By Emma Vallarino, Manager, Kordestani Family Program for Parents and Educators
A 4-year-old child sat in the warm sun with a clipboard and pencil in hand. Leah had spent the previous 45 minutes deeply engaged in dramatic play by picking flowers from the blooming crab apple tree and making a "tea" and an accompanying meal out of the petals. Putting pencil to paper, she proceeded to sing a song about spring. As she sang, she made long squiggly lines with her pencil from left to right, all the way down the page. They were the lyrics to her song.
Leah’s song
Flowers everywhere!
Thank you sun!
Thank you sun!
The garden has some flowers for me.
So that’s why I’m here-rrrrr.
When the spring is here,
I love to swing.
I don’t enjoy the cold.
After spring,
The summer is coming.
Doo doo dee doo doo.
Spring is here,
Spring is here.
Not too hot,
Not too cold.
The sun is not too bright!
I enjoy the spring tonight, and the
sun is perfect for meeeee.
Spring is here,
Spring is here.
The wind is not too hot.
The swings are not too hot.
That’s why we’re having
a celebration here-rrrrr.
