Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Rain-Barrel Overflow Rhythm
Promise: Brandon stops sweeping the same puddle, Austin traces the overflow to a leaf-blocked channel, and Zylar verifies the garden receiving area before the group guides the extra water there.
The part everyone joins: “Trace it, clear it, guide the flow—fix the cause and help plants grow.”
Lyrics
Soft Drip-Count Intro
Brandon: Sweep the puddle—there it grows.
Austin: Trace the water where it goes.
By the willows, puddle wide,
Brandon sweeps the edge aside.
Still a silver trickle runs.
Austin says, “The cause is upstream.”
Trace it, clear it, guide the flow—
Fix the cause and help plants grow.
I can follow; you can show
Where the extra water goes.
Tap the pathway, leave some room—
Guide it safely to the blooms.
At the gate, the barrel stands
On a base on stable land.
Austin finds the overflow:
Wet leaves block the channel low.
Brandon points; they do not reach.
Trusted grown-up clears the leaves.
Water starts the route once more,
Running through the guarded channel.
Trace it, clear it, guide the flow—
Fix the cause and help plants grow.
I can follow; you can show
Where the extra water goes.
Tap the pathway, leave some room—
Guide it safely to the blooms.
Puddles show us where to look.
Follow water like a book.
Clear the cause with grown-up care;
Then check where the flow goes next.
At the row, one shallow basin
Waits beyond the walking station.
Zylar watches water spread:
“Slow and wide beside the bed.”
Brandon says, “The puddle shrinks.”
Austin checks the channel link.
Make-believe the raindrops sing:
“Overflow can help the spring!”
No real water knows the plan;
That is just their garden jam.
Trace it, clear it, guide the flow—
Fix the cause and help plants grow.
We can follow, check, and show
Where the extra water goes.
Slow and wide, with walking room—
Guide it safely to the blooms.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary, approximately ages 5–8.
Theme: Website freebie song for Water & Problem Solving; solve the cause, not just the puddle.
Energy: Bright, practical, and cooperative; approximately 92 BPM with a scoop–clear–guide refrain.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes.
Participation: Trace the overflowing water, clear the blocked channel, then guide the extra water toward the garden. Children may point, tap, trace an imaginary path, gesture, or listen.
Ways to Join In
- Leader/response: Brandon may name the returning puddle; Austin or the group traces the source; Zylar confirms the garden receiving area.
- Participation choices: Children may point, trace a path in the air, tap, make a scoop gesture, speak, sign, or listen.
- Child ownership: On “where the extra water goes,” a child may identify the next clue, ask for an adult check, or pass.
- Water-system safety: Children observe only. A trusted grown-up clears debris, handles the barrel, and verifies that overflow stays away from foundations, walkways, and unsafe standing water.