Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Shadow Cut Footstep Chart at Chalk Courtyard
The chart first asks for a chalk shape, but the chalk makes no useful sound. The group changes the task: trace a shape, then listen to one wooden tap, one metal ting, and one cloth brush. During cleanup, the smallest cloth sound makes a tiny bird-like shadow seem to flutter.
Rhyme
Chalk made a circle, smooth and round.
But chalk was quiet. Where was sound?
The shadow chart moved view to view.
Each friend found one job to do.
Lex tapped wood: tok, warm and low.
Callen touched metal: ting, bright and slow.
Kaydence brushed cloth: shh, soft and small.
Aleea traced the shapes for all.
Round went tok. Line went ting.
Curve went shh like a tiny wing.
The sprinkle stopped. Cleanup began.
Each friend helped with a different plan.
Lex stacked wood. Callen set metal down.
Kaydence folded cloth beside the round.
Aleea closed the chart. One soft shh stayed.
A little bird-shadow fluttered where they put things away.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken shape-tracing chant with tap, ting, brush, and simple cleanup motions.
Estimated spoken length: About 50 seconds.