Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Gentle Acorn Rhyme 046
“Listen once, echo round.” The actual engine is hear one line → wait → repeat the same line → notice the match → choose. Haylee speaks the first short line; Emmitt listens and repeats it.
Rhyme
Gentle Acorn Rhyme
Carlisle creek—round and round;
Haylee said, “Acorn on the ground.”
Emmitt listened, still and near;
Then repeated what he could hear.
Barn lane—wait, then say;
“Acorn on the ground,” Emmitt said.
Haylee listened to the sound;
Same small words went round and round.
Quiet bench—what shall we choose?
Say “Acorn,” or rest our shoes—
Or whisper silly, “Roundy-roo!”
Then let one gentle echo through.
Butterfly breeze in make-believe play
Sent tiny word-rings through the day.
Listen once, echo round;
Words can travel sound to sound.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken or lightly chanted with one listening beat, one echo turn, two round-hand motions, and one tiny choice.
Estimated spoken length: About 45–60 seconds with echoes.
Ways to Join In
- Listen: rest hands for one beat, turn attention, gesture, or watch.
- Repeat: say, sign, mouth, gesture, or echo any comfortable part of the short line.
- Round motion: trace one small circle with an empty hand or watch.
- Choose: say “Acorn,” rest, or whisper “roundy-roo.”
- Participation may be spoken, signed, gestured, seated, moving, or watching. Exact copying, loud speech, eye contact, and immediate response are not required.