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THE MORNING CIRCLE

Dear Reader,
This collection was compiled for your convenience from materials that were freely available at our school
in my time. Songs, verses and poems, plays and games are often shared among the teachers of a Waldorf
School, irrespective of authorship, and I am passing on my Morning Circle programmes in that same spirit
of collegial sharing. These examples are intended to give beginners help and detailed guidance until they
have developed the confidence to create meaningful Morning Circles themselves.
The age of multimedia, screens and teenage pop culture is depriving successive generations of much that
has long been part of childhood, and now it falls to class teachers to let children experience folklore rooted
in wisdom, whose use of rhyme, rhythm and humour is enjoyment and nourishment for developing souls.
The daily Morning Circle is now more important than ever, letting young children absorb traditional songs,
poems and verses, finger games, movement- and clapping games which earlier generations learnt from
parents and grandparents. It ought to go without saying that one applies tact in one’s choices and selects
only items that are not offensive from any cultural perspective. Weeding out chaff from wholesome fare,
class teachers play a part in keeping alive and passing on what is best in their nation’s poetic treasury; and
by introducing songs and poems from other nations, through immersion they can help raise awareness of
different cultural styles, preparing the ground for a deeper understanding in later years. Our intention is
to raise children as true citizens of the world, with an openness to all cultures and their achievements.
Waldorf Education is unique in giving speech formation and recitation, music, movement and drama equal
importance to academic subjects, and it follows that class teachers need to have at least basic training in
these fields. From the start of Class 1 they apply a wide range of skills. They read music, play the recorder,
and use Eurythmy’s ensouled gestures to accompany their class’s recitation and singing in the first years.
All of this is as important to their work as knowing the particulars of literacy and numeracy.
In general, our reciting, singing and movements strive to show the human being at its well-rounded and
balanced best; for, as children imitate our gestures and echo our voice, they absorb the modelled qualities
of enjoyment and lightheartedness, of gratitude and reverence, sincerity, devotion and harmony. And as
the Morning Circle’s sequence calls up these emotions day by day, the inner life is informed, shaped and
enriched; nourished with songs, verses and poems, exercises and games that are healthy food for the soul.
In the first year, a Morning Circle programme should take 30 to 40 minutes. This programme is composed
of a sequence of songs, verses and poems, speech exercises and activities that are chosen and combined
with several cornerstones in mind: seasonal nature awareness, at times linked to a religious festival; the
Main Lesson topic; the needs of the group; the training of age-appropriate skills, such as knowing left from
right, skipping and balancing. It also trains social awareness, care and teamwork as essential abilities. The
composition of such a programme moves in a considered sequence through contemplative and exuberant
moods, in a breathing rhythm that supports the processes of the child’s developing organism.
Young children love the repetition of familiar and enjoyable things. In our fast-moving times, the faithfully
repeated sequence of the daily Morning Circle meets their need for a predictability that gives comfort and
safety. Its meaningful and continuous artistic flow focuses the children; it entertains and unites the group
and gives no cause for wilful disturbance. The framework of a Morning Circle programme is linked to the
duration of a Main Lesson, but occasionally new items are added and former ones replaced as appropriate.
The teacher’s enjoyment of her Morning Circle is key, and essential in transmitting this joy to the children.
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ON USING THIS MATERIAL

