Brand New Day

This is a wonderful song for singing in large groups, such as assemblies,
but it can also work well sung with just one AAC singer and any number of other vocal singers.
The voice output device can be programmed to sing one line per activation. It is then necessary to add a prompt sound so that the vocal singers know when to come in e.g.

Oh – Tides of time and rivers of song, legends that whisper from days long gone
(splashing in a bowl of water)

Oh – Rocks of ages make us strong, as the years go rolling away
(some rocks or stones rolling in a bowl)

Oh – Celebrate the power they bring, turn to welcome strangers in
(wave shiny streamers and smile welcomingly)

Oh – Coast to coast the bells they ring, to mark a brand new day
(bells)

Each line could be accompanied by a representative multisensory item as shown in the brackets.

Brand New Day also works well to support literacy development as it had a wide vocabulary and interesting ideas to explore and develop. There is a ready made illustrated book available on the Widgit website.