- dirt
- ground
- grow
- patient
- seed
- sprout
MA Standards
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation: Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines
English Language Arts/Language 1: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Sing Together: “I’m a Little Brown Seed” #1
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STEM Key Concepts: Some plants start from seeds; Plants need water, sunlight, and time to grow; Plants have different parts: roots, stems, leaves, and fruit; Some parts of plants are below the ground and some above; Plants grow in many places; Plants often grow in some type of dirt
ELA Focus Skills: Phonological Awareness, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary
Introduce the song by talking about the seeds that children planted. Explain to children that it seems like it takes a long time for plants to grow. Say, So we have to wait calmly, or be patient, until the seed is ready to sprout out of the dirt. Ask children if they thought the boy in the story was patient.
Tell children you are going to teach them a song called “I’m a Little Brown Seed.” Pantomime the movements of being under the ground, the sun shining, and rain falling. Have children sing along and act out the song with you.
I’m a Little Brown Seed
(sung to the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little brown seed
In the ground.
I need the sunshine,
I need the rain.
If you are patient
I will grow.
Roots, stem, and flower,
Grow. Grow. Grow.