This Morning Circle programme is an example from England. Taking up the country’s climate and seasons,
Christian festivals, traditional songs and poems, verses and games, it connects to the spirit of this nation’s
culture as it is expressed in the language, the music and the rhythms of its rhymes for children.
The Morning Circle should immerse us daily in our culture’s local, artistic and spiritual quality. Its purpose
here is to show you how such a programme is built around the topics of the month, connected to what is
happening in nature, mindful of religious feasts, aimed at building children’s skills, and leading over to the
Main Lesson topic of the moment.
This chapter’s layout of building blocks with headers and footnotes makes it easy to adapt its example by
exchanging these poems, verses, songs, games and exercises with loosely corresponding items from the
national folk treasury of another culture. A structured overview makes it possible to replace them without
breaking the essential breathing rhythm or losing the stream of purpose. But, as it stands, this programme
can be used anywhere in the world to teach English as a foreign language, for it shows how to immerse
young children in this idiom’s sounds and expressions in an age-appropriate way that takes into account
their deep-seated need to absorb language by imitation and through meaningful movement.
The activities of a Morning Circle programme strive to centre children in themselves, mind, body and soul.
Wholehearted recitation captures their imagination through the poem’s word-pictures. Acting out certain
characters with purposeful gestures engages the children in moral activity, and miming a part at the centre
of the circle is a popular activity that naturally supports dramatic expression. Singing fills the soul with
harmony as it reflects the changing seasons and a variety of topics that range from practical to spiritual,
from reflective to exuberant. Through the Morning Circle’s programme, clear speech, tuneful singing and
a sense of rhythm are trained from the first day, complemented by exercises in balancing and skipping,
social awareness and teamwork. Mental maths and spelling exercises may at times be integrated as well,
alongside other items that arise from a Main Lesson topic or the current situation.
It is my particular wish to show how Morning Circle programmes develop with the class through the years,
and how their variable format takes changes into account that are happening as the children grow up. It
is not right to continue the Morning Circle of the early years beyond age 8/9. A teacher’s sensitive insight
will strive to adapt and develop the first part of the morning in step with the needs of her group.
Although the copyright to the format in which these Morning Circle programmes are published is mine,
the copyright of songs, poems and verses remains of course with their authors. I am sharing them in the
spirit of ‘fair use’ as free bonus material with people who purchase chapters of my own publication. Much
of this free content, including musical scores, can nowadays be found on the internet. But since my aim is
to save busy class teachers as much time as possible, I am publishing these Morning Circle examples for
your convenience. It means, however, that you have to respect everyone’s copyright and cannot use this
material in ways that exceed the concept of fair use. So, no copying and distributing of any part at all! Just
use these chapters as templates to be adapted to your own needs, or to learn their programmes by heart.
Thank you for respecting the copyright!
As far as they are known to me, all sources, authors and origins are attributed at the end of each chapter.
Should you be able to fill any remaining gaps, please write to [email protected] and let me know
the particulars. Such help would be greatly appreciated.
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MEDITATIVE BEGINNING

SITTING AT THE DESK PENTATONIC MORN. SONG – OVER THE EARTH THROUGHOUT THE ML

STANDING AT THE DESK MORNING VERSE – THE SUN WITH LOVING LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

” MORNING SONG – MORNING IS COME ”

” MICHAELMAS SONG – UNÜBERWINDLICH STARKER HELD ADDED IN WEEK 2

” HARVEST SONG – IN AUTUMN ST MICHAEL ADDED IN WEEK 3

THE MORNING CIRCLE

STANDING AS A CIRCLE BEGINNING VERSE – I LIFT MY ARMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

MOVING AS A CIRCLE IMITATION GAME – I TRAVELLED OVER LAND AND SEA FIRST DAYS ONLY

STANDING AS A CIRCLE SEASONAL SONG – AUTUMN NOW HAS COME AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE ML

ACTING PARTS AS A CIRCLE SEASONAL POEM – AUTUMN’S ON ITS WAY ADDED IN WEEK 3

STANDING AS A CIRCLE HUMOROUS POEM – MISS POLLY HAD A DOLLY DROPPED IN WEEK 2

MOVING AS A CIRCLE ACTION SONG – SALLY GO ROUND THE SUN THROUGHOUT THE ML

SITTING DOWN ACTION POEM – DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN DROPPED IN WEEK 2

SITTING AS A CIRCLE FINGER GAME – TWO STOUT GENTLEMEN THROUGHOUT THE ML

” NAME SONG – Y TÚ CÓMO TE LLAMAS DROPPED IN WEEK 2

” NARRATIVE POEM – THIS IS THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM ADDED IN WEEK 2

