|
Songs for Kids
Below you will find a select list of songs for kids
which are ideal for the classroom use as well as instrumental pieces
which you might enjoy listening to. Most of the pieces come from
school musicals
by
Daniel
Laubacher of Magic Bubble Music. Some were
written as single works. Feel free to view, download, print and
use the sheet music (in pdf format) in your classroom
FREE OF CHARGE (as
per the
Terms and
Conditions). Several of the songs are also in
video format (YouTube)
and used as topics of the
Magic Bubble
Music Podcast on this website and/or on iTunes.
|
|
Song Titles |
Download Sheet Music
(PDF) |
Listen / View
mp3 |
|
Turning Carbon into Gold comes from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical of the same name. It is a song about
using CO2 for the benefit of the Earth ("to feed the
plants") |
Free
Download |
Listen
YouTube |
|
If we don't play by her (Mother Nature's) Rules is one
of the songs from
Daniel Laubacher's school musical Turning Carbon into
Gold. It is clearly a message to all of humankind that
we are taking advantage of Mother Nature (who is in a
position to "make our lives a blur..."). |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Our Circus World is a fun circus song which can be
sung in a variety of situations. I wrote this for the "grand
finale" of a project week about the circus. We organised the
children in mixed age groups and the song came over very
well. This version is for three-part choir, piano and guitar
chords |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
One Ocean United "One Ocean" United is a short,
memorable and easy-to-learn "pirate" song from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical
Racing to Chase
Alice the Albatross. The song is performed when Dr.
Wannaknow calls the attention of the Plastic Pirates who are
currently attacking his students from the Sand Walk Island
Earth Academy. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Walk like an Albatross, sing like a Bird
comes from
Daniel Laubacher's school musical
Racing to chase
Alice the Albatross. It is a canon of sorts in three
parts with an extra melodic voice added after the statement
of three main melodies. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Alice the Albatross is the final song from
Daniel Laubacher's
musical
Racing to chase
Alice the Albatross. It is a fun and melodic song with a
middle section (and end) which has a three-part divided
choir. Challenging for the students but great fun when they
sing the polyphony. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Circus
Mystique: A song from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical
CIRCUS MYSTIQUE. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
They haven’t got a Clue: A song from
Daniel Laubacher's
school
musical
CIRCUS
MYSTIQUE. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
We've been looking for this famous Crook:
A song from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical
CIRCUS MYSTIQUE. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Met a mad
Ape: A song from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical
CIRCUS MYSTIQUE. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Children of a Mind,
song, piano-vocal score, choir divides in two parts,
international text, ideal for children of all ages. It
can be sung at many different occasions. For detailed information click
HERE |
Free
Download |
Listen
YouTube |
|
Christmas in Santa's Village,
piano-vocal-guitar chords. It's a fun and jolly
song which can be interpreted in various styles. It
comes from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical
The
North Pole Pact
and is sung at the end of the show. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Just for Santa Claus, piano-vocal-guitar chords. It
comes from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical
THE NORTH POLE PACT, a Christmas musical (ages 6 to
10) which uses the theme "global warming" (a very hot
topic today!) as its focal point. The song is sung when
the children of Santa's Village decide to take action
against global warming. It's an easy-to-learn (and
teach) song and hopefully fun for kids. At the song's
conclusion there is a short two-part contrapuntal
closing. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Life as a wandering Pirate,
song from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical
Ray
and the Pirates of the Lost Cove, It is sung
when a group of rather mischievious pirates brag about
how they "rule the sea with sword and might and conquer
all in every fight..." The music is performed in unison
except when a countermelody is added during the last
verse. Percussion instruments (shakers, drum set,
bongos) can be added to create more atmosphere. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Magic Bubble Circus,
song, from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical
Magic Bubble Circus, piano-vocal score, optional two-part division at the
end of the song. It's easy to learn and the children
enjoy singing the optional second voice simultaneously with
the main voice if a split is possible. It comes with a piano
accompaniment and guitar chord symbols.
|
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Ray of Hope, song from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical
Ray
and the Pirates of the Lost Cove, pop song
character, It is sung at the end of the musical as the
final song with all of the characters in the play. It is
in typical 32-bar song structure with an (optional)
instrumental section in the middle which shifts the
tonality to a new key. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Shining Lights: "Shining Lights" is a song about wishes
and beauty of the many kinds of lights we have around us.
Ideal for children between the ages of five and nine. It can
be used for a number of performing and/or learning
situations. The free download is a piano-vocal score
with guitar chords. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
This Earth is our Earth...A Home to use as we choose, song from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical
The North Pole Pact. This song should be viewed
with some degree of caution as it was written for the
musical to be sarcastic about how the very opportunisitc anti-environmentalists
in the story view the way we should be able to use (or more
like "abuse") the earth. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Trick or Treat, It's Halloween
Today,
song, from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical
Hickory's Trickery,
This song is jolly and fun to sing at Halloween time. It was
written with kids between the ages of six and ten in mind. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
Twelve O'clock's approaching, song from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical "Ray
and the Pirates of the Lost Cove.
It is sung by the mischievious pirates after the rude
and cruel (but likeable) Pirate Governor has sentenced
the friendly and innocent Longworth Family to be "shot
at midnight" for having attempted to "steal" the two
whales the pirates had captured. The music is bouncy and
melodic with a challenging and fun opportunity for
students to sing counterpoint. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
We've seen
the Dragon stealing Pumpkins, song, from
Daniel Laubacher's
school Musical
Hickory's Trickery. It is sung when the students
of Mr. Hickory have just seen the "dragon" stealing pumpkins
from Avila Pumpkin Patch. |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
What else could it be if it's not a Dragon?
song from
Daniel Laubacher's
school musical
Hickory's Trickery.
It is sung when William, a child from Mr. Hickory's class,
is skeptical about the existence of a dragon in the cave at
the foot of Old Fool's Hill. The rest of his classmates
disagree sarcastically asking him the question "What else could it be if
it's not a dragon, a dolly for Annie? a covered wagon for
Ben?". (Note:
Don't let the dragon scare you, it's not real!) |
Free
Download |
Listen |
|
You can
count on us! ("Clock Song"),
a
fun and challenging song for the classroom, in 4 parts (first in unison and
then divisions); ideal for the topic of time, piano-vocal version. It was first performed with
other music by Daniel Laubacher at the Odeon Theater in
Vienna. The song is written using four unique tunes used in
counterpoint to the same simple chromatic harmony. A refrain
is also part of the structure. This song is lots of fun and
kids get a real kick out of singing the polyphonic parts
simultaneously. It may also be combined with classroom
instruments. If you are a teacher, why not try out the
music lesson podcast of this song.
CLICK HERE |
Free
Download |
Listen |
