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All Around The Daffodils : Spring Song

January 15, 2020 By Sara Mullett 13 Comments

A beautiful uplifting Spring song, celebrating the daffodils and friendship.

All around the daffodils

One, two, three,

If you want to find a friend,

Just choose me!

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All Around the Daffodils is the perfect Spring song to sing in a group to celebrate the arrival of the new season.

How To Play This Fun Spring Song

  • The children stand in a circle holding hands, and lift their arms up high to form arches or windows.
  • One child  is chosen to hold the small bunch of daffodils, and then  starts to weave in and out of the windows.
  • As the words ‘just choose me!’ are sung, the first child takes the hand of whoever is the closest to them.
  • Then the first child continues to lead the second child in and out of the windows.
  • The song is repeated and each time a child is added until all the children are holding hands in a long snake.
  • Then an adult can make a bridge against the wall, and they can all go through and under the bridge for a last time.

Circle games like this are a wonderful way for children to gain confidence with new friends. Apart from just the pleasure of singing and playing together, they learn so much more. Following the rules of the game and waiting their turn to mention all excellent preparation for school and social development.

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Check out our Spring Lesson Plan for a 35 min structured music lesson full of fun Spring themed ideas or our Easter Lesson Plan for plenty of bunnies and hot cross buns!!.

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Comments

  1. Linda says

    April 22, 2014 at 1:37 pm

    Hi!
    Thanks for this great song and blogpost. Please note that your notation looks like it starts in C maj, but end in D (dorian).
    In any case, thatnks for posting this, and not charging anything for it! 😉

    Reply
    • Sara Mullett says

      April 22, 2014 at 1:46 pm

      Thank you for pointing that out Linda – will change it! I guess that’s what you get for writing sheet music out late at night!!!

      Reply
  2. Jill says

    March 3, 2014 at 4:46 am

    This is perfect for welcoming spring!

    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!

    Reply
  3. Beth Cheng says

    April 16, 2013 at 10:13 pm

    Lovely. thanks for sharing!

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    • Sara_QCMusic says

      April 30, 2013 at 7:56 pm

      thanks Beth!

      Reply
  4. Sara Ballard says

    April 7, 2013 at 2:12 pm

    I struggle in thinking of fun ways to add music to our learning because I’m not very musical myself. I make good attempts though because my boys love it and learn from it. I just subscribed to your site to get some more fabulous ideas. I love this Daffodil song idea!

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  5. pinkoddy says

    March 4, 2013 at 10:05 am

    Oh this is really lovely. Thank you for sharing.

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