Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Sunflower Shadow Clock
Promise: Emmitt marks the sunflower shadow, Aralynn records each return, and together they discover that the shadow changes across the day rather than staying beside the first chalk mark.
The part everyone joins: “Mark it, wait, come back and see—slow answers move with light.”
Lyrics
Morning-Light Count-In
Emmitt: Sunflower shadow, long and slow.
Aralynn: Mark it now, then let time go.
By the berries, morning shines.
Emmitt marks the shadow line.
Aralynn writes, “Morning—long,”
Then they leave the chalk mark on.
Mark it, wait, come back and see—
Slow answers move with light.
I can notice; you can say
What has changed across the day.
Tap three visits, one, two, three—
Time can show what first eyes miss.
Near the log at midday bright,
They find the mark from morning light.
The sunflower shadow now is short.
Aralynn draws the new report.
Emmitt asks, “Why did it move?”
“One more visit gives a clue.”
They leave both markings where they lie
And wait for afternoon to arrive.
Mark it, wait, come back and see—
Slow answers move with light.
I can notice; you can say
What has changed across the day.
Tap three visits, one, two, three—
Time can show what first eyes miss.
Morning long and midday short;
Wait before the last report.
Same sunflower, same clear ground;
Changing light shifts shadow round.
At the post, warm light falls low.
Now the shadow starts to grow.
Emmitt points to all three lines.
Aralynn says, “The change took time.”
“Make-believe the shadows sing:
Morning, midday, afternoon!”
No real shadow has a voice;
That is just their time-song choice.
Mark it, wait, come back and see—
Slow answers move with light.
We can notice, mark, and say
What has changed across the day.
Three clear visits, one, two, three—
Patient eyes can find the clue.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary, approximately ages 5–8.
Theme: Website freebie song for Nature & Time; some answers appear slowly.
Energy: Curious, bright, and patient; approximately 90 BPM with a three-visit refrain.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes 15 seconds.
Participation: Mark the morning shadow, return at midday, then sing what changed by afternoon. Children may point, stretch, tap, trace an imaginary line, speak, or listen.
Ways to Join In
- Leader/response: Emmitt may call “morning,” “midday,” and “afternoon”; Aralynn or the group answers “long,” “short,” and “growing.”
- Participation choices: Children may stretch arms long, bring hands close for short, point, tap three visits, speak, gesture, or listen.
- Child ownership: On “what has changed,” a child may name length, direction, position, or ask to look again.
- Sun safety: Observe shadows from safe ground and never look directly at the Sun.