MA Standards:
English Language Arts/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.
Literacy Knowledge/Print Concepts and Conventions: Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs.
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” #2
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STEM Key Concepts: Plants have different parts: roots, stems, leaves, and fruit; Plants need water and sunlight to grow; Plants grow in places where they get their needs met; Plants often grow in some type of dirt
ELA Skill Focus: Phonological Awareness (Rhythm, Rhyme, and Repetition), Vocabulary
Introduce the song by talking about how long it takes for plants to grow. Have children recall how Peep, Chirp, and Quack acted while they were waiting for their seed to grow. Have children act out their movements.
Then say, When you plant seeds, it seems like it takes a long time for the plants to grow. You need to be patient. Remind children that when you are patient, you wait for something to happen. Ask, Do you think Peep, Chirp, and Quack were patient? Do you think the boy in The Carrot Seed was patient?
Now tell children you are going to sing a song about a little seed. Have children join in and act out the motions for the second singing.
I’m a Little Brown Seed
(sung to the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little brown seed (crouch in a ball)
In the ground.
I need the sunshine,
I need the rain.
If you are patient
I will grow. (start to come out of ball)
Roots, stem, and flower, (open slowly)
Grow. Grow. Grow. (stand tall)