This song explores the fascinating phenomenon of mixing the senses or synesthesia. In a remarkable book, The Frog Who Croaked Blue: Synesthesia and the Mixing of the Senses, Jamie Ward (2007) explores the implications of this phenomenon for creativity, language and memory. To some extent, all of us are synesthetes and we commonly use cross-sensory phrases such as a “bitter wind”. And many creative people such as the Jazz Legend, Miles Davis and the novelist, Valdimir Nabokov were confirmed synesthetes. Sing Me a Dance, Dance Me a Song gives teachers and parents a way to explore the creative limits of young children.

Song Lyrics:  Sing Me a Dance, Dance Me a Song

Sing me a dance, dance me a song
Let your voice dance the rhythm
Of learning and living
As the words in your feet sing along

Symphonies, small as a whisper
Baby ballet, big and strong

Each sound, every movement
It’s your turn to do it
Sing me a dance, dance me a song.

Tell me a painting, Paint me a story
Paint every word, till the colors are heard
And the story’s a picture before me

Fairy tales, purple and pink
Red, white and blue in a blaze of glory
Every rainbow, each chapter
Until ever after
Tell me a painting, paint me a story

Taste the sun
Catch the scent of the stars in the sky
Find the fun
In the magical, musical, danceable, colorful
Wonder of life that you are
I’ll come along as you

Tell me a painting, paint me a story
Sing me a dance, dance me a song