Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Friendly Little Drum Jingle 100
“Listen twice, choose one sound.” The actual engine is hear first sound → hear second sound → compare → choose one verbally → settle. Spencer maintains secure two-arm newborn support and uses only gaze and speech; Bentley receives no choice or independent action.
Rhyme
Friendly Little Drum Jingle
Pumpkin patch—tap, tap, hear;
One broad leaf moved in the breeze.
Spencer whispered, “Leaf-tap one.”
Bentley rested, safe and snug.
Chalk-rock corner—hush, then hear;
Grass went swish beside them there.
Spencer listened, then chose “Swish.”
Both sounds rested in the hush.
Story porch—what shall we choose?
Echo “swish,” or rest our shoes—
Or whisper silly, “Drum-tap-dream!”
Then let the quiet evening gleam.
Little drum sounds in make-believe play
Floated through the twilight gray.
Listen twice, choose one sound;
Wonder waits when we slow down.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken, gently rocked, or lightly chanted with two sound echoes, one verbal choice, and one tiny settle-down option.
Estimated spoken length: About 30–45 seconds with echoes.
Ways to Join In
- Leaf tap: a free participant may tap twice on a knee or listen.
- Grass swish: whisper “swish,” use one slow hand wave, or listen.
- Choose one: speak, sign, gesture, look, or let the caregiver name the selected sound.
- Settle: use one tiny caregiver-scale sway with full head, neck, and body support.
- Participation may be spoken, gestured, rocked, seated, or watched. Spencer’s stable two-arm newborn hold and attention to Bentley outrank all decorative movement. Bentley is never assigned listening proof, choosing, tapping, swishing, reaching, or intentional response.