Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
The Extra-Coin Market Song
Promise: Haylee counts four coins when the receipt calls for three, Emmitt checks the count, and Zylar receives the extra coin with a simple correction rather than a scolding scene.
The part everyone joins: “Count, check, return what’s extra—tell the truth and set it right.”
Lyrics
Soft Coin-Tap Count-In
Haylee: Count each coin, one tap at a time.
Emmitt: Check the number, check the line.
By the creek, the farm stand waits.
Haylee buys one berry cake.
Receipt says, “Change: three coins due.”
Haylee counts, “One, two, three—four?”
Emmitt says, “Let’s count once more.”
Coin by coin, they reach the fourth.
“One is extra,” Haylee says.
“We can bring it back instead.”
Count, check, return what’s extra—
Tell the truth and set it right.
I can count; you can review.
Three were owed, but we got four.
Tap three steady, hold one still—
Bring it back and tell them why.
On the lane, the drizzle thins.
Haylee keeps three coins tucked in.
Emmitt holds the extra coin:
“This is what we should return.”
They practice what they need to say:
“Our receipt says three today.
We counted four inside the change.
Here’s the extra from the trade.”
Count, check, return what’s extra—
Tell the truth and set it right.
I can count; you can review.
Three were owed, but we got four.
Tap three steady, hold one still—
Bring it back and tell them why.
Mistakes can happen at a stand.
Check the count before you leave.
If one extra comes to you,
Say what happened; give it back.
At the bench, Zylar looks up.
Haylee shows the receipt stub.
Emmitt holds one coin out clear:
“We received one extra here.”
Zylar checks the change and says,
“Thank you for the careful count.”
She receives the extra coin.
Three stay tucked where they belong.
“Make-believe the coins can sing:
Count and check each market ring!”
No real coin can know the score;
That is just their honesty chorus.
Count, check, return what’s extra—
Tell the truth and set it right.
We can count and we can show
What the receipt says we should hold.
Tap three steady; count is right—
Clear and honest ends the rhyme.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary, approximately ages 5–8.
Theme: Website freebie song for Money & Honesty; correct a mistake even when it benefits you.
Energy: Cozy, steady, and matter-of-fact; approximately 88 BPM with a count–check–return rhythm.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes.
Participation: Count the change, notice the extra coin, then return it with a clear explanation. Children may tap, count on fingers, point, speak, sign, gesture, or listen.
Ways to Join In
- Leader/response: Haylee may call the receipt number; Emmitt or the group counts the coins; Zylar confirms the correction.
- Participation choices: Children may count on fingers, tap four and hold one, point to a receipt line, speak, sign, gesture, or listen.
- Child ownership: On “you can review,” a child may recount, ask an adult to check, explain the mismatch, or pass.
- Money boundary: Real purchases and returns remain adult-supported. Children do not carry significant cash, identify private payment details, or handle a transaction alone.