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In our Summer garden & other songs for circle time

summer garden steps

For circle time at our parent-led Waldorf inspired playgroup, we bring together the parents and children by singing

Here’s my hand

Give yours to me

Come together in a ring

Come and circle with me

And as we sing, we walk in a circle around the green lawn. Our hands outstretched for our little ones to take our hands. Joining us to sing some seasonal songs.

summer garden cubby house

summer garden wookie

Once we have come together, we start with

Good morning dear earth

Good morning dear sun

Good morning dear trees

And the flowers every one

Good morning dear beasts

And the birds in the trees

Good morning to you

And good morning to me

summer garden paving

maple tree

This is followed by the fun and active song I’m Bounda

I’m Bounda, I’m Bounda, I’m Bounda the kangaroo

I have two floppy ears and two paws, how do you do?

Two paws, how do you do?

I have a long tail and two flat feet

And I like to play where the grass is juicy and sweet

I’m Bounda, I’m Bounda, I’m Bounda the kangaroo

side of the mud kitchen

summer garden flowers

Then my favourite song *smile*

In our Summer garden

Where we singing go

Flowers are blooming, bees are zooming

See the garden grow

{And how our garden has grown! I was just looking back at my photos from early Spring}

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summer garden

Next we get little hands busy with A House For Me

Here is a nest for the magpie (cup both hands together)

Here is a hive for the bee (put fists together)

Here is a hole for the bunny (make a circle with both hands)

And here is a house for me (fingertips together overhead)

A nest is a house for a magpie (cup both hands together)

A hive is a house for a bee (put fists together)

A hole is a house for a bunny (make a circle with both hands)

But a house is a house for me (fingertips together overhead)

summer garden stump stool table

Then we transition to morning tea by singing

Polly put the kettle on

Polly put the kettle on

Polly put the kettle on

We’ll all have tea

What are your favourite Summer songs for circle time? And maybe if I get brave enough I can record us singing to share one day!

Blessing, Kelly

A peg doll necklace

peg dollsThis is a sponsored post

While I helped Teddy go to sleep the other day, Ruby pored over the inspiring book Making Peg Dolls & More.

Every couple of minutes I would hear her exclaim about something so cute that she wanted to make *grin*

Ruby with her peg doll

She helped find the materials she needed. The peg dolls, the paint, the glitter {oh my, this girl loves glitter}.

Then she set down to work. Chattering away as she went.

looking in the peg doll book

Later, Ruby beamed up at me as she said ‘I made it all by myself’.

And so she did {well almost}. A sweet peg doll necklace for a sweet friend of hers.

painting peg dolls

She chose yellow paint, pink wings and silver glitter. Finished with a pretty green ribbon to turn her peg doll into a necklace.

Do you think she’ll wear this often? She asked me, as she tilted her head to the side. It is very beautiful, she said.

peg doll glitter

Oh this girl, she makes my heart melt.

And I see many, many more days of crafting together ahead of us. And many, many peg dolls in our home *grin*

Rubys peg doll

And we won’t run out of inspiration with all the gorgeous ideas from Margaret Bloom’s book Making Peg Dolls & More.

{and if you pop over to Honeybee Toys you can purchase Making Peg Dolls & More together with wooden finger puppets and receive 10% off both until 30 March. Use discount code “peg0216”}

Making peg dolls book

With such beautifully photographed and easy to follow tutorials, Margaret Bloom truly is the queen of the peg dolls <3

And you can find more tutorials on Margaret’s blog, We Bloom Here.

Happy crafting, Kelly