Single Songs (previously known as Song Calendar Songs) can be purchased individually. Each is supplied as a Words on Screen™ Online resource that can be accessed instantly from your online account, either to stream or to download. You can search for songs using the filter menu on the left.
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A mysterious introduction leads into a riotous verse full of ideas for fantastic doodles. This song will inspire even the most artistically challenged to create a masterpiece and the children will love the triumphant ‘TA-DA’ at the end!
Musical Style: Dramatic
Age: 3-7
Subject: Art & Design
Vocal Range: Medium (C-C)
Key: C
Musical Elements: Tempo change; minor/major keys; chromatic singing
A catchy, simple song that's a great way of teaching younger children about doubling, using hands as props. Singing this is such an easy way to embed the 2x table and celebrate World Maths Day at the same time!
With its lilting verse and stomping chorus, The Elephant Dance is full of interesting facts and features about these remarkable animals. This waltz-time feel is perfect for some music and movement, especially in the chorus where the children can really stomp around.
Musical Style: Steadily plodding
Age: 3-7
Subject: Animals; Music & Movement
Vocal Range: Medium (B-B)
Key: G
Musical Elements: Different moods generated from legato and staccato sections
A simple chorus to learn for the whole class, with opportunities for some confident volunteers to rap the verses. A good exercise in aural concentration and once listened to a few times they will soon pick up the rhythms of the rap.
The Golden Rule is an up-beat song championing the fact that, through all our differences, we should stop and think before judging others and should treat others as we’d like them to treat us.
Musical Style: Pop
Age: 5-11
Subject: PSHE & Citizenship
Vocal Range: Large (B-C)
Key: E-F
Musical Elements: Syncopation; melodic echoes; optional harmony part
A moving song highlighting the suffering of others and promoting the message that we can ‘work together in this world we share’ to help those not so fortunate as ourselves. Ideal to sing at harvest time, on World Hunger Day and on other aid-awareness days throughout the year.
This song, from our popular musical Eddie The Penguin Saves The World, is simple to learn and shows the plight of all playful penguins faced with the fact that their polar ice caps are in danger.
Explaining all the elements required to grow cress, this song is the ideal accompaniment to any project work on spring, new life, gardening or indeed cress! Especially suited to younger children.
Musical Style: A simple habenera, with a little cha, cha, cha thrown in
A beautiful ballad that the children will love to sing, all about the wonderful awakening of spring, with its brighter colours, fragrances upon the breeze, warmth of the sun and birds singing. Very atmospheric, with lovely optional harmonies.
A fun song – and easy to pick up – but with a message to challenge us all! It promotes plenty of thinking about how we speak and the powerful effect our words can have, for good or otherwise.
An optimistic, appealing song for use on any and every occasion. Urges us to make the most of every day and use the opportunities we are given to learn and grow, as well as be thankful for all the little things.
This reflective song deals with the subject of remembrance and those men and women who have fought for our country. Perfect for a class or school assembly for the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI, remembering those who lost their lives. "We celebrate your service, pay tribute to your lives, this day is to honour what you’ve done."
Musical Style: Ballad
Age: 5-11
Subject: History; PSHE & Citizenship
Vocal Range: Large (Bb-C)
Key: Bb
Musical Elements: Tied rhythms, syncopation, 3/4 time signature
Cheerio, off we go' … so begins this charming little song which introduces The Three Little Pigs at the beginning of their journey into the big, wide world. A great song to use when reading this much-loved tale, or even better, use the complete Song & Story book and make a production of the whole thing.
Musical Style: Bright
Age: 3-6
Subject: Literacy; Storytelling; Fairytales; Drama
A very simple song taken from our musical Eddie The Penguin Saves The World, which is full of environmental issues including the damage caused to the planet by deforestation. An excellent lesson on the importance of trees – ‘If we didn’t have them, what would we do?’
A great song to use in the playground at break, in a PE lesson or even as part of a skipping workshop. Easy to learn and there’s scope for you to include several children’s names.
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The Doodling Song
The Doubling Song (I'm Clever!)
The Elephant Dance
The Gift Of Life
The Golden Rule
The Harvest Of Love
The Melting Song
The Pot Of Cress
The Season Of Singing
The Tongue
The Walking Song
This Day
This Remembrance Day
Three Little Pigs
Trees
Turning The Skipping Rope