– we learn best by trying it ourselves! I WANNA TRY IT! Cho: I wanna try it! I wanna try it! Give me a chance to learn I wanna try it! I wanna try it! It’s my turn! My Dad bought a toy for me, He opened up the box He read directions, set it […]
Audience: Parents/Foster Parents
Bigger, Bigger, Bigger
– big folks can respect smaller folks BIGGER, BIGGER, BIGGER Sometimes when I ask you if you’ve got time to play You say “Not right now, I’m just too busy! Go away” But when you’re in a hurry, and I am moving slow You pick me up and carry me, and, (whistle!) off we go! […]
Stayin’ Over
– singin’ at Peter’s pajama party! STAYIN’ OVER All the parents gave permission Everyone can come tonight! Bring some pillows for ammunition We might have a pillow fight! Pack your toothbrush and your toothpaste Bring your sleeping bag and tapes We got towels, you bring your P.J.’s We got popcorn, juice and grapes! Cho: Stayin’ […]
Take A Step
– every big job start with a small step TAKE A STEP If y’got a great big mountain to climb And that mountain’s covered with slime There’s only one way to get to the top, One step at a time! Cho: Take a step! Take a step! Who knows, it might be fun! Take a […]
While I’m Sleepin’
by Peter Alsop & Diane Grimm – for children afraid to go to sleep WHILE I’M SLEEPIN’ Cho: While I’m sleepin’, … I’m alive My heart’s beatin’, … deep inside I keep breathin’, … soft and slow How I do it? … I don’t know. I remember Gramma, she was kinda sick I offered her […]
The Castle Dream
by Bill Harley – for children afraid to go to sleep THE CASTLE DREAM It was really strange, Peter. I dreamed I was standing on this road, and up ahead I saw this castle. I don’t know why, but I knew I had to walk towards it. So I started walking towards the castle, and […]
New Ground
– looking at loss from a different perspective NEW GROUND The leaf falls from the tree The sap runs deep Snow in the winter Covers seeds that sleep Sun melts the ice And the warm Earth gives Water to the sprouts And the green world lives. Chorus: Watch for a sign Keep your heart alive […]
Needle-ee, Noodle-ee
by Peter Alsop & Penny Pefley – what fun it would be if kids ran the hospital! NEEDLE-EE, NOODLE-EE If needles were noodles, I’d cook up ca-boodles So no one would ever get hurt! If I was the head of this hospital here I’d bring in a dumptruck of sterilized dirt I’d say “Let the […]
Samit And The Dragon
– using imagery to help the healing process! SAMIT AND THE DRAGON Every evening, just at bedtime Samit puts his armor on Jumps up on his great white stallion Grabs his sword and then he’s gone Riding faster than the wind He races through the countryside Moonlight streaming down on him He’s off to fight […]
Inspection!
by Peter Alsop & Penny Pefley – humorously dealing with invasion of privacy! INSPECTION! Oh no! Inspection again? They did it before! Then hundreds of nurses march in the door With doctors and lab techs, fifty or more! “C’mon!” they say, “Now take off your clothes!” “I can’t!” I say, “I’ll catch cold! I’ll be […]