Songs for Musicals
These "show tunes" empower children and provide a forum for children’s creative expression. Selected songs are offered for a range of ages and ability levels, and showcase the beauty of children. The songs speak for themselves, coming alive in children rather than in descriptions here.
Songs can stand alone or be strung together to create a choral review or musical, with or without script, costumes, or scenery. Punctuate these songs with movement, add an occasional prop, and tailor-make a musical to suit your children, your educational priorities, and your time constraints. These songs have been used with children from kindergarten through eighth grade in the classroom, chorus, and multi-aged community settings.
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SONG LIBRARY, Bookshelf 3
Annotated List of Songs
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Kid From Your Neighborhood—This song presents singing children like a marching band, with the pageantry showcasing the beauty of every “ordinary” child. |
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I Gotta Move—This song captures children’s compelling need to move, inviting energy and simple choreography, while being accessible to grade school children of most any age. |
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Goin to Gramma’s—This song embraces children’s excitement about going to Gramma’s, and their enthusiasm for the ordinary that becomes extraordinary with an elder loved one. |
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Imagination—This song showcases the wonder of children’s imagination, presenting various short dramas interrupted by the glorious imagination of children. |
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Teddy Bears & Blankets—This sweet little song captures the innocence of children and embraces the universal love of stuffed animals and dolls, whatever the age of the children. |
6 |
Jeans—This delightful song plays with the fashionable love of jeans, suggesting a barbershop quartet and simple choreography that captures the musical style as well as the children. |
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Three Cheers for Kids—This song gives children the chance to be cheerleaders, rhythmically leading the audience in cheers—for kids! |
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Kid Bubbles—This song celebrates the joyful energy of children, sending a message about embracing that positive energy, represented by balloons. |
9 |
Fast Food—This rhythmic chant puts children in charge, encouraging confidence, authority, and expression. |
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We’re a Family—This song champions family, the sharing of life and the love of siblings, despite daily challenges. |
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Tryouts—This song gives every child a chance to triumph over rejection, demonstrate ability to play every part, and sustain confidence amidst disappointments. |
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Give ‘Em a Hand—This “Show Stopper” offers a celebration of children in all their glory, inviting simple choreography and heart-felt outreach in the spirit of children. |