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Ian Rae a.k.a. "Badly Drawing Grandpa", is a Scottish musician/writer/teacher living in London. His music has been used on TV, radio, adverts and theatre and he is now producing silly songs and (badly drawn) videos to amuse & teach little children, & creating songs to help introduce KS1 topics. His songs and videos are also available free on his Thoughtz4Totz website and Thoughtz4Totz and Thoughtz4kidz Youtube channels for preschool & primary children (& parents & grandparents)

Ian Rae a.k.a. "Badly Drawing Grandpa", is a Scottish musician/writer/teacher living in London. His music has been used on TV, radio, adverts and theatre and he is now producing silly songs and (badly drawn) videos to amuse & teach little children, & creating songs to help introduce KS1 topics. His songs and videos are also available free on his Thoughtz4Totz website and Thoughtz4Totz and Thoughtz4kidz Youtube channels for preschool & primary children (& parents & grandparents)
The Best Years Of Your Life - Yr 6 School Leavers Song - Total Song Pack
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The Best Years Of Your Life - Yr 6 School Leavers Song - Total Song Pack

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**In the current Covid-19 climate with many of the opportunities for primary school leaving celebrations, proms and prize-givings being curtailed a number of teachers / parents are using this song as the sound track for short videos for the children about to leave school. Be it photographs with names of the children or activities captured during their time at school this song (or a recording sung by some of the children using the backing track) might at least provide a small memento for the children ** Very bouncy, very tongue in cheek song about schooldays being the best years of your life. Can be used a solo, group or choir piece and comes with sheet music, vocal version, backing track and lyrics. Suitable for Year 6 leaving assemblies etc. The video gives both the song and the lyrics with our little teacher doing a better job of keeping time than counting
Music Is All Around - Total Song Pack
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Music Is All Around - Total Song Pack

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This is the all singing (but not all dancing) song pack. Please watch the video to see if the song is for your pupils. Then you have multiple choice. The song can be performed as a solo, duet or choir piece using one or two verses. The backing tracks come in 1 verse or 2 verses - the sheet music is 2 verses. Hopefully you have everything you need in this pack. You could even produce your own video using the original or your own backing track and photos, drawings or video clips based on the lyrics. Suits just about all ages through adults
Halloween - Total Song Pack
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Halloween - Total Song Pack

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A children’s song suitable for most ages on the subject of Halloween. You can watch the video to see if it suits your requirements, and download the voice mp3, the backing track mp3, the lyrics and the sheet music for the song. Ideal short sound track if you decide to produce your own video for Halloween!!! This song now has an updated animated video for Halloween 2020
Keep It Simple - Total song pack
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Keep It Simple - Total song pack

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A bouncy little song for children about keeping everything simple. The pack contains everything you need - video to assess the song, mp3s of the song and the backing plus the sheet music and the lyrics - suitable for all ages
Penelope Meets Jeremy - A Fascinating Experiment on the Power of Underscoring
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Penelope Meets Jeremy - A Fascinating Experiment on the Power of Underscoring

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This is a really interesting five minute experiment which demonstrates the power that music has on our lives. It can be done with children of most ages and adults. Here are the instructions Select a male and female pupil / adult to read the the dialogue below Get them to read the dialogue with no underscoring Get them to read the dialogue again with the 4 pieces of music as underscoring.a) Brass band at the seaside b) Love theme c) Night Club d) Suspense /Horror The mood will change with each piece of music and in most cases the people reading will react to the music in their delivery of the dialogue Just download the Instructions/script and the background music. The Youtube video gives you some idea of how it goes. All the music in the underscoring was composed by me so there is no problem with copyright There is also a Karaoke version of the video now on the Thoughtz4Kidz Yutube channel which allow you to just read the dialogue with the underscoring but no voices