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Buy my brand new album on CD in its beautiful full colour eco digipak - including 24 page booklet with all lyrics and funky super-cool design! Makes a fantastic gift for a 4-10 year old! Add it to your family favourites - especially great on a long car journey! *Price includes post and packing to UK - please email for postage overseas (info@gokidmusic.com)
Al's first collection of amazing children's songs with full production! On CD with beautiful fold-out full-colour digipak (makes a great gift!) You will love this ground-breaking album if you appreciate great songwriting, good music, well played and recorded with skill! Songs that are guaranteed to capture your children’s imagination, get them singing along – and we promise they won’t drive you crackers!
Track listing:
The Creepy Castle (plus backing track) Bright Idea (plus backing track) Five Pound Note King of the Jungle Turn Over a Stone Tizzy Song Let’s Harvest! The Dinosaur Dance (plus backing track) Little Green Men from Outer Space
Volume 2 of Excellent Songs for Children is full of even more great songs your children (and you) will enjoy singing. They are great for anyone aged 4 up to 9, and packed full of signs and actions.
“…I finished the first album…then the children wanted more! So I had to keep writing to keep them happy! This second in the series is a little more folk-flavoured with some wonderful guest musicians on mandolin, bouzouki, banjo…all sorts! For grown-ups with great musical taste who have children with good musical taste!”
We have included three bonus backing tracks so your child can be the lead singer! Our beautiful new packaging makes this CD an ideal gift. Full colour six panel cardboard digipak with illustrations by Chloe Batchelor. Shrink wrapped.
Another great collection of original children’s songs from the Excellent family made especially for your family, including the new classics I Love Cake (as sung on Little Big Shots, ITV!) Track listing: 1. Geti That Yeti 2. Wheels Go Round 3. Scavenger 4. Mrs Brambles 5. I Love Cake 6. My Dragon 7. The Seed & The Tree 8. The Evacuee Song
Bonus Tracks Wheels Go Round (backing track) I Love Cake (backing track) The Evacuee Song (backing track)
Excellent Songs for Children volumes 1, 2 & 3! All in one beautiful bundle! All prices include P&P Save money - save your ears!
Bedtime has never been so much fun! Last few copies remaining - exclusive limited edition
Al's most popular song has been brought to life in this brilliant, full colour illustrated storybook. Sing along with the song on the CD included, and giggle at Chloe Batchelor's outstanding illustrations.
Perfect for 3-7 year olds and early readers - and great fun for a bedtime story with a musical twist. Comes with a CD of the song Gorrid the Horrid and the backing track so you (or your little one) can sing along and be the star! Don't forget our prices include P&P
Yay! Now your little music-lover can look almost as cool a s Al (!!) Our Gildan cotton T-Shirts come in four different sizes to fit your children from age 3-16 and even some of you grown-ups who can shimmy into a "large youth" size! Please see the list of sizes below to make your choice, we will be happy to swap any orders if your size isn't quite right, so you can order with confidence. Simply choose your size from the drop-down menu above and add to your cart, then pay at checkout using PayPal or use your credit/debit card.
SIZES: *PLEASE STATE WHICH SIZE YOU REQUIRE IN 'ORDER NOTES' AT CHECKOUT
Age 3-4 yrs chest size: 26 ins/ 66.04cm SOLD OUT SORRY Small: Age 5-7 yrs chest size: 28 ins/ 71.12cm Medium: Age 8-10 yrs chest size: 30 ins/ 76.2cm Large: Age 11-15 yrs chest size: 32 ins/ 81.28cm (fits small adult - nearly me!)
The Go Kid Music Ultimate Gift Pack! Only available right here, right now... Why not treat your little Go Kid to our mega collection of fun musical stuff!
-Choice of two 'Excellent Songs for Children' CDs (£9.99 each sold separately)
-Go Kid Music T-shirt (£7 sold separately)
-Go Kid Kazoo - top tootin' quality! (from the USA - no-longer sold separately)
-Mega vinyl super-sticky stickers of our alien, bear and yeti (£1 each sold separately) - Three Go Kid Music pin badges
Get this one-time mega special offer while you can...Go on, do it now! Perfect for a musical birthday treat, for Christmas - or just spoil 'em rotten!
Choose your T-shirt size when you checkout (in T-shirt description above)
Why not grab a sensory percussion instrument to accompany your amazing children's music?
