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Song: I Can Write Any Song I Want


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This song celebrates an internal sense of control.  The message is that we have a right to our own independent thoughts, feelings and preferences defining ourselves.

This song promotes the important behaviors of initiative including:

  • Doing things for themself 
  • Saying positive things about the future (acting optimistic)
  • Make decisions for themself

Lyrics                           
I can write any song I want. 
My life is a melody.
I can write any song I want.
The music's up to me.
On a beautiful day I go outside to play.
Feeling alive and free.
Kittens and puppies, cats and dogs, romp around with me.
Running fast.  Barefoot in the grass,
Chasing a butterfly.
Spinning around making silly sounds,
A rainbow paints the sky.

Tips for Parents           

  • Ask your child, "Do you like to sing?  What is your favorite song? If you could make up a song what would it be about?"
  • Encourage your child to act out the words, from kittens romping to chasing butterflies.
  • Have some fun with introducing island/Latin dancing moves to complement this Caribbean sound.
  • Emphasize the theme of uniqueness and make up your own movements to the song.
  • Musical Instruments - Use recycled bottles, coffee cans and other objects to create any musical instruments.  Decorate the "instruments" and create unique styles of music.
  • Make A Song About Me -  Using the melody from "I'm a little tea cup" let children fill in their own words: 
    I'm a special ____________ ____________ (first and last name)
    Friendly and ____________
    Here is my helping hand and here is my ____________
    When I get excited
    I will shout, "___________" (pick a happy word like Yahoo)
    I'm so special
    And that's what I'm a-BOUT!"
  • Fun Songs - Encourage your child to create their own song, performed each time they're cleaning their room, coming to dinner, etc.  Make up funny family songs that can be sung regularly during daily routines will create lasting memories.

Books to Read with Children
I Like Me by Nancy Carlson
Life Doesn't Frighten Me by Maya Angelou

This song is part of our Songs of Confidence series, which consists of the following twelve song titles:
I've Got Two
I Can Do It
I'm Gonna Find a Way
Let's Play
Butterfly, Bumblebee
I Can Write Any Song I Want
I Am a Rubber Band
It's Up to Me
L-I-G-H-T
Slow Groove
Something Beautiful
Up the Mountain

This song is available in the following formats:

  • Download this song in MP3 format
  • Download all 12 Songs of Confidence songs
  • Receive the CD via Mail (shipping/handling charges apply)  
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The Power of Children’s Music to Build Social-Emotional Skills

Growing Sound develops music and other products that translate key findings from recent child development research into practical and entertaining products for teachers, parents, and children. Founded in 2007 as a new venture of Children, Inc., our products stimulate social and emotional development in a way that is fun for young children. While many products focus on managing children’s problem behaviors, Growing Sound is a proactive, strength-based approach to helping children discover the goodness in their lives and in themselves.

As genuine breakthroughs in child development research increase there is a widening gap between what researchers know and what many parents and teachers practice. Parents and teachers want to optimize their child’s development but they lack the time and expertise to digest the growing volume of research. Growing Sound answers this need by providing a line of products that distills the research into practical and fun activities for home and school.

Children love our products because they are fun. Parents and educators love our products because they help teach children key skills of resiliency like persistence, initiative and self-control. Growing Sound is committed to putting our products into the hands of as many motivated teachers and parents as possible and to make children here and around the world ready for school and ready for life.