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Gardening Songs
Contact_FullName: Emily Contact_Email: brennere@msu.edu Area: Garden-Music Idea: Here's a cute song I wrote for my preschoolers to sing: to the tune of I'm a Little teapot I'm a Little Seedling I love Spring I need sun and watering Put me in soil if you please When I grow up I'll be a tree Contact_FullName: Katie Contact_Email: k-godwin@sbcglobal.net Area: Garden, Springtime The Planting Flowers Song (sung to "Peanut, Peanut Butter, and Jelly") Create your own movements to go with the song First you take the seed and you plant it, you plant it Chorus: Planting, Planting Flowers, for Springtime Next you take a shovel and you dig, you dig Chorus: Planting, Planting Flowers, for Springtime Put it in the soil and you cover, you cover Chorus: Planting, Planting Flowers, for Springtime Next you take the can and you water, you water Chorus: Planting, Planting Flowers, for Springtime Give it lots of sun and it will sprout, will sprout Chorus: Planting, Planting Flowers, for Springtime Look at all the flowers that are growing, are growing Chorus: Planting, Planting Flowers, for Springtime Contact_FullName: Jojo Baguisa Contact_Email: jpbaguisa@hotmail.com Area: FLOWER SONG Idea: Tune :My Darling Clementine Yellow flowers, blue flowers, red flowers I can see. Pink flowers, orange flowers in the garden I can see. Contact_FullName: Jojo Baguisa Contact_FullName: Jennifer
12-27-00Here's a fingerplay I wrote. It's perfect for springtime or planting season. All words should be pantomimed by teacher and kids: "First you take the seed and you plant it in the ground." (Mime
taking a seed and planting it in your other hand, balled up in a fist.) After kids are familiar with this poem, I have THEM be the seeds that I plant and water and shine on. When I tap them on the heads the first time as I say the first line, they drop to the floor as if they have been planted. I tap them on the heads again as I recite the last line, and they grow into beautiful flowers. I make sure to smell each one, just like a flower, and tell them how wonderful they smell and beautiful they are. This activity works especially well with 2-4 year olds. area
Date: 4-5-00GARDENING SONG: Tune: Sing a Song of Sixpence First you take a shovel...a rake...and a hoe Plant a little garden...Plant seeds in a row Water them and weed them through all the summer heat... And then you'll have some flowers or vegetables to eat.
Date: 4-5-00Herman the Worm Sittin' on the fence post, chewin' my bubble gum. (Make chewing sounds) Playin' with my yo-yo. (Pretend you have a yo-yo) And along came Herman the Worm, and he was this big. (Hold your hands opened in front of you) I said, "Herman, what's the matter?" "I ate a car." Sittin' on the fence post, chewin' my bubble gum. Playin' with my yo-yo. And along came Herman the Worm, and he was this big. (Open hands a little wider) I said, "Herman, what's the matter?" "I ate a truck." Sittin' on the fence post, chewin' my bubble gum. Playin' with my yo-yo. And along came Herman the Worm, and he was this big. (Open hands a little wider) I said, "Herman, what's the matter?" "I ate a bus." Sittin' on the fence post, chewin' my bubble gum. Playin' with my yo-yo. And along came Herman the Worm, and he was this big. (Open hands as wide as you can) I said, "Herman, what's the matter?" "I ate a train." Sittin' on the fence post, chewin' my bubble gum. Playin' with my yo-yo. And along came Herman the Worm, and he was this big. (Hold two fingers in front of your eye, opened a little) I said, "Herman, what's the matter?" "I Burped!"
Date: 3-22-00Sung to the Tune: I'm a Little Teapot I plant a little seed in the cold, cold ground. Action: pretend to plant in cupped hand round arms over head for sun raindrops with dancing fingers have right hand push through left hand and emerge as a flower with fingers spread wide!
Date: 3-22-00Planting Flowers Song- Sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques"-- Planting
flowers, Planting flowers,
Date: 3-1-00I enjoy teaching my preschooler's about the farm and when it comes time to send home those little cups of seedling vegetables (or flowers), I always worry if they will be cared for at home. So I created the following poem to accompany the plant this year. A Seedling's Song I am only now a seedling Planted with hands so very young, I have but just one wish, To reach and touch the sun. My little leaves are fragile, My stem is very new, My roots can barely hold me up, But you can help me through. I need only a few things To keep me alive and well. Some water, love and sunshine, Then time will surely tell. If my leaves look kind of droopy, Something to drink will do the trick. And feed me a little fertilizer To prevent me from getting sick. This pot I live in now Is a temporary hold; I'll need to be replanted As I will soon grow old. The hardest thing to do my friend Is to sit and watch and wait For the wonderful surprise I'll bring; Please be patient and have faith. For your effort, love and support Will all be over soon; Visit me in a month or two And I'll reward you with a bloom. But please don't cut me down I can surprise you once again, Let me finish my flower and seed And next year, I'll be back, my friend.
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