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.
