Dave Holmes
ELT writer, song writer, presenter, teacher trainer
CHILDREN'S SONGS
A selection of language-learning songs for children, written in collaboration with The British Council and Cambridge Animation.
Time for Another Year
Stop! Look! Listen! Think!
Pizza and Chips
The Scary Skeleton
Santa, Santa, High in the Sky
Can a Flea Climb a Tree?
Over the Mountains
The Dinosaur 1 - 10
Animal House
Monster Bop
These songs have been used and enjoyed by thousands of young learners and teachers all around the world. Here are some examples.
Time For Another Year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsWi_PiYr1g Spain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtryphrfp8A&t=92s Spain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahKJIVDEd2U Hong Kong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za1faZBgZgE South Korea
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9wsu_jkBu9E South Korea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Qwmmq3Te8 Thailand
Santa, Santa, High in the Sky:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK2rb5iM670 Spain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETv3uY-tLiQ Spain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQIM7LDAiVM Spain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfOH6T64Qh4 Spain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAGfjRCHO6s Spain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIInDTwnAAY Spain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB5GpM_JPbc Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlszqdV2EpE Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3_g9KIYRB4 China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcXAVlnOj5E Bulgaria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mwUaLMD62I India
Pizza and Chips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRS1LH2I0OM Spain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTw7l1ozYZU China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51rhwPopfkE Spain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=231VUFeRhCg Spain
Stop! Look! Listen! Think!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGsZ5xNXxaE&t=37s UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAqoxB5e15Y&t=80s India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqEQWSkguQ0&t=142s India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8kEdv7A9vI India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tai1Z7IkLKw Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKFOxtKM6zA USA
Can a Flea Climb a Tree?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiVCnPxAJ3E Vietnam
Vitamin Alphabet (written for Oxford University Press):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8EPe5lwXIA&list=RDO8EPe5lwXIA&start_radio=1 Spain
