Song “Dansons la capucine” · the coloring pages on this refrain
The round dance outside the house
In front of the house, the children and the princess dance in a ring; the granny in glasses claps and the unicorn trots along.
- Recommended age
- Ages 4 and up · 20 to 40 minutes
- Themes
- Storybook scenes, Unicorns, At home
The one clapping her hands
Four dancers go around in front of a very simple house: a girl with pigtails, a boy, a princess with a crown and a second boy seen from behind. Next to them, a granny in glasses with her hair in a bun is not dancing: she claps her hands, one foot raised, laughing. The little unicorn trots in the foreground, a star on its side. Behind them, the house with its door and big window, a tree, a plank fence and a sun among the clouds.
The beat of the song
In a round dance, there is often someone who sings louder than the others and claps the beat: here, it is the granny. “Dansons la capucine”, the French playground song, is sung to a steady step, and at the cry of “you!”, everyone crouches down. The page shows both ways of taking part: dancing in the circle, or leading the song from the side.
A very simple house
The setting is made of big straight shapes: the wall, the roof, the door, the paned window, the planks of the fence. These are wide, regular areas, easy at four. The dancers in the foreground need a little more attention where the arms cross. A few pebbles dot the ground, small circles that can be colored with a single touch.
A colorful fence
The fence lends itself to a color game: every other plank in a different shade, or all of them the same light brown, like real wood. The wall of the house takes a soft color, and the sun a strong yellow. The granny can wear the cheeriest colors on the page: she is the one keeping the beat.
A word for the grown-up: clap your hands like the granny while your child colors, and sing the round together. At “you!”, the pencil goes up, then you start again.
Coloring pages that go with this one
More pages from the same theme, age or season — the ones you print right after.
