Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Festival Neighborhood Map Song A
Point, name, remember the way—places hold the stories we made. Families hear the real-world rhythm, sing the feeling together, then repeat one helpful action: point to a landmark, name a memory, or trace the route in order.
Lyrics
[Three soft taps, then a pointing pause.]
Button clouds and a hop-along breeze;
Footsteps rustle through orchard trees.
A place is more than a turn or a name—
It holds the moment when we came.
At the orchard path, Kaydence said,
“Start with the pear tree straight ahead.”
Alice remembered a leaf that spun
Like a little green wheel in the afternoon sun.
Kaydence drew one simple tree;
“First place,” Alice said, “for our memory.”
Point, name, remember the way;
Places hold the stories we made.
First, then next, then where we end—
Trace the path with a family friend.
Point, name, remember the way;
Places hold the stories we made.
At the pond edge, they stopped in place;
Alice named the ripple race.
Kaydence marked one oval blue,
Then asked, “What happened here for you?”
Alice said, “We watched clouds slide.”
That memory traveled beside the guide.
Leader: What comes first?
All: The orchard tree.
Leader: What comes next?
All: The pond we see.
All: Point, name, remember the way;
Places hold the stories we made.
[Light chimes enter; voices echo one line later.]
Willow Circle twirled in their song;
The red barn gate went humming along.
Garden-row blossoms tapped the beat—
Remembered places grew dancing feet.
The humming and dancing are make-believe play;
The memories are real in their own gentle way.
Beneath old oak branch, the route was done;
Three simple marks sat in the sun:
Tree, pond, oak—first, next, end;
A memory path for a walking friend.
Alice checked the order; Kaydence smiled:
“This sketch tells our walk, not every mile.”
Point, name, remember the way;
Places hold the stories we made.
First, then next, then where we end—
Trace the path with a family friend.
Point, name, remember the way;
Places hold the stories we made.
Kaydence: “Tree.”
Alice: “Pond.”
All: “Oak at the end—our memory map song.”
About This Song
Age lane: S5 — Mixed-Age Family Song. Younger children can join the point-and-name chorus; older children and adults can follow route order, personal memory, landmark selection, and the difference between a memory sketch and an authoritative map.
Theme: Website freebie song that lets families explore how familiar places hold memories and how simple landmarks can help us describe a route.
Energy: Blue sky, button clouds, hop-along breeze, and bright festival-practice energy; curious, warm, and lightly celebratory.
Estimated duration: Approximately 2–2½ minutes.
Participation: Call-and-response pointing, three landmark taps, route-order gestures, humming, and a child-owned repeat of one helpful action.
Ways to Join In
- Point: point gently to an imagined landmark, gesture, use eye direction, or watch.
- Name: say, sign, gesture, or indicate one place or memory.
- Three landmark taps: tap once for tree, once for pond, and once for oak.
- Trace: draw a short three-part path in the air or on a palm; no actual map is required for participation.
- Child ownership: in later choruses, children choose and supply one landmark, one memory, or the next route word.
- Participation may be standing or seated, voiced or gestured, moving or watching. The song treats personal memory as valid without requiring an exact or official map.