Parent Handbook
Lyrics to Book 1
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle, Twinkle, little star; how I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, Twinkle, little star; how I wonder what you are.
Lightly Row
Lightly row, lightly row, marching up the keys we go.
Lightly rowing, lightly rowing, skipping up to Middle Man.
1,2,3,4,5 we go; 1,2,3,4,5 we go;
Lightly rowing, lightly rowing, skipping up to Middle Man.
Honeybee
Honeybee, please do not sting me.
Don’t sting father, don’t sting mother.
Don’t sting brother; don’t sting sister.
Honeybee, please do not sting me.
Honeybee Optional Verse:
Honeybee, busy little bee.
All day long you look for honey,
In your stripy coat so funny.
Honeybee, busy little bee.
Cuckoo
Cuckoo, cuckoo sings from the forest.
Cuckoo, cuckoo sings from the tree.
Let us be singing, let us be dancing.
Springtime, springtime, soon will be here.
French Children's Song
We are French children playing in the sunshine.
We are French children playing in the sun.
Running and laughing and singing and climbing.
Running and laughing and singing our songs.
(Repeat first two lines)
French Children’s Song Optional Verse:
French children’s song, a song they sing in Paris.
French children’s song, a song they sing in France.
If I were French, I would sing in the daytime.
If I were French, I would sing in the night.
(Repeat first two lines)
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb.
Mary had a little lamb; fleece was as white as snow.
Everywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went, lamb was so sure to go.
London Bridge
London Bridge is falling up, falling up, falling up.
London Bridge is falling up, my fair lady.
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Go Tell Aunt Rhody that she lost her shoe.
Go tell Aunt Rhody that her shoe is gone.
She will be sad to hear this little tale.
She will be sad to hear this news.
Go tell Aunt Rhody that she lost her shoe.
Go tell Aunt Rhody that her shoe is gone.
Clair De La Lune (or Dolphin Days)
Dolphin days are coming, dolphin time is near.
Watch the water closely, dolphins may appear.
Swimming ever onward through the deep blue sea.
Dolphin days are coming, dolphin time is near.
Long, Long, Ago
Long, long ago, dinosaurs ruled the world; triceratops; tyrannosaur.
They could not think, could not speak, only roar.
Oh, what a bore, dinosaur!
Birds of the air pecked the dinosaur’s nose.
Mice underfoot nibbled scales off their toes.
Pestered, they left planet earth to their foes.
Oh, what a bore, dinosaur!
Little Playmates
Running up the stairway, running down the stairway.
Through the kitchen and then out the back door.
Running up the stairway, running down the stairway,
Running faster than we did before.
Up to the tree house where you’ll never find us.
Down to the cellar where you’ll never mind us.
Running up the stairway, running down the stairway,
Hopping, skipping out the big front door.
Chant Arabe
In far-off desert lands, where the oasis stands,
Camels in caravans, trail across burning sands.
Riders in flowing turbans sit high atop the swaying dromedaries;
Bells tinkling, jingling, sweetly ring out across the desert air, and gently tell us
In far-off dessert lands, where the oasis stands,
Camels in caravans, trail across burnings sands.
Allegretto 1
Up and down my fingers skip, while whistling this fun ditty.
Up and down my fingers skip while whistling happily as I play.
(Repeat first two lines)
Riding on a merry-go-round, hanging on a swing upside down.
Up and down my fingers skip, while left hand leaps down and now I’m done.
(Repeat last two lines)
Adieu / Goodbye to Winter
Winter goodbye, winter goodbye.
Snow now is melting away; soon there will be a warm day.
Winter goodbye, winter goodbye. Goodbye, goodbye-bye-bye-bye.
Allegretto 2
Listen to the raindrops pitter, patter on the windowpane today.
Listen to the raindrops pitter, patter as the rain falls down this way today.
(Repeat first two lines)
How I like to hear the rain come down.
Now it’s pouring rain all over town.
Listen to the raindrops pitter, patter as the wind and rain go blowing all day long.
(Repeat last two lines)