Lessons from a 5 year old.

Layla sings the lessons she learned from a little poem hanging on her "Kindergarten Wall". The Kindergarten Wall was written by John McCutcheon.

The lyrics are:

When I was a little kid, not so long ago,
I had to learn a lot of stuff I didn't even know,
How to dress myself, and tie my shoes, how to jump a rope,
How to wash my hands and remember to use soap.
But of all the things I learned, my favorite of them all,
Was a little poem hanging on the kindergarten wall.

{Chorus}
Of all you learned here, remember this the best
Don't hurt each other and clean up your mess.
Take a nap every day, wash before you eat
Hold hands, stick together,
Look before you cross the street.
and remember the seed in the little paper cup,
First the root goes down, then the plant grows up!

It was first, second, third grade, fourth grade, too,
I had to learn a lot of stuff that big kids do,
How to add, subtract and multiply, read and write and play,
How to sit in a little uncomfortable chair for nearly half a day.
But of all the things I learned, my favorite of them all,
Was a little poem hanging on the kindergarten wall.

{Chorus}
Of all you learned here, remember this the best
Don't hurt each other and clean up your mess.
Take a nap every day, wash before you eat
Hold hands, stick together,
Look before you cross the street.
and remember the seed in the little paper cup,
First the root goes down, then the plant grows up!

Lately I've been worried as I look around and see
An awful lot of grown ups acting silly as can be.
Now I know there's lots of thing to know, I haven't mastered yet,
But it seems it's real important stuff that grown ups soon forget.
But I'm sure we'd all be better if we could just recall
That little poem hanging on the kindergarten wall.

{Chorus}
Of all you learned here, remember this the best
Don't hurt each other and clean up your mess.
Take a nap every day, wash before you eat
Hold hands, stick together,
Look before you cross the street.
and remember the seed in the little paper cup,
First the root goes down, and then the plant grows up!

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Tags:

• Kindergarten
• Wall
• Layla

[Nichelle01Smila]

awwwh blesss her, wonderful il be teaching my lil ones this, love this lil girl shes so sweet, seems very bright.

[CrAsDb]

: ) very cute

[hyattx4]

@ILuvShaneDawson5 and @rissie999 same here

[ILuvShaneDawson5]

@rissie999 me too!!

[rissie999]

im singing that at my fith grade graduaton!!!

[AeroSymphony]

you did really great

[Beastin131]

wow