |
| Knock! Knock! | |
| No Room At The Inn | |
| There Were Shepherds | |
| We've Come To See The Baby | |
| Off We Go | |
| The Guys With The Camels | |
| Travelling | |
| Wise Men Three | |
| A Light Has Come | |
| Come And Worship | |
| He Is Immanuel | |
| We Have Found Him | |
| In A Stable | |
| A Star, A Stable And Me | |
| This Christmas Time | |
| Rejoice With Us | |
| After Christmas |
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The following items are available for this product:
Teacher's Book
- Song synopsis for 25 songs. Including Openers, Mary & Josephs' Journey, Shepherds & Angels, Wise Men, Jesus Is Born, Reflective / Solo songs, Finale.
- Bible readings
- Acrostic poem
- Song lyric sheets for 25 songs
- Music scores for 25 songs (Piano music score, melody and chords)
- FREE licence included
- Copyright details
Double Audio CD
- Vocal tracks sung by children (CD 1)
- Professional backing tracks (CD2)
- Printable PDF lyric sheets for all songs
- Printable PDF bible reading
- Printable PDF of an acrostic poem worksheet
- Printable PDF of the performance licence
Words on Screen™ CD ROM
- Words on Screen™ versions of songs so that you can display song lyrics on any whiteboard, computer screen, television or interactive touchscreen. The lyrics synchronize with the music as it plays making them easy to teach and easy to learn
- Extractable MP3s, printable lyrics, scores & additional resources
- Enhanced operation features including ‘double-click’ to hear and teach a single line
- Words on Screen™ user guide
- Single-User licence allowing the Words on Screen™ CD ROM to be installed on ONE computer only
- Licence & copyright details
Words on Screen™ eSongbook
- An online Words on Screen™ product to stream or download
- Extractable MP3s, printable lyrics, scores, scripts, & additional resources
- Words on Screen™ versions of songs so that you can display song lyrics on any whiteboard, computer screen, television or interactive touchscreen. The lyrics synchronize with the music as it plays making them easy to teach and easy to learn
- Flexibility to create an expandable library of Words on Screen™ song collections, nativities and musicals in your Out of the Ark online account
- Enhanced operation features including ‘double-click’ to hear and teach a single line
- Words on Screen™ user guide
- Single User Licence
- Licence & copyright details
Licence Information:
Annual Digital Site Licence information
A separate Annual Digital Site Licence is required for each product title that you use in any of these ways and will need to be renewed each year. However, if you have a current Annual Digital Site Licence – Multi-Product, then ALL product titles that you have purchased are covered for digital permissions for one year without the need for individual licences.
You will receive a renewal notice by email 28 days before the end of any 12 month licence period.
You can renew your Annual Digital Site Licences by simply logging into your account if you have one and going to your My Licences page. Pick the relevant licence and click RENEW.
For full licence information for this product, click here or visit our Licences page.
Rehearsal CDs
- Vocal tracks sung by children
- Professional backing tracks
- Available in packs of 5, 10 or 20
Multi-Product Licence
Annual Digital Site Licence – Multi-product Information
If you have four or more product titles that you wish to license, it is more cost-effective and convenient to purchase an Annual Digital Site Licence – Multi-Product for just £39.96pa. This licence covers the same usages as the single product licences, but gives you blanket digital permissions for ALL Out of the Ark products that you buy. However, it does not include the right to perform any of our nativities or musicals to an audience (other than pupils or staff) - a separate Annual Performance Licence is still required for each of those titles.
You will receive a renewal notice by email 28 days before the end of any 12 month licence period.
You can renew your Annual Digital Site Licences by simply logging into your account if you have one and going to your My Licences page. Pick the relevant licence and click RENEW.
For full licence information for this product, click here or visit our Licences page.
Great for church
I have used these songs a Lot for Christmas church services. Our young church perform a Christmas Carol concert every year and so far these songs have gone down well! Thank you so much for providing this as I've been wanting something like this for ages!
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Brilliant!
Have used for the past 4 years in a variety of ways with Children's church nativity and also some songs adapt to adult praise singers. Great catchy songs and super to have backing tracks,
Outstanding!
Love this so much! Such simple and cheerful fun Christmas songs for kids to learn for a variety of different Christmas events. We'll be doing 3 this year, 3 next year and there will still be heaps to choose from. Found an extra use as I will love having this on as background music in the house over Christmas!
Flexible options!
I have used this in a variety of ways from creating a whole nativity story and production to using selected songs individually for a small singing group or for congregational worship. (We've even used it as a singalong in the car!)nEach of these has been happily accepted and enjoyed by a wide range of recipients. I happily recommend this - whatever your situation you can use it! Sing Celebrate and Enjoy!
Superb!
With one song you are smiling and laughing, with another it brings tears to your eyes. A fantastic collection of easy to sing, modern and thoughful songs which can be used in a church or a school to great effect. We have used one or two songs every year for our school carol service as well as singing a number of them chosen to form our school nativity. Suitable from reception to year 6 we love them all! A must for all Christmas productions.
Brilliant!!!
We used 4 songs from this last year and they went down a storm, we're going to use it every year from now on. Songs are catchy, easy for the children to pick up and a couple are do-able in grown-up services.
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