STANDING AS A CIRCLE CLAPPING GAME – A SAILOR WENT TO SEA , SEA, SEA DROPPED IN WEEK 2

BALANCING BEAM BALANCING EXERCISE – I AM STRONG AND AWAKE ADDED IN WEEK 2

” BALANCING EXERCISE – I LIFT MY LEG , I STRETCH MY LEG

ADDED IN WEEK 3
MOVING AS A CIRCLE MOVEMENT SONG – WALK, WALK, IN A RING

STANDING AS A CIRCLE ENDING VERSE – I LIFT MY ARMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

O T H E R VE R S E S

SEATED AROUND THE TABLE GRACE – EARTH, WHO GAVE TO US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

STANDING AT THE DESK FINISHING VERSE – FATHER, WE THANK THEE ”

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* PENTATONIC MORNING SONG

Throughout the first block, this song begins
a school day and brings the class together.
Over the Earth is a mantle of green
It lets the children tune into the meditative
Over the green the dew
part of the morning and prepares them for
Over the dew are the arching trees
the Morning Verse.
Over the trees the blue
Across the blue the scudding clouds Play its pentatonic tune on a glockenspiel
Over the clouds the sun first, then hum it together, and finally sing
Over it all is the love of God the words in unison, accompanied by a few
Blessing us ev’ry one suitably slow eurythmic gestures.

* ORIGINAL * MORNING VERSE

Der Sonne liebes Licht The sun with loving light

Es hellet mir den Tag Brightens for me each day
Der Seele Geistesmacht The soul with spirit power
Sie gibt den Gliedern Kraft Gives strength unto my limbs
Im Sonnen-Lichtes-Glanz In sunlight shining clear
Verehre ich, oh Gott I reverence, oh God
Die Menschenkraft die Du the strength of humankind
In meine Seele mir Which thou so graciously
So gütig hast gepflanzt Hast planted in my soul
Dass ich kann arbeitsam That I with all my might
Und lernbegierig sein May love to work and learn
Von Dir stammt Licht und Kraft From thee come light and strength
Zu Dir ström’ Lieb und Dank To thee rise love and thanks
Rudolf Steiner Translation Roland Everett

This Morning Verse is spoken daily, from the first day of Class 1 until the final day of Class 4.

* MORNING SONG This song is a traditional British round. But

round singing is not introduced until Class 3,
Morning is come when the developmental step of the Rubicon
Night is away severs the children’s immediate connection
Rise with the sun to their environment and makes them able
And welcome the day to hold their voice against that of others.

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* BEGINNING VERSE In the first year, the Morning Circle begins

and ends with a verse like this one.
I lift my arms to the clear blue sky Reaching out to the sky, planting their feet,
I stretch them wide, and I stretch them high holding hands with their neighbours, then
Firmly on the earth I stand crossing arms in a ‘star’ on the chest centres
To my neighbour I give my hand the class in themselves and in their spiritual,
A friend on the left, and a friend on the right physical and social environment, helping to
God will keep me in his sight feel calmly focused and ready.

* IMITATION GAME

I travelled over land and sea Oh, I belong to Walking Land

I met a man who said to me Walking Land, Walking Land
An old, old man who said to me And anyone who walks like me
Pray, where do you belong to? Why, they belong to Walking Land!

Moving as a circle, everyone imitates the action of the leader: walking, skipping, hopping, running,
twirling, pointing, clapping, tiptoeing … The children enjoy thinking up new ways of moving.

* SEASONAL SONG

Autumn now has come again

Later in the year, this simple pentatonic Sometimes sunshine, sometimes rain
melody will be the ideal tune for introducing All the leaves are turning brown
the class to the Choroi flute, bamboo pipes Soon we’ll see them flutter down
or the recorder, and they will be delighted Golden is the evening sun
to learn to play a song they already know. Now our harvest work is done

* HUMOROUS POEM

Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick

So she phoned for the doctor to be quick, quick, quick
The doctor came with his bag and a hat
And he knocked on the door with a ratta-tat-tatt
He looked at the dolly and he shook his head
And he said, Miss Polly, put her straight to bed!
He wrote on a paper for a pill, pill, pill
I’ll be back in the morning with my bill, bill, bill

