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- 'The Wood Song' by The Indigo Girls is just lovely. My genius mix has gone to 'Killing in the name of' now. Also brilliant... 4 days ago
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Category Archives: songs for children
Alice in Wonderland
Before I left Ireland last week, I took part in a school project in Daingean, County Offaly. It was funded by the Arts Council’s ‘Percent for Art’ scheme, which allows schools that have completed a new building to apply for … Continue reading
Yo Gabba Gabba
Came across this funny article (via Twitter) about children’s programmes on Nickelodeon Jr. Now, I don’t have kids but I do work with little ones sometimes. The guy who wrote the article rates the shows’ songs and music, too, which … Continue reading
Posted in lyrics and lines I especially admire, songs for children
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The angels appear to the shepherds
A friend of mine put this message on Facebook this morning: Looking for an easy chorus for a small choir of very young angels to sing in a nativity when visiting shepherds…anyone? As if I hadn’t procrastinated enough this morning, … Continue reading
We’re going on a bear hunt
Yesterday I was teaching classes in Our Lady of Victories Infant School in Ballymun. We had been doing all kinds of stories and music about bears over the past few weeks. Goldilocks, a campfire song called ‘The other day I … Continue reading
Some cute cards from kids last week
I did a project with a group of school kids last week in Offaly. We wrote a song about the Pied Piper, ‘The Bargain’, which turned out rather nicely, ending with lots of angry faces and fist-waving! I’m pleased with … Continue reading
last month in a nutshell
It has been a very busy four weeks since I last posted something. Here are some highlights: the first stage of the Infant Imaginings project drew to a close. Helene Hugel and I have been working on a number of … Continue reading
Scoil Angela
Here are my fellow songwriters and rappers, who we worked with last week in Thurles. The final performance – for their parents and the rest of the school – went really well. Aingeala conducted the half-hour concert which began with … Continue reading
Posted in reviews and reports, songs for children, what I'm up to
Tagged children, recordings
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