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‘Home Again (Refugee Song)’ was written in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and to the news reports about millions of people escaping to other countries. The song is sung by a mother to her child. In just a few words, ‘Home Again’ asks the question – how can you return home when your home either does not exist anymore or is just a temporary stay in a new country? The music is soothing. The gently pulsing rhythm is calming and meditative. My hope is that you will find this song a useful way to raise the topic of population displacement with children. If you work with refugee children, I hope it will help them understand that, whatever they might have been through, there is always a possibility to build a new home in a new place. The song has three main chords and can easily be transcribed to suit your children’s voices.

A rock’n’soul, riff-tastic, body-movin’, mind-expandin’ song that draws on one of Ken Robinson’s big themes - IMAGINATION! Warning: This song contains useful information designed to fire the imagination of children. As the great Ken Robinson told us, imagination is the key to creativity which is the key to creating new ways of living and of being. This song gets kids to think big about who they might want to be and how they might want to live. Powerful stuff! And, guess what? The song is full of imaginative images that were sent to me by the fans of my band, Johnny and the Raindrops. I just linked them all together with some cool music. There is also an eye-popping video that shows you (and the children) all of the things that were imagined. Search ‘Imagination’ on the Johnny and the Raindrops’ YouTube channel. Enjoy!

Simple song to help learn the colours of the rainbow. The lyric sheet is included as part of the resource. The song is simple enough for young children to perform. Get them to make rainbow arches with their arms during the chorus.

Great song to help learn the names of the days of the week. The song also explains the origins of the names of the days (in English). One of them is named after THOR! The last part of the song is a test to see if children can remember the seven days. They start dropping off and the children have to fill them in by shouting them out. Lyrics are embedded in the video. Lyrics sheet is included

Great song to help learn the colours of the rainbow. Red. Orange. Yellow. Green. Blue. Indigo. Violet! Resource contains the lyric video plus a separate lyric sheet.

Fun, lively, interactive song to learn the parts of the body. Knees! Cheeks! Chin! Tummy! Head! Do the actions. Sing along! Words and chords included as separate documents.

Catchy, upbeat, danceable, singable song for children to learn about shrinking bee populations, the danger of pesticides to bees, and the impact that losing bees will have on humans. Lyric sheet included.

A poignant and simple song for young children to learn a little about endangered animals, specifically pandas, bonobos and polar bears. The song has four simple chords so is perfect for beginner pianists, ukulele players or guitarists. Words, chords and images are included on the PDF.

A great song to get children to think about the issues of endangered animals. Simple enough for them to sing along, especially on the chorus. Upbeat and lively. Words, chords and some images included on the pdf sheet.

This is a song to encourage children to be themselves, to be assertive, to be proud and independent, and find their OWN way in the world. Yes - we all get help from family, teachers and other people in our lives, but this song is all about YOU - your voice, your journey - your SELF! Sing along: ‘Be yourself. Be proud. Sing YOUR song. Sing it LOUD! … There’s a story deep inside that only you can tell’. The music is up-tempo Irish folk, like the Pogues or the Dubliners!

Enjoy this lovely song for children all about NATURE! It’s got lots of cute animals in the video. The simple words are included in this lyric video. Teachers - you might be interested in how I used AI (for the first time!) to write the words. I’m a life-long songwriter, long-time music lecturer and now senior lecturer in Education so I like to experiment and reflect. You can read what I wrote about how this song came together on my Spinning the Child blog site.

Clap your Vampire hands and stomp your Monster feet to ‘Let’s have Fun this Halloween’, a new rockin’ and rollin’, jumpin’ and jivin’ Halloween song and sing-along video. Every line is a spooky new dance move! Fun, interactive song for young children. The lyrics encourage participation, e.g. howling like a Werewolf, flying like a Witch, crawling like a spider, etc. Feel free to make up your own actions for other spooky characters!

A song and lyric video primarily about celebrating inclusion and diversity. Wrapped up in a catchy colorful song all about rainbows that mentions all of the colours, including infra-red and ultra-violet!