Shake your tambourine in the day....Shake and flash with bright coloured lights in the dark! Three different speeds plus a constant glow - what can we say? What's not to love!?
Transparent plastic with flashing multi-colours. Batteries are included and can easily be replaced. We will post your tambourine carefully wrapped.
Don't forget our prices include P&P
Happy shaking! (in the dark)
Here's a brilliant song for Christmas! No religious overtones, just santa battling his way through the wind on Christmas Eve - will he make it? Will Rudolf get too grumpy and give up? Will the wind win - or will the children get their presents?? It's full of easy actions, energetic and fun for reception/Key Stage 1 and 2 - this song is fully requested ALL YEAR ROUND!!! You'll love it! :-) Download includes signed song-teaching video for your whiteboard or screen, audio and backing track, lyrics, chords and teaching notes BOOM!
Give your Harvest Festival celebrations a boost this year with our popular, up-beat contemporary school song by Al Start. The focus of the song is celebrating sharing the wonderful produce grown in the UK. No reference to religions. It’s fun for everyone to sing! Suitable for KS1 & 2.
Digital Pack includes:
Description: Up-beat, celebratory and contemporary with a catchy chorus and great rhythm. A firm favourite year after year.
Brand New Day is a song about climate change and our part. It's an upbeat song with a steady, modern beat and the lyrics ask "why should the children take the strain when we've all been passengers on this train?". It's bold and has a strong message because that's what is needed now. The songpack contains: - The signed video with subtitles - the audio track - the backing track (shorter version 3min30) - Lyrics for display on whiteboard (landscape) - Chords and lyric sheet for guitar or ukulele, can be used for piano - Thumbnail title page image for school projects, websites etc
The song September 1666 tells the story of the Great Fire of London. It is gentle and has a rousing chorus with signs and actions that both enhance learning of the song, as well as extending vocabulary and understanding.
The new split-screen film of this song (featuring Al Start) includes the lyrics under the signing, a simple ukulele part with chord diagrams on-screen, and a simple xylophone part. This enables the group/class to be split into four groups and to play and sing as an ensemble. Ideal for late KS1 and early KS2.
Purchasing this song pack buys the rights to perform this song in public, and supports Go Kid Music (which we really appreciate - thanks!).
Song pack includes:
Song (mp3) Backing track (mp3) Lyric & chord sheet (pdf) New Updated teaching video for whiteboards Split screen film including optional percussion parts, the signs and ukulele instrument parts Teaching notes (doc) Ukulele chord sheet
Please note this is a fairly large file and may take a few minutes to download to your computer depending on the speed of your internet connection. Some school firewalls may block the download, if so we suggest downloading at home. Once downloaded, the files will be yours to use with the children for a really inspiring music session!
The Creepy Castle – Digital Teacher’s Resource Pack “Run away there’s a ghost behind me…hide in here…and it might not find me!”
It’s mildly spooky, all about tip-toeing round a creepy castle at night (just like Scooby Doo and the Gang!)
It’s also the first ever children’s song I wrote, and don’t ask me why…it’s still the most popular of all my songs! I cannot play this song enough! Your children will LOVE singing this – it is nice and easy to learn, great for Key Stage 1 and early Key Stage 2. It has fun actions/signs and the new whiteboard split-screen film is great!
It features me, Al Start, singing and signing and playing a variety of optional percussion instruments. You can split the class into 4 groups and each will copy and learn their parts like magic! No musical knowledge needed to teach this excellent children’s song!
Digital Pack Includes:
To buy your digital resource pack simply add it to your basket & pay at checkout. We will email your link to download the file.
Here is a song which does exactly what it says on the tin! Is your topic this term …dinosaurs?? Then you need this brilliantly fun and simple song for children as young as pre-school, Reception and Key Stage 1.
Funny, silly, yucky and full of actions – it even has dinosaur dance moves at the end! Resource Pack Includes:
Please note this is a fairly large file and may take up to 10 minutes to download to your computer depending on the speed of your internet connection. Once downloaded, the files will be yours to use with the children for a really inspiring music session!
Change the World a Little Every Day – Teachers’ Digital Songpack
This is a really popular song in primary schools up and down the country. It is melodic and bouncy and is about caring for our planet and each other, and sharing. The lyrics touch on people not having enough to eat all over the world, animals not having a home if the rainforest is chopped down. The anthemic refrain is the title, and there is a section at the end with optional two part (which I comfortably sing with year 1 & 2 upwards) that builds to a lovely emotional end!
