The Senses

by Lynda Fabry
sung to "Oh My Darling"

Oh, I can see with my eyes,
Hear the birds sing in the sky.
Feel the warm sun on my nose,
Smell the fragrance of a rose.
Taste the ice cream off the truck,
Oh my senses, help me so much!
Oh my senses, oh my senses,
Sight, sound, smelling, taste, and touch!

Oh my senses, oh my senses,
They all help me do so much.
Oh my senses, oh my senses,
Sight sound, smelling, taste, and touch!

Frog Life Cycle

Beverly Hayhurst

The frog lives in a bog,
She lays an egg in the slog.(slough)
The egg grows into a tadpole,
Swimming around in a hole.
He has a tail and gills,
He never stays still.
His tail gets smaller as he grows,
Soon he has back legs with webbed toes.
Then front legs begin to sprout.
His lungs develop and help him shout!
Soon the tadpole has grown into a frog.
Now he can hop onto a log.
(children can dramatize this poem with swimming, growing, shouting, hopping)

Michigan Seasons

by Judy Berfardi
sung to "The Farmer in the Dell"

The seasons come and go,
Sometimes it seems so slow.
Hi Ho, it's Michigan
The seasons come and go.

It's winter, it's so cold,
the wind is sometimes bold.
Hi Ho, it's Michigan
The seasons come and go.

Spring is rainy and wet,
It's not summer yet!
Hi Ho, it's Michigan
The seasons come and go.

Summer is sunny and hot,
I play outside a lot.
Hi Ho, it's Michigan
The seasons come and go.

Fall is back to school,
I see my friends, that's cool!
Hi Ho it's Michigan
The seasons come and go.

See Ya Later, Incubator

by The Bracher Family
sung to "Turkey in the Straw"

Oh I had a little egg and I wanted it to hatch,
So I put in an incubator and I locked the latch.
Oh we had to wait for 21 days to ever see a pip,
Then little chicky #1 was out, "WOW, what a trip!"

See ya later, incubator,
Cuz you kinda cramped my style.
See ya later, incubator,
I won't be back for quite a while.

See ya later, incubator,
Don't 'cha love my chicky smile?
See ya later, incubator,
I won't be back for quite a while.

Rainbow

by Anon.
sung to "Oh When the Saints Go Marching In"

Oh when it rains and the sun comes out,
Oh then there has to be a rainbow about.
In the sky, look to the left, look to the right,
To see the rainbow big and bright.

Rabbits & Hares

by E. Neuville

Rabbits are smaller
Hares are taller
Rabbits are born with their eyes closed.
Hares can see and jump about
on the day that they are born.

The Flower

by Mary Abbott
sung to "The Farmer in the Dell"

The roots go down, down, down.
The stem goes up, up,up.
The leaves branch out, the blossom pops,
The flower blooms in spring.

Fall

by Anon.

The leaves are falling down,
The leaves are falling down,
Red, orange, yellow, green and brown,
The leaves are falling down.

States of Matter

by Anon.
sung to "Three Blind Mice"

What is matter?
What is matter?
A solid, liquid, or gas.
A solid, liquid, or gas.
It takes up space and weighs something too!
It's everywhere that includes me and you.
Did you ever think such a thing could be true?
That is matter.
That is matter.

Evaporation

by Mary Smith (St. John, Bay City)
sung to "Itsy Bitsy Spider"

The many drops of water,
Come out the water spout.
Put it on the stove
When you've filled up the pot.
When the water boils
It bubbles and it pops.
That's evaporation!
What do you think of that?

Windy Day

by Anon.

Windy day, windy day.
I like to see trees bend and sway.
It also blows your skirts and hats,
It dries wet clothes and knocks signs down flat.
You can't see, touch,or taste but feel it blow,
Windy day.

Ice/Water

by Dawn Ress
sung to "The Alphabet Song"

A little thing you'll learn about ice,
Is how it changes when its warmed up nice.
You'll soon have water- drip, drip, drip.
Oh NO, it's MUD, Watch out, don't slip!
And if it gets cold that water will freeze...
Be careful you don't fall on your knees.

Tyranosaurus

by Anon.
sung to "Are You Sleeping?"

Tyranosaurus, Tyranosaurus
He's a carnivore, He's a carnivore.
Carnivores eat meat, plants they don't eat.
Tyranosaurus, Tyranosaurus

2004 conference songs