Spring Circle Time

Here's the circle time Helena and I (and sometimes Daddy) are enjoying for the Spring season.



God Made the Shy

(sung slowly)God made the shy, the wild ones, who live in field and wood
He taught them how to make their homes and how to find their food

(chorus song lively and fast) Mole and vole and tiny mouse, squirrel in the tree, rabbit, hare and hedge-hog and birds all flying free

(slowly again) He taught them all the wisdom and wonder of their ways
We love to learn about them and sing God's love and praise.
(rpt chorus)


Proud Missus Sheep (song)

Proud Missus Sheep, she has some little lambs now
Down on Cherry Tree Farm
Hear them together in any sort of weather
Baa, baa, baa, baaa, baaa.
(Rpt with various animals)

Five Little Chicks/Cinco Pollitos (bilingual finger play)

Cinco pollitos
Tiene mi tia
Uno le canta
Otro le piea
Y tres le tocan le melodia

My auntie makes music
With five little chicks
One can sing
Another can hum
And 3 play the melody

(first wave five fingers, next put up thumb only, next pointer finger only, for 3 little chicks wave remaining 3 fingers)

Hickety Pickety (rhyme)

Hickety pickety my black [red] hen
She lays eggs for gentlemen
Gentlemen come every day
To see what my black hen doth lay.

Underneath My Big Umbrella (Japanese folk song)

Underneath my big umbrella I can hear the rain
Underneath my roof of yellow singing down the lain
Pi-chi, pi-chi, cha-pu, chap-u, ran, ran, ran [pronounced rain]

Underneath my big umbrella I can see the sun
Down I bring the roof of yellow for the rain is done
Pi-chi, pi-chi, cha-pu, cha-pu, ran, ran, ran

It Rained (song)

It rained on Anne
It rained on Fan
It rained and rained on Arabella
But it did not rain
On Mary Jane
She had a HUGE umbrella!

Ring Around (bilingual similiar to ring around the rosy)

Ring Around the Potato
Eating salad greens with tomato
Like gentle people eat
Eating citrus fruits so sweet
To the ground, to the ground
We all fall down!

Al corro de la patata
Comeremas ensalada
Como comen los senores
Naranjitas y limones
Achupe Achupe
Santadita me quede!

Look Who's Here! (to the tune of Here we Go Round the Mulberry Bush)

Look who's here it's Lady Spring....... (rpt phrase) (walking in circle)
Lady Spring is here.

Who'll come into our wee ring..... (rpt phrase) (child in middle of circle)
And dance with Lady Spring

Come with me said Lady Spring (rpt phrase) (hold child's hands and gallop back and forth)
We're off to dance and sing!

The Seed (rhyme)

Baby seedlings in the earth below (crouch down low and hide head)
Wait for sun and rain to make them grow
When spring comes down go their roots (on down, jump to feet in crouching position)
And up into the air pops new fresh shoots (pop up tall on tip toes with hands over head)

The Daffodil (rhyme)

Daffy down dilly is new come to town
With a yellow petticoat and a green gown.

Hi Ho the Dairy-O

The Farmer plants the seeds..... (scatter seeds from "hip bag")
The seeds begin to grow.... (start crouched down and slowly grow)
The sun begins to shine.... (hold hands over head and sway from side to side)
The rain begins to fall..... (rain fingers from overhead slowly down to the floor)

Then ask "And wht have you grown into today?" child answers corn or sunflower for example

Song of Solomon 2:11-13
See! The winter is past.
The rains are over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth.
The season of singing has come.
The cooing of the dove is heard in our land.
The fig tree forms it's early fruit
And the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.