Open, Shut Them
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap, clap, clap
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Lay they in your lap, lap, lap
The Farmer Plants the Seeds (Tune: Farmer in the Dell)
The farmer plants the seeds (pretend to plant seeds in the ground)
The farmer plants the seeds
Hey ho, the derry-o
The farmer plants the seeds
Additional verses:
- The rain begins to fall (wriggle fingers to represent falling rain)
- The sun begins to shine (make an arc with both arms to represent the sun rising)
- The plants begin to grow (crouch down and raise arms as you move to standing to represent plants growing)
- The buds all open up (place hands palm to palm and spread fingers wide)
Planting Flowers (Sung to: Ferez Jacques)
Planting flowers, planting flowers, (pretend to plant flowers into the ground)
In the ground, in the ground,
Water them and they will grow, (pretend to water plants with a watering can)
Water them and they will grow,
All around, all around.
I Plant A Seed (Sung to: I’m a Little Teapot)
I plant a little seed in the cold, cold ground, (pretend to plant seed in cupped hand)
Out comes the yellow sun, big and round. (spread arms over head to represent sun)
Down come the raindrops soft and slow, (make raindrops with fingers)
Up comes the flower grow, grow, grow! (place palms together with fingers pointed upwards, push hands up and spread fingers wide)
Budding Flower Fingerplay (Sung to:Twinkle Twinkle)
Open, open, little bud, (Make a fist with one hand in front of your chest and open it each time you say "open" then close it when you say "little bud.")
Time to grow out of the mud. (Pump your closed fist upward on each beat of this line until your arm is extended over your head.)
Up above the grass so high, (Open your fist with arm extended overhead and wave it from side to side.)
Where the bees go buzzing by. (Flutter your fingers and move your hand in a zig-zag pattern in front of you.)
Open, open, little bud,
Time to grow out of the mud.
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap, clap, clap
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Lay they in your lap, lap, lap
The Farmer Plants the Seeds (Tune: Farmer in the Dell)
The farmer plants the seeds (pretend to plant seeds in the ground)
The farmer plants the seeds
Hey ho, the derry-o
The farmer plants the seeds
Additional verses:
- The rain begins to fall (wriggle fingers to represent falling rain)
- The sun begins to shine (make an arc with both arms to represent the sun rising)
- The plants begin to grow (crouch down and raise arms as you move to standing to represent plants growing)
- The buds all open up (place hands palm to palm and spread fingers wide)
Planting Flowers (Sung to: Ferez Jacques)
Planting flowers, planting flowers, (pretend to plant flowers into the ground)
In the ground, in the ground,
Water them and they will grow, (pretend to water plants with a watering can)
Water them and they will grow,
All around, all around.
I Plant A Seed (Sung to: I’m a Little Teapot)
I plant a little seed in the cold, cold ground, (pretend to plant seed in cupped hand)
Out comes the yellow sun, big and round. (spread arms over head to represent sun)
Down come the raindrops soft and slow, (make raindrops with fingers)
Up comes the flower grow, grow, grow! (place palms together with fingers pointed upwards, push hands up and spread fingers wide)
Budding Flower Fingerplay (Sung to:Twinkle Twinkle)
Open, open, little bud, (Make a fist with one hand in front of your chest and open it each time you say "open" then close it when you say "little bud.")
Time to grow out of the mud. (Pump your closed fist upward on each beat of this line until your arm is extended over your head.)
Up above the grass so high, (Open your fist with arm extended overhead and wave it from side to side.)
Where the bees go buzzing by. (Flutter your fingers and move your hand in a zig-zag pattern in front of you.)
Open, open, little bud,
Time to grow out of the mud.