Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
The Team-Name Everybody Song
Promise: Lex and Brandon stop racing to decide, collect one idea from each player, combine shared words, and wait for agreement before singing the team name.
The part everyone joins: “Pass the beat, hear each name—choose when everyone can claim.”
Lyrics
Soft Puddle-Pat Count-In
Lex: I have a team name—hear it now!
Brandon: Wait; each player gets a sound.
In the hollow, sprinkles fade.
Lex says, “Thunder Team!” right away.
Brandon calls, “The Dashers win!”
Quieter ideas cannot get in.
Lex stops talking; Brandon too.
“Let’s make room for every view.”
They tap one beat and pass the turn.
Each player chooses how to join.
Pass the beat, hear each name—
Choose when everyone can claim.
I can offer; you can pass.
Words can come by voice or hands.
Tap one turn, then leave some room—
Everybody shapes the tune.
At the shed, the beat goes round.
One says “Puddle,” one says “Bound.”
One signs “Silver,” one says “Play.”
Lex and Brandon write each down.
They find words the group shares too:
“Puddle,” “Play,” and “Silver” clues.
Brandon says, “We should not choose
Until each player checks the words.”
Pass the beat, hear each name—
Choose when everyone can claim.
I can offer; you can pass.
Words can come by voice or hands.
Tap one turn, then leave some room—
Everybody shapes the tune.
Speaking, signing, pointing too—
Every choice can enter through.
Passing is a choice we hear.
No team name is final here.
At the stump, three word cards rest:
“Silver,” “Puddle,” “Play” are left.
Lex asks, “Silver Puddle Play?”
Brandon waits for every say.
Thumb, hand sign, or spoken “yes”—
Each response can join the check.
All have answered or have passed.
Then they sing the name at last.
Make-believe the raindrops cheer:
“Everybody’s voice fits here!”
No real raindrop knows the name;
That is just their naming game.
Pass the beat, heard each name—
Everyone could join or pass.
Silver Puddle Play is ours
Because we checked before we sang.
Tap one turn and leave some room—
Everybody shaped the tune.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary, approximately ages 5–8.
Theme: Website freebie song for Inclusive Play; group identity should leave room for everyone.
Energy: Playful, thoughtful, and welcoming; approximately 92 BPM with a pass-the-beat naming refrain.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes.
Participation: Invite each player’s idea, find shared words, then sing the chosen name only after everyone agrees. Children may tap, pass, speak, sign, gesture, point to a choice, or listen.
Ways to Join In
- Leader/response: Lex may pass the beat; Brandon may call “leave some room”; the group may offer, sign, point, or pass.
- Participation choices: Children may speak, sign, point, choose from displayed words, tap, or listen.
- Child ownership: A child may offer an idea, ask for more time, approve, disagree, or pass without losing group membership.
- Agreement boundary: The team name is sung only after every player has had an accessible chance to respond or pass; silence is not automatically treated as agreement.