This is a great song to use at Harvest Festival as an alternative to “Let’s Harvest” if you want to look at a more global theme. This song celebrates every individual child’s contribution to the world making a little change to the entire world. A great concept!
I have also performed this song with a school choir with three part harmonies as well as two different vocal parts. It can be arranged with solos, small group parts and more and is versatile. The signs make it a great visual performance piece as well as making it suitable for children who use Makaton and BSL. Change the World – sing this song!
An ideal song to accompany your early geography and wider world topics.
This folk-rock style song helps children understand about the shape of the earth, the equator and how the land is divided into 7 continents. It ends by repeating the names of the continents several times - and by the time you've sung this a couple of times the children will be experts!
Sing! Play! Learn! with Go Kid Music brings you 12 excellent original songs that teachers and children will love! Based on popular Key Stage 2 topics, these catchy tunes enable primary class teachers to teach music while supporting learning across the whole curriculum. Children can watch and learn the songs from the whiteboard teaching videos on the accompanying DVD.
Topics include: Aztec civilization, The Anglo Saxons, Kindness and sharing, looking after our planet, Electricity, Child evacuees in World War II, The Roman Empire and Britain, The Tudors and Henry VIII, Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot, Harvest Festival, Space, aliens and friendship, Myths and legends, Aeroplanes and inventions.
To buy our amazing KS1 & 2 songbooks/DVDs for your school please follow the link to Collins Website. https://collins.co.uk/pages/primary-music-sing-play-learn-with-go-kid-music
Sing! Play! Learn! has been shortlisted by the Music and Drama Education Awards for Excellence in SEND
The books help teachers include all learners with actions, signs and instrumental parts for fun and original topic songs from Go Kid Music!
Each song comes with an easy-to-follow teaching video with on-screen lyrics and actions, performance and backing audio, PDF lyrics for whiteboard display and teaching notes. In addition, many have optional percussion parts, which are also demonstrated on the videos, and there's a selection of warm-ups and focus-builders to get everyone ready for singing!
Written with the generalist class teacher in mind, the accompanying notes are divided into three main sections:
SING - Straightforward, step-by-step instructions to help you teach the song from scratch;
PLAY - Ways to use the song to meet the requirements of the Primary Music Curriculum and First Access (Wider Opportunities);
LEARN - Creative extension activities relating to the song or topic. Follow this link to buy your school a copy! https://collins.co.uk/pages/primary-music-sing-play-learn-with-go-kid-music
Our range of unique music resources for teachers of Primary Schools (or 1st/2nd Grade) is an essential tool for teaching music and singing both in the classroom and in assemblies. I have written these songs especially to support topic work, special events (eg Harvest Festival, Fire of London) or just to encourage all children to enjoy singing excellent songs.
Having taught music in Primary schools for over 15 years, I find the key to good engagement and enjoyment of singing is the material itself. These songs are specifically written for children to sing and are ideal for performance. The films in each pack show me (Al) singing and signing the Makaton signs to help the children learn rapidly, retain the information and give greater engagement and enjoyment. They are tried and tested in primary schools around the UK and quite frankly, go down a storm!
Simply choose the pack that suits your topic and pay a one-off payment of £9.99. Your download link will be emailed to you ready to use within minutes. Easy!
Packs include:
The song (mp3)
Backing track (mp3)
Lyric and guitar chords sheet (doc)
Sheet music (simple piano part or melody line, where possible)
A whiteboard/PC film for you to use in the classroom or hall
Teaching notes (doc)
Links to other relevant films
Click on the images below to listen to each song, read details of the relevant topics and see what the pack includes.
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My brand new album is hot off the press for 2020! Featuring 13 new upbeat acoustic-roots songs that will thrill, sooth and entertain your whole family - any age. Aimed primarily at children who have grown out of nursery rhymes and have started school (4-10). Passes the "Great for Grown-Ups" test with flying colours!
