Guest Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 We have been asked to join the local school in Harvest festival. No problem, you may say. BUT the theme is 'seeds for Africa' so the usual Oats, beans and barley grow won't fit. Any ideas PLEASE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 ANYONE??????????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Was doing a spot of surfing this afternoon and came across this site and thought of you. There is a section on Harvest Festivals with suggestions for songs. Don't know what they are but they may be of use to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Sorry, I can only think of 'I'm a dingle dangle scarecrow'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 our harvest song is called paint box and goes alittle some thing like this: cauliflowers fluffy and cabbages green, beatroot pruple and onions white, all grow seadily day and night the apples are ripe the plums are red, broad beans are sleeping in a blankety bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 This is version we sing Clare Cauliflowers fluffy and cabbages green, Strawberries sweeter than any I’ve seen Beetroot purple and onions white, All grow steadily day and night The apples are ripe, the plums are red, Broad beans are sleeping in a blankety bed Blackberries juicy and rhubarb sour, Marrows that are fattening hour by hour. Gooseberries hairy and lettuces fat Radishes round and runner beans flat The apples are ripe, the plums are red, Broad beans are sleeping in a blankety bed Orangey carrots and turnips cream, Reddening tomatoes that used to be green, brown potatoes in little heaps, Down in the darkness where the celery sleeps The apples are ripe, the plums are red, Broad beans are sleeping in a blankety bed Vegetables (tune: Mary had a little lamb) We are pumpkins, big and round, Big and round, big and round. We are pumpkins, big and round, Seated on the ground. We are string beans green and fine.....growing on a vine. etc We are onions round and white....we make soup taste right. We are carrots, orange and long...help us sing the song. We are cabbage green or red....see our funny head. We are corn stalks tall and straight...don't we just taste great! Autumn days when the grass is jewelled And the silk inside a chestnut shell Jet planes meeting in the air to be refuelled All these things I love so well (Chorus) So I mustn’t forget No I mustn’t forget To say a great big thank you lord I mustn’t forget Clouds that look like familiar faces And winter's moon with frosted rings Smell of bacon as I fasten up my laces And the milkman sings. Whipped-up spray that is rainbow-scattered And a swallow curving in the sky Shoes go comfy though they're worn out and they're battered And the taste of apple pie. Scent of gardens when the rain's been falling And a minnow darting down a stream Picked-up engine that's been stuttering and stalling And a win for my home team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Mundia provided this one a while back. Plant Four Rows of Peas 1. Peace of community 2. Peace of world 3. Peace of mind 4. Peace of spirit Plant Four Rows of Squash 1. Squash gossip 2. Squash indifference 3. Squash ignorance 4. Squash selfishness Plant Four Rows of Lettuce 1. Lettuce be hardworking 2. Lettuce be kind 3. Lettuce be patient 4. Lettuce really love one another Plant Three Rows of Turnips 1. Turnip for meetings 2. Turnip to garden 3. Turnip to help one another Plant Three Rows of Thyme 1. Thyme for each other 2. Thyme for family 3. Thyme for friends Not exactly about Africa but some useful sentiments maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Does anybody know a song about conkers? Along the lines of ......put one in your pocket if you see if on the ground ... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 sorry cant help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Does anybody know a song about conkers? Along the lines of ......put one in your pocket if you see if on the ground ... Thanks! Hi Deb, Just found a sound file on the 'Out of the Ark' website from the book 'A song for every season' hope this may help My Webpage Also found this... tune - when the saints go marching in oh when the leaves fall off the trees oh when the leaves fall off the trees we know that it must be autumn when the leaves fall off the trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Thanks Kermit The Autumn song will be useful too as our children do seem very young! We sang something like Conkers, conkers all around Put one in your pocket if you see one on the ground The children loved putting them in their pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 sorry Marion your right, i was trying to think of the song from the top of my head. never been good at remmebering the words. sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Found these autumn songs on this site, have typed them in large letters for display, thought I would attach incase others find them useful. Autumn_songs.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie A. Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Here are a couple of songs that we've done for Harvest before. We usually invite Nursery and Reception parents to watch. Reception children usually re-enact the story of the Little Red Hen, Nursery sing some simple harvest songs. We then share something we've made with the parents, either vegetable soup or our lovely harvest loaves that we make prior to the festival and freeze. Bread to Eat Tune of “This Old Man” Put the yeast In the flour. Leave it there For half an hour. And that little bit of yeast Will quietly work away We’ll have bread to eat today. Put the dough On one side Where the yeast Will make it rise And that little bit of yeast Will quietly work away We’ll have bread to eat today. Bake the dough What a treat! Soon it will be time to eat And that little bit of yeast Has quietly worked away We’ll have bread to eat today. Harvest Thank You Song Thank you God for tiny seeds Thank you God for tiny seeds Thank you God for tiny seeds In the rich black soil. (Show seed packets, use shakers) Thank you God for sun that shines Thank you God for sun that shines Thank you God for sun that shines Over all the earth. (Hold up sunshines, shake tambourines) Thank you God for rain that falls Thank you God for rain that falls Thank you God for rain that falls Watering the seeds. (Hold up umbrellas, use rainmaker) Thank you God for the grain that grows Thank you God for the grain that grows Thank you God for the grain that grows Golden in the sun (Show grains of wheat, make hands grow slowly upwards) Thank you God for flour we make Thank you God for flour we make Thank you God for flour we make To bake the bread we eat. (Hold up bag of flour, Clap along) THE FARMER PLANTS THE SEED (tune of Farmers in his den) The farmer plants the seed, The farmer plants the seed, Hi-ho, the dairy-o, the farmer plants the seed. The rain begins to fall, The rain begins to fall, Hi-ho, the dairy-o, the rain begins to fall. The sun begins to shine, The sun begins to shine, Hi-ho, the dairy-o, the sun begins to shine. The wind begins to blow, The wind begins to blow, Hi-ho, the dairy-o, the wind begins to blow. The food begins to grow, The food begins to grow, Hi-ho, the dairy-o, the food begins to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 What about the finger rhyme which our children love. You could adapt it too or make additional verses: I had a little cherry stone and put it in the ground and when one day I went to look a tiny shoot I found. The shoot grew upward day by day until it was a tree, We picked those lovely cherries then and ate them for our tea. (just make up the actions!) Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 We sing Picking up conkers,picking up conkers How many conkers have you got? 4 big prize ones,six small size ones One little mouldy on and thats the lot. I can hear the tune as Im typing and the kids love it but I dont think I know a nother song with the same tune so you would have to make up your own. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LOSINGTHEWILLTOLIVE Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 How about Big Red combine harvester - I think it comes from Out of the Ark song book with CD. You could also do dingle dangle scarecrow if you are desperate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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