Song of the Month
Every month the song/dance/activity will change. Many of the songs will be from my Recordings. Please print the page and do the activity with your child. Teachers may print the page to use with their classes. If you have questions, Contact Me.
October 2004
Black Bat Farm
by Carole Stephens © 2003
Listen to the whole song on "H.U.M. – All Year Long". or hear it here:
This CD has won a Parents' Choice Award, and this song is a Finalist in the Best Song category for the Children's Music Web Awards! Black Bat Farm can be done with a call/response format during the verses.
| Lyrics: | There was a farm (echo) (refrain:) And in that field (echo) There is a vine (echo) (refrain) And on that vine (echo) There is a pumpkin (echo) (refrain) And in that pumpkin (echo) There are some seeds (echo) (refrain) |
| Tune: | Loosely based on "The Green Grass Grew All Around" – in a minor key! On my recording there's slightly spooky organ music by Donna Rubinson to blow in the song! |
This song can be done with no props/visuals – children flap their
arms like bat-wings during each refrain.
OR
Make a feltboard visual – a felt barn, bats, green yarn vine, pumpkins
and seeds.
OR
Make a bats from construction paper or funfoam (pattern below), attach
to a "scrunchy" covered hair-elastic so the children can fly
the bats during each refrain.
Age range: older 3's – 7 years old
Purpose: sequencing, memory, non-Halloween seasonal song, gross motor skill
