SONG- BIRDIE'S CRADDLE

 THE MAGAZINE FOR EDUCATORS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE USA- PRIMARY EDUCATOR- MONTH MAY, YEAR 1912.

THE CLASSIC REPERTOIRE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- THE SONG, A MOTION SONG- BIRDIE'S CRADDLE BY LENA WATSON BAKER

ADDING THE NOTE SHEET. 

1.Hid den way in an elm tree,

Up SO high?(1)

Three little birds in cradle wee (2)

Near the sky(3)

All tucked a way SO...tenderly,

Snug and warm (4)

Rocked by the breezes...silently

Safe from harm (5)

2. Three little birdies  will stronger grow(6)

Ev'ry day

Mother will care for them all you know 

Day by day;

Soon they will leave tiny home

In the sky (7)

Sing ing their songs in the sky's blue dome 

Bye and bye (8)   

MOTIONS 

1 Point upward 

2 Form nest with hands and have three fingers for birdies in the nest 

3 Hold nest upward 

4 Close nest tightly and hold near body in caressing manner 

5 Rocking movement 

6 Hold up three finges

7 Select three children for Birdies to run around circle or room with arms extended representing wings 

8 Point skyward 

     

THE SONG FOUND IN THIS MAGAZINE- PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND

Education XX A MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS JUNE 1912 LLEDOR 14 1942 NUMBER 1; 00 fre VOLUME XX PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLISHED BY THE PRIMARY EDUCATION COMPANY 50 BROMFIELD STREET BOSTON