Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
The Foggy-Window Message Song
Promise: Kaydence notices that her silly temporary message names Lillian, Alice stops copying, and both ask before showing or reproducing it.
The part everyone joins: “Pause, ask, wait to share—someone else’s name means care.”
Lyrics
Soft Window-Swipe Count-In
Kaydence: Foggy window, one quick line.
Alice: Check whose name is in the sign.
On the path, one window gleams
With a mist from warm inside.
Kaydence draws a silly note:
“Lillian wears a berry boat.”
Alice starts to copy it down,
Then she sees their friend is named.
“Those are words about someone.
Let’s ask before we show them.”
Pause, ask, wait to share—
Someone else’s name means care.
I can notice; you can say,
“May we show these words today?”
Tap once softly, leave some room—
Permission comes before the tune.
By the pond, they stay on land.
Alice closes copying hands.
Kaydence keeps the message there.
No one shows it anywhere.
They practice one clear thing to ask:
“Lillian, may we share this laugh?”
“You can say yes, no, or wait.
We will hold your choice in place.”
Pause, ask, wait to share—
Someone else’s name means care.
I can notice; you can say,
“May we show these words today?”
Tap once softly, leave some room—
Permission comes before the tune.
A message fades; a copy stays.
Ask before it travels ways.
If the answer is “not now,”
Wipe it clear and keep that vow.
Underneath the old oak branch,
Lillian hears the message asked.
She says, “Please do not share that one.
Let the window joke be done.”
Kaydence wipes the message clear.
Alice keeps her paper bare.
Make-believe the window sighs:
“Thank you for protecting mine.”
No real window knows consent;
That is just their privacy end.
Paused, asked, waited there—
Lillian chose not to share.
We could listen; we could say,
“Your clear no will guide today.”
Window clear and paper bare—
Permission shaped what we could share.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary, approximately ages 5–8.
Theme: Website freebie song for Privacy & Consent; ask before sharing someone else’s message.
Energy: Calm, thoughtful, and lightly playful; approximately 86 BPM with a pause–ask–wait refrain.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes.
Participation: Draw a temporary window message, notice it names a friend, then ask before showing or copying it. Children may show a pause hand, tap, point, speak, sign, gesture, or listen.
Ways to Join In
- Leader/response: Kaydence may name what she wrote; Alice or the group asks whether it may be shared; Lillian gives the answer.
- Participation choices: Children may show a pause hand, tap, speak, sign yes/no/wait, point, or listen.
- Child ownership: On “you can say,” a child may ask permission, say yes, no, not now, request a change, or pass.
- Privacy boundary: Do not copy, photograph, display, repeat, or perform a message that names someone else without that person’s permission.