Track listing:
1. Higher and Higher
2. Family
3. Jumbled Around
4. Up, Up and Away
5. The Victorian Way
6. Amazon Riversong
7. Banana Milkshake
8. Brand New Day
9. Long Way Home
10. Telescope
11. Grandad’s Pants
12. Four Grey Cats
13. Robot
All songs written by Al Start, Go Kid Music Records © 2020 Recorded at Go Kid Music Studios, Brighton & Sunny Studio, Hove Produced by Al Start Mixed & Mastered by - Tony Bryant @ Sunny Studio - www.sunnystudiohove.co.uk *Four Grey Cats produced and mixed by Tracey Field
Musicians: Al Start: Vocals, guitars, ukulele, lap steel, bass, percussion, keys and programming Kaile Lucas: Accordion, double bass & electric bass (tracks 3, 6, 7, 9) Deborah Shurvell: Mandolin Tony Bryant: Drum kit & cajon Tracey Field: Electric guitar, bass, programming (track 12)
Design/Artwork - Michele Allardyce
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Volume 2 is full of even more great songs your children (and you) will enjoy singing.
“…I finished the first album…and the children wanted more! So I had to keep writing to keep them happy! This second in the series is a little more folk-flavoured with some wonderful guest musicians on mandolin, bouzouki, banjo…all sorts! For grown-ups with great musical taste who have children with good musical taste!”
We have included three bonus backing tracks so your child can be the lead singer! Our beautiful new packaging makes this CD an ideal gift. Full colour six panel cardboard digipak with illustrations by Chloe Batchelor.
Track List: Better Not… There’s a Bear in my Wardrobe! Sept. 1666 Pirate Adventure Gorrid the Horrid Last Sunday Afternoon Knock Down Ginger Change the World a Little Every Day
Bonus Tracks: There’s a Bear in My Wardrobe (backing track) September 1666 (backing track) Change the World…(backing track)
The soundtrack from the original stage show written and produced by Al Start & Nicola Bloom. Features all the revolting songs sung in the show - you'll love to sing along! Includes the favourite 'Gorrid the Horrid' and many amazing songs you won't have heard...yet!
All the brilliant songs from the soundtrack of our amazing, rip-roaring pirate adventure stage show! Includes some bonus Ahaaaaring lessons with Captain Al and Stinky so you can really give it all you've got, me hearty!
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For kids who love to sing and are a little bit bonkers! Aimed at 4-10 year olds. It’s silly, slimy and spooky…but great for grown-ups too! Catchy, folky and up-beat with great production and loads of style.
Al says, “I’ve been writing children’s songs and playing them in schools for six years and it’s the most fun I’ve ever had! These songs are the children’s favourites, and believe me, they tell it to me straight! I wanted to write songs with as much authenticity and effort as every other adult song I’ve ever written. So here is a children’s album with full production (no plonky keyboards); loads of vocals and harmonies (no whiney simpering) and proper funny stories.
“It’s you adults who buy the children their music, so the songs have to cut it with the grown-ups too! We parents know that there are few children’s albums that we enjoy listening to ourselves….The gauntlet was thrown down!”
We have included three bonus backing tracks so your child can be the lead singer! Our beautiful new packaging makes this CD an ideal gift. Full colour six panel cardboard digipak with illustrations by Chloe Batchelor. Shrink wrapped.
Track listing: 1. The Creepy Castle 2. Bright Idea 3. Five Pound Note 4. King of the Jungle 5. Turn Over a Stone 6. Tizzy Song 7. Let’s Harvest! 8. The Dinosaur Dance 9. Little Green Men from Outer Space
Bonus Tracks The Creepy Castle (backing track) Dinosaur Dance (backing track) Little Green Men (backing track)
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Another great collection of original children’s songs from the Excellent family made especially for your family, including I Love Cake, Geti That Yeti, The Wheels Go Round and My Dragon.
Al Start writes children’s songs with edge and style. These are for your little monsters who have out-grown nursery rhymes and haven’t yet ventured into the world of pop music and rock stars. Ideal for age 4-8 yrs.
Volume 3 has a more folky-bluegrass feel to the album as wonderful musicians such as Carol Levi on banjo, bouzouki, acoustic and electric guitars; Linda Game on fiddle, and Deborah Shurvell on mandolin, all adding their beautiful musicianship to the mix!
We have included three bonus backing tracks so your child can be the lead singer!
Our beautiful new packaging makes this CD an ideal gift. Full colour six panel cardboard digipak with illustrations by Chloe Batchelor. Shrink wrapped.
This little gem of an album is a narrated musical show! Al narrates the piggy action (voiced by original cast members Nicola Bloom and Fran Malone) as the three little pigs set off on an adventure of a lifetime.
It is stuffed with great original songs along the way (played by Al's amazing band) and makes a fantastic audio story for the car, bedtime or a rainy day. Perfect for your under 8s.