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* ACTION SONG

Sally go round the sun, Sally go round the moon

Sally go round the chimneypot on a Saturday afternoon
Put your right foot in, put your right foot out
Shake it a little, a little, and turn yourself about
Put your left foot in / … right hand in / … left ear in / … noses in / … right thumb in /
Put your right knee in / … left shoulder in / … right elbow in / … whole selves in …

* ACTION POEM

Deep in the mountain are little homes

Deep in the mountain live little gnomes Recite it with an air of mystery and a caring
Softly they sweep with a silver broom attitude. The gently rocking rhythm of this
Kitchen and stable and barn and room verse calms the children down after the
When in the night a babe doth weep excitement of the previous action song.
Gently they rock it back to sleep Lower yourselves to the floor on the second
Hark, in the stable moos a cow line and remain seated as a circle for the
Come, little gnomes, to milk her now next three items.

* FINGER GAME

Two stout gentlemen met in the lane (thumbs) Two lovely ladies … (index fingers)
Bowed most politely, bowed once again Two tall policemen … (middle fingers)
Said, How do you do? Two old farmers … (ring fingers)
And, How do you do? Two little babies … (little fingers)
And, How do you do? again All the people … (all fingers)

Make fists and let the fingers bow to each other repeatedly, beginning with the thumbs.

* FOREIGN LANGUAGE NAME SONG

A child skips outside the circle with a beanbag
in her hand while all sing her name. She drops (Ana, Ana) – y tú cómo te llamas
the beanbag behind someone, sits down in (Ana, Ana) – tu nombre nos dirás?
her place, and the chosen child skips around (Ana, Ana) – así nos acordamos
the circle while his name is sung … and so on. (Ana, Ana) – aquí estás!
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* CLAPPING GAME

A sailor went to sea, sea, sea 2) A sailor went to chop, chop, chop …
To see what he could see, see, see 3) A sailor went to knee, knee, knee …
But all that he could see, see, see 4) A sailor went to sea, chop, knee …
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea

Clapping games put us in touch with our body. Clap your hands once, then clap right hands with
your partner, clap hands once, then clap left hands with your partner, clap your hands once, clap
both hands with your partner three times, and repeat this to the end of the verse. On the second
verse slap your elbows, on the third your knees, then combine all these actions in one sequence.

* NARRATIVE POEM

This is the key of the kingdom Flowers in the basket

In that kingdom there’s a city Basket on the bed
In that city there’s a town Bed in the chamber
In that town there’s a street Chamber in the house
In that street there’s a lane House in the weedy yard
In that lane there’s a yard Yard in the winding lane
In that yard there’s a house Lane in the broad street
In that house there’s a room Street in the high town
In that room there’s a bed Town in the city
And on that bed a basket City in the kingdom –
Of flowers, of flowers – This is the key of the kingdom
A basket of sweet flowers Of the kingdom this is the key

Employing sequential logic in repetition and variation strengthens the memory.

* MOVEMENT SONG
As everyone sings this song, individuals
Walk, walk, in a ring take turns at walking around the outside
In a ring together of the circle to notice how it feels different
And when you meet from walking a straight line. This simple
And when you meet exercise builds on the Form Drawing
You clap your hands together experiences of the Main Lesson block.

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* BALANCING EXERCISE * BALANCING EXERCISE

I am strong and awake I lift my leg, I stretch my leg

In each step that I take I plant it firm and light
When I carefully tread I lift again and stretch again
With my crown on my head My pace exactly right
With my crown on my head With care I go, so straight and slow
I will carefully tread I move just like a stork
And each step that I take My eye is bright, my head upright
Makes me strong and awake And pride is in my walk

Balancing exercises can help to strengthen moral as well as physical uprightness.

* SEASONAL POEM

The rabbit twitched his long brown ears The squirrel ran along the branch
On a lovely September day On a lovely September day
He heard the north wind whistle He found a nut, all golden brown
And scampered off to say And scurried off to say
Hurry, hurry! Hurry, hurry! Hurry, hurry! Hurry, hurry!
Autumn’s on its way! Autumn’s on its way!
The bee was buzzing round some flowers A hedgehog sniffed her little snout
On a lovely September day On a lovely September day
She saw the roses’ petals fall She smelt the leaves all damp and brown
And she flew off to say And scampered off to say
Hurry, hurry! Hurry, hurry! Hurry, hurry! Hurry, hurry!
Autumn’s on its way! Autumn’s on its way!

