By Sarah Pirtle
in The Wind is Telling Secrets by Sarah Pirtle
CHORUS:
We are made of the colors of earth.
Each color is different, each color is true.
We are made of the colors of earth.
And I love the colors that made you.
1: When I look in the eyes of my friends,
I can see topaz, I can see sky.
The green and the gray of the sea rolling by
and a dazzling brown river in the morning.
2: When I look at the hands of my friends,
I can see chestnut, I can see corn.
The color of wheat fields and a dappled brown fawn.
And the rain-kissed black trees in the morning.
CHORUS
Signing the Chorus:
We are made of the colors of the earth
we = sweep shoulder to shoulder,
made = twist stacked fists,
color = wiggle fingers by chin,
earth = one fist orbits around the other.
Each color is different. Each color is true.
different = crossed index fingers then go apart,
true = index moves forward from mouth
We are made of the colors of earth. And I love the colors that made you.
love = crossed hands in fist pressed to heart,
you = point to all in a sweep.
Additional Information:
Use with the picture book -- ALL THE COLORS OF THE EARTH
by Sheila Hamanaka, William Morrow, 1994.
Activity: With a partner explore stories about your hands, differences, similiarities.
See Lesson Plans for more information.
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