{"id":1987,"date":"2009-07-14T17:41:05","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T22:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womantalk.wordpress.com\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2009-07-14T17:41:05","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T22:41:05","slug":"waldorf-playgroup-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/?p=1987","title":{"rendered":"Waldorf Playgroup Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are the lyrics to all the songs Devana Came sang during the course of her two-hour demo Waldorf Parent-Toddler Playgroup. We’re going to be practicing and learning them tomorrow at the park. (Devana runs a home-based Waldorf kindergarten and preschool in Corona called The Garden of Enchantment<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Some of these songs are specifically geared towards springtime, so a few of them will be changed out for the fall.<\/p>\n

In general the songs in the circle before playtime will follow this pattern:<\/p>\n

Follow follow me (walking into home from outside to form ring)<\/p>\n

Now Look Around, we’ve made a ring (standing)<\/p>\n

1 – seasonal (sitting)<\/p>\n

Rinka Ranka Rosy Ray (standing)<\/p>\n

3 – seasonal (standing, sitting, standing)<\/p>\n

Crisscross applesauce (sitting)<\/p>\n

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Follow, follow me
\nTo the ring of the fairies
\nFollow, follow\u00c2\u00a0 me,
\nWhere the fairies dance and sing.
\nGather with now
\nAll the magic you can carry,
\nAs we circle \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcround the dancing fairy ring.<\/p>\n

Now look around
\nWe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve made a ring
\nBy holding hands you see.
\nYes, here I am,
\nAnd there you are,
\nTogether we are we.<\/p>\n

Fishes like wishes
\nAre magic you see,
\nThey slipses and swishes
\nThru waters so free.<\/p>\n

A little flower lays asleep in his bed.
\nA warm sun is shining over head.
\nDown came the rain dancing to and fro.
\nThe little flower awakens,
\nAnd now begins to grow.<\/p>\n

Rinka ranka rosy ray.
\nWelcome, welcome, golden day.
\nI can skip and I can hop.
\nI can turn and I can stop.
\nI can dance and I can sing,
\nWith my friends we form a ring.<\/p>\n

Ring around the roses,
\nA pocket full of posies.
\nAshes, ashes, we all fall down.
\nThe cows are in the meadow
\nEating buttercups
\nAshes, ashes
\nWe all stand up.<\/p>\n

On my head my hands I place,
\nOn my shoulders, on my face.
\nOn my lips and by my side,
\nQuickly behind me they will hide.
\nI can hold them way up high
\nAnd let my fingers gently fly
\nI can hold my hands in front of me
\nAnd clap 1-2-3.<\/p>\n

Here is a beehive
\nWhere are all the bees?
\nHidden inside
\nWhere no one can see
\nHere they all come
\n1-2-3-4-5 buzzzzzzzzz \u00e2\u20ac\u201c They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re alive.<\/p>\n

Dot, dot, dot
\nAnd a big question mark.
\nLittle spiders crawl up your back
\nLittle spiders crawl down your back
\nLittle spiders crawl up your arms
\nLittle spiders crawl down your arms
\nCool breeze, tight squeeze.
\nEgg on the head and the yolk drips down.
\nCreepy crawlies, creepy crawlies\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\nGotcha.<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

Crisscross applesauce
\nSpiders crawling up your back
\nSpiders crawling down your back
\nOops, one bit ya
\nTight squeeze,
\nCool breeze.
\nNow you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got the ticklies.<\/p>\n

The Story Song
\nAnything can happen
\nIn a fairy tale or rhyme
\nWhen you say the magic words
\nOnce a upon a time<\/p>\n

OR I like this one from raw mom’s blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

BE QUIET YOUR FACES, BE STILL EVERYONE<\/p>\n

FIX DEEPLY ON ME YOUR EYES<\/p>\n

AND OUT OF MY MIND A STORY WILL COME<\/p>\n

THAT IS OLD, AND LOVELY AND WISE<\/p>\n

Handwashing Song (sung in the mood of the 5th)
\nTime to wash our hands,
\nTime to wash our hands<\/p>\n

Welcome, welcome
\nWelcome to our table
\nWelcome, welcome
\nWe all join hands together. (We sing this until every one is sitting)
\nSnack Time Blessing
\nEarth who gives to us this food.
\nSun who makes it ripe and good.
\nSun above and earth below,
\nOur loving thanks to you we show.
\nBlessings on our meal.<\/p>\n

Clean-up Song
\nI met a little dusty gnome
\nWho says it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to clean our home
\nClean our home
\nClean our home<\/p>\n

Goodbye Circle
\nWho will come to my wee ring?
\nMy wee ring
\nMy wee ring
\nWho will come to my wee ring?
\nAnd make it a little bit bigger?<\/p>\n

The earth stands firm beneath my feet. The sun shines high above. Here I stand, so straight and strong \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all things to know and love<\/p>\n

I can turn myself and turn myself and stop me when I will. I can reach high on my tippy toes and hold myself quite still.<\/p>\n

Goodbye now, goodbye now.
\nWe leave you now
\nAnd off we go
\nGoodbye now
\nGoodbye to all of you.
\nThank you for coming.<\/p>\n

Rainbow Bridge Song
\nGoodbye, goodbye
\nBlessing on your way.
\nMay the sun shine bright
\nIn your hearts today.<\/p>\n

**See clips of Devana singing most of these songs here<\/a>**<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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