Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Balance Footstep Chart at Sunflower Fence
The fingerplay counts from five to one. At each count, the friends sort by a feeling—welcome, calm, curious, brave—rather than by size. The expected zero never arrives; they stop at one small sprout, leave it clear, and repair the chart beside it.
Rhyme
Five fingers waved by sunflower gold.
“Sort by feeling, not big or small.”
Four said welcome. Three said calm.
Two said curious, palm to palm.
One said brave beside the gate.
No zero yet—they chose to wait.
Once round Carlisle rain porch went four.
Pairs crossed ribbon meadow floor.
Spencer walked with Haylee first.
Lex and Zylar crossed the next.
A lost ribbon ring marked where to meet.
A tiny sprout grew by their feet.
No quick finish pressed that green.
They left one clear space in between.
Back at sunflower fence, stitch by stitch,
the chart wore a bright mend at its little split.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken reverse-counting fingerplay with sorting, paired movement, and one gentle repair gesture.
Estimated spoken length: About 50 seconds.