circle time songs

We're excited to introduce several new songs to our forest school families this spring. Here are the words to some of the finger plays and songs we'll sing this season. Enjoy!

The Morning Verse

Spring Is Coming

Spring is coming! Spring is coming!
Birdies build your nests
Weave together straw and feather
Doing each your best

Spring is coming! Spring is coming!
Flowers are coming too
Daisies, lilies, daffodillies
Now are coming through

Spring is coming! Spring is coming!
All around is fair
Shimmer, glimmer on the meadow
Joy is everywhere!


Johnny Appleseed Grace

Oh, the earth is good to me
And so I thank the earth
For giving me the things I need --
The sun, and the rain, and the appleseed.
The earth is good to me.


Blow, Wind, Blow

Blow wind blow
And go mill go
That the miller may grind his corn
That the baker may take it
And into bread bake it
And bring us a loaf in the morn'
Bring us a loaf in the morn'


Cherry Blossom

Cherry blossom pink and white
Did you open in the night?
Yesterday your tree was bare
Now its covered everywhere
One and two and three and four…
I can't count how many more.


Come, Follow Me

Come, follow, follow, follow
Follow, follow, follow me
Wither shall I follow, follow, follow
Wither shall I follow, follow thee
To the greenwood, to the greenwood
To the greenwood, greenwood tree


Hear the Rain

Hear the rain is falling down
On the meadow, field and town:
Drip, drop, drip, drop on the leaves,
Drip, drop, drip, drop on the eaves.


Here Is A Beehive

Here is a beehive, but where are the bees?
Hidden inside where nobody sees.
Watch as the bees fly out of their hive:
One, two, three, four, five… bzzzzz.

Morning Verse

Good morning, dear earth
Good morning, dear sun
Good morning, dear stones
And flowers every one
Good morning, dear creatures
And birds in the trees
Good morning to you
And good morning to me


The Way the Flowers Sleep

This is the way the flowers sleep
Throughout the winter long.
And this is the way the flowers grow
When they hear the robin's song


Trot old Joe

Trot old Joe, Trot old Joe
You ride better than any horse I know.
Trot old Joe, Trot old Joe
You're the best horse in the country, oh.
Whoa, Joe!


Buttercup

Buttercup buttercup waking up
Catch a sunbeam in your cup
Hold it tight
Let it go
Ree-rah-ree-rah Ro


WRIGGLY WORM

Under a stone where the earth was firm
I found a wriggly wriggly worm
Good morning I said, how are you today?
But the wriggly worm, just wriggled away


Two Little Blackbirds

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill:
One named Jack and one named Jill.
Fly away, Jack! Fly away, Jill!
Come back, Jack, and come back, Jill.


Tira-lira-lira

Tira-lira-lira in the spring
Orioles and robins sweetly sing
Through the leafy branches you can hear
Tira-lira-lira singing clear

Tira-lira-lira in the spring
Orioles and robins sweetly sing
Through the leafy branches you can hear
Tira-lira-lira spring is here.


Robin and the Worm

When Winter ended in the forest,
The earth began to thaw.
Robin flew down to look around
And do you know what he saw?
A wriggly worm - a tasty morning snack.
The Robin snatched it in her beak,
But the wriggly worm pulled back
And pulled and pulled and pulled and...
Pop! It got away.
But maybe next time when they meet
It will go the robin's way.