Good morning, dear earth! I see you are waking from your long winter’s rest.

Good morning, dear friends, too! I just recorded my first ever video! I want to share some of the wonderful songs that I’ve learned in Waldorf world, and the best way to do that is to make videos. That way I can share the melody and gestures, too.

Here are the words:

Good morning, dear earth

Good morning, dear sun

Good morning, dear stones

And the flowers every one;

Good morning, dear bees*

And the birds in the trees;

Good morning to you

And good morning to me.

*You can also sing “good morning dear beasts” instead of “bees” if you prefer–if you happen to have a beast around or if you prefer it. With one of my classes, when we sang about bees, the children started stinging each other (with their fingers), so I switched to “beasts” and it worked much better.

Some thoughts and ideas about this song

This is a sweet and simple song. I first learned it when I went to parent-child class with Gabi when she was just 2 years old–and now she’s 23. She probably doesn’t sing this song anymore (but maybe she’ll get back to it if she has children of her own someday), but I do. I’ve sung this with almost all of my early childhood and parent-child classes. And the children generally love it! Parents, too.

Try it sitting or standing–or do it both ways. I usually sing each song (at least) two times because it gives the children a chance to really sink into it. Use it as a way to stretch in the morning or use it as a touching game. Do it with my gestures or make up your own. Play with it and have fun–that way your child will, too.

And don’t worry about whether or not they do the gestures with you. They are soaking in everything whether you see it or not. I can’t tell you how many times, in my parent-child classes, that there was a child who seemed to be paying absolutely no attention to our circle time, and the next week, the parent would report to me that their child sang the entire circle for them.

Enjoy this “Waldorf EC classic.”

Here’s another favorite: This is my trunk, I’m a tall, tall tree.

And as always, thanks for stopping by.

Hope to see you again soon.

xoxo