See the little sandy kid Sitting by the shore Crying, crying Till their eyes are sore Stand up, sandy kid, Wipe your tears away Find a friend who likes to dance And ask them out to play.
Tra la la la la Tra la la la la.
(These are lyrics to a children’s circle song-game. It begins with one person in the center and everyone else in a ring clapping and signing; moves through a dance with one or more additional kids spinning in a circle in the middle; ends the round with everyone sitting down. The first “sandy kid” may be left or replaced with “sandy boy / sandy girl” as appropriate/preferred; the second is generally replaced with the name of the child in the middle. Kindergartners who play regularly enjoy explaining why they are crying at the seashore (a wave hit their sandcastle; their older brother threw them in the water; a shark took their sandwich). Adults may use this game as an opportunity to encourage children to try playing with someone new and point out that they have ‘made a friend’. One should be conscious of and subtly prevent consistent favoritism by finding everyone turns regularly, if not in every game; making sure that many people volunteer to dance with each child; and explaining why snubs aren’t appropriate. Consistently modeling considerate behavior goes a long way towards making it clear that it is expected from children.)
What’s your story? Who do you ask to 'dance' when you try to set aside your sorrows?
no subject
See the little sandy kid
Sitting by the shore
Crying, crying
Till their eyes are sore
Stand up, sandy kid,
Wipe your tears away
Find a friend who likes to dance
And ask them out to play.
Tra la la la la
Tra la la la la.
(These are lyrics to a children’s circle song-game. It begins with one person in the center and everyone else in a ring clapping and signing; moves through a dance with one or more additional kids spinning in a circle in the middle; ends the round with everyone sitting down. The first “sandy kid” may be left or replaced with “sandy boy / sandy girl” as appropriate/preferred; the second is generally replaced with the name of the child in the middle. Kindergartners who play regularly enjoy explaining why they are crying at the seashore (a wave hit their sandcastle; their older brother threw them in the water; a shark took their sandwich). Adults may use this game as an opportunity to encourage children to try playing with someone new and point out that they have ‘made a friend’. One should be conscious of and subtly prevent consistent favoritism by finding everyone turns regularly, if not in every game; making sure that many people volunteer to dance with each child; and explaining why snubs aren’t appropriate. Consistently modeling considerate behavior goes a long way towards making it clear that it is expected from children.)
What’s your story? Who do you ask to 'dance' when you try to set aside your sorrows?