Does anyone else do Character Counts? I found/edited songs for each of the character traits and taught my Chorus to sing them for the school assemblies – and the other students learned the refrains to sing along. Here are some recommendations:
- Trustworthiness – Trust is a Must Blues by Roger Emerson
- Respect – R-E-S-P-E-C-T by Roger Emerson
- Responsibility – Be Responsible, my adapted version of a Spiritual
- Fairness – Sing About Martin by Jackie Weissman. For one of the phrases, I substituted the phrase, “Sing about fairness,” instead of one of the phrases in the song.
- Caring – See Songs about Friendship / Golden Rule / Give Said the Little Stream
- Citizenship – Save the Planet by Gene Grier & Lowell Everson (I changed the verses to say: “We’ll do our share to help the school and our community. Cooperate and stay informed. Respect authority!”) [Also see Tree Song]
Thanks! You’ve got permission as long as I can continue to be inspired by your great ideas. 😀
I sure hope I keep inspiring! Thank you!
Jessica, I’m so sorry, I can’t find it anywhere. I had bought it years ago as part of a collection of Character Counts songs, but it seems to be unavailable now. You can listen to it and see the lyrics on the YouTube video though. (I transposed it to E minor.)