Building vocabulary, and perfect for acting out the animals within the circle.

* FOREIGN LANGUAGE MICHAELMAS SONG

Unüberwindlich starker Held Groß ist dein Macht, groß ist dein Heer
Sankt Michael! Sankt Michael!
Komm uns zu Hilf, zieh mit ins Feld Groß auf dem Land, groß auf dem Meer
Hilf uns hie kämpfen Hilf uns hie ringen
die Feinde dämpfen die Feind bezwingen
Sankt Michael! Sankt Michael!

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* HARVEST SONG

In autumn Saint Michaël with sword and with shield

Passes over meadow and orchard and field
He’s on his way to battle ‘gainst darkness and strife
He is the mighty warrior, protector of life
The harvest let us gather with Michaël’s aid
The light he sheddeth fails not, nor does it fade
And when the corn is cut and the meadows are bare
We’ll don Saint Michaël’s armour and onward we’ll fare
We are Saint Michaël’s warriors with strong heart and mind
We forge our way through darkness, Saint Michaël to find
And there he stands in glory – Saint Michaël, we pray
Lead us into battle and show us thy way!

This song for the school’s harvest festival is learnt well in advance with Class 1.

Throughout the year, the following verses begin snack time and end the school day:

* GRACE
Fold your hands and bow your head in an
Earth, who gave to us this food attitude of sincere reverence and gratitude.
Sun, who made it ripe and good Afterwards, all join hands around the table
Dear Sun, dear Earth, by you we live to say, “Blessings on the meal and peace on
Our loving thanks to you we give the Earth!”

* FINISHING VERSE

Father, we thank thee for the night

With arms crossed on the chest in a ‘star’,
And for the pleasant morning light
this verse is spoken with the teacher who
For rest and food and loving care
has the final subject lesson of the day.
And all that makes the world so fair
(Class 1’s school day ends at lunchtime. The Help us to do the thing we should
first afternoon at school is introduced later To be to others kind and good
in the year, when the teacher considers the In all we do, in all we say
class ready – usually in the second term.) To grow more loving every day

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OVER THE EARTH – traditional Scottish melody; Anglican hymn by Ruth Brown; Oxford University Press

MORNING VERSE – by Rudolf Steiner, Stuttgart 1919 for the first Waldorf School; translated by Roland Everett

MORNING IS COME – traditional English morning round

UNÜBERWINDLICH STARKER HELD – old German sacral melody; the lyrics by Friedrich Spee were published 1621

IN AUTUMN SAINT MICHAEL – traditional Welsh folksong for harvest time

I LIFT MY ARMS –

I TRAVELLED OVER LAND AND SEA – translated from the Scandinavian ‘Jeg gikk meg over sjø og land’

AUTUMN NOW HAS COME AGAIN –

AUTUMN’S ON ITS WAY – by the English poet, actor, musician and class teacher Trevor T. Smith (1945-2017)

MISS POLLY HAD A DOLLY – published 1969 in ‘This Little Puffin’, Penguin Books; compiled by E. Matterson

SALLY GO ROUND THE SUN – published 1969 in ‘This Little Puffin’, Penguin Books; compiled by E. Matterson

DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN –

TWO STOUT GENTLEMEN – published 1969 in ‘This Little Puffin’, Penguin Books; compiled by E. Matterson

NAME SONG – Spanish children’s song of unknown origin

THIS IS THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM – British nursery rhyme of unknown origin, probably late 19th century

A SAILOR WENT TO SEA , SEA, SEA – published 1969 in ‘This Little Puffin’, Penguin Books; Elizabeth Matterson

I AM STRONG AND AWAKE –

I LIFT MY LEG , I STRETCH MY LEG –

WALK, WALK, IN A RING –

GRACE – translation of ‘Spruch vor Tisch’ by the German poet Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914)

FINISHING VERSE – Anglican hymn by Rebecca J. Weston (1885); public domain

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