Rhymes, Songs & Stories

Here are the words to a cheery new song! The Treehouse kids will have to give you the tune. Greetings my friends and a howdy howdy do! Where have you been since the last time I saw you? Greetings [...]

Sunrise at The Good Earth Day School 2/10/10 Morning has come, Night is away, Rise with the sun, And welcome the day.

We recite this rhyme during community time on Tuesdays in the PreK. The children are first given a piece of beeswax to hold in their hands, covering it like a baby they are putting to sleep. They [...]

We recite this each Wednesday at school as we bake bread. We teach the children to knead the dough by flouring the dough and their hands, pressing the dough with the heal of their hands into a [...]

I am a big believer in the power of family dinner–I remember waiting for my dad to get home and sitting down as a family to dinner most nights growing up. It’s a time to come together [...]

“Kittens” from Hand Rhymes by Marc Brown hold up fingers each time a number is used . . . (hold up fingers to indicate 5) Five little kittens (hands together at side of head, eyes closed) [...]

Head and Shoulders{Children stand and touch body parents when chanting, clap on “one, two, three”} 1. Head and shoulders, Baby, One, two, three. Head and shoulders, Baby, One, two, three. Head [...]

Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow. Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow; Do you or I or anyone know how oats, peas, beans and barley grow?2. First the farmer sows his seed, Then he stands and [...]

PreK has been enjoying singing this song and selecting each character in the song–try it at home! The farmer in the dell, the farmer in the dell, Heigh Ho! The Derry O! The farmer in the [...]

Once there was a rabbit who was very sad because his ears were so long and narrow that he stepped on the all of the time. One day a fairy landed on the bunny’s head. She lifted up the [...]