What could I become? I’m just a little seed…
Last spring, I started singing a brand new song about seeds on the way to a school where I work. I arrived and wrote the whole thing down in the parking lot. Yep, it’s one of those “organic” tunes that just happens before you know it! The song’s refrain is: “I’ve got potential! I’m a little seed.” The refrain repeats, encouraging participants to sing it back, call-and-response style. Click Here to view lyrics.
Seeds, of course, are not the only things with potential. This song invites discussion with children about the meaning of “potential,” as well as the life cycle and the characteristics all living things share. You can also encourage children to rewrite the song by adding their favorite flowers, plants and trees.
This is a great song to pair with a book. There are many, but the first ones that come to mind for me are Lois Ehlert’s Growing Vegetable Soup and Planting a Rainbow, or Eric Carle’s The Tiny Seed.
There are also many songs you could pair with this one. Here are some suggestions (some are from my friends at the Children’s Music Network!) I’m impressed by Pam Donkin’s Planting Seeds of Love.
Here are some others:
Growing Sound’s Seeds of Hope;
MMMKids From A Seed Into A Tree;
Kiboomu’s The Gardner Plants A Seed;
Bobby Susser’s The Seeds In The Spring Are Going To Grow (With A Little Help);
Miss Jenny’s Let Your Garden Grow;
Music with Mar.’s Seed To a Flower
Marla Lewis’ I Love to Talk to Plants.
This post was first published on Liz Buchanan’s blog. To see all of Liz’s music on Songs for Teaching, click here!