Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
The Overripe Pear Jam Jam
Promise: Alice notices the pears are too soft for display, Callen helps name the safety question while caring for Bentley, the trusted grown-up discards unsafe fruit and prepares the safe pears, and Zylar helps share the cooled finished jam.
The part everyone joins: “Wash, check, sort what’s sound—safe fruit turns the waste around.”
Lyrics
Soft Pear-Tap Count-In
Alice: Soft pears wait inside the crate.
Callen: Ask an adult what is safe.
At the orchard, pears are six.
Too soft now for picnic picks.
Alice says, “Could these still do?”
Callen says, “Let’s check them through.”
Callen holds small Bentley near.
Alice keeps the basket clear.
No one tastes or cuts a pear.
Trusted help will check them there.
Wash, check, sort what’s sound—
Safe fruit turns the waste around.
I can notice; adults choose
Which soft pears are safe to use.
Tap the count and leave some room—
Good fruit may become our jam.
At the bridge, they stay on land.
Trusted grown-up checks by hand.
Four are soft with skins unbroken.
Two show mold and must be thrown out.
Unsafe pears go out of reach.
Four safe pears are washed and rinsed.
Alice counts them, one through four.
Adult carries them toward the cooking place.
Wash, check, sort what’s sound—
Safe fruit turns the waste around.
I can notice; adults choose
Which soft pears are safe to use.
Tap the count and leave some room—
Good fruit may become our jam.
Moldy fruit is not for jam.
Children do not trim or sample.
Adult cuts and cooks away;
We return when heat is safe.
At the fence, the jam is cool.
Hot work finished with adult tools.
One closed jar rests on the stand.
Zylar writes the pear-jam label.
Alice sets two clean spoons down.
Callen keeps Bentley safe and sound.
Make-believe the pear jar sings:
“Safe food saved is worth the work.”
No real jar can know or speak;
That is just their rescue beat.
Wash, check, sort what’s sound—
Safe fruit turned the waste around.
Four good pears became our jam;
Two unsafe pears stayed outside.
Tap the count and leave some room—
Share the cooled and checked pear jam.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary, approximately ages 5–8.
Theme: Website freebie song for Food Rescue; use what is safe before it is wasted.
Energy: Cozy, practical, and appreciative; approximately 88 BPM with an inspect–sort–prepare refrain.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes 15 seconds.
Participation: Inspect the ripe pears with an adult, prepare only the safe fruit, then share the finished jam. Children may point, count, sort imaginary choices, tap, gesture, or listen.
Ways to Join In
- Leader/response: Alice may call the count; Callen or the group asks “safe to use?”; Zylar names the cooled finished jar.
- Participation choices: Children may count, point, sort imaginary choices, tap, gesture “ask an adult,” or listen.
- Child ownership: On “adults choose,” a child may notice a visible concern, ask for an adult check, choose not to use fruit, or pass.
- Food-safety boundary: A trusted grown-up decides what is safe, discards moldy or spoiled soft fruit, washes produce, handles all knives and heat, follows a tested jam recipe, cools containers, and manages serving.