Who Has Seen the Wind?
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you;
But when the leaves hang trembling
The wind is passing through.
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I;
But when the trees bow down their heads
The wind is passing by.
By: Christina G. Rossetti
Spring
In the spring
Trees grow and sing.
In the gentle breezes
Of the wind.
I like to lie
Beneath a tree
Thinking of many things
That spring allows me see.
Robins building cozy nests
Sports, once again, outdoors
Squirrels scampering up trees
Playing tag with one another.
Flowers beginning to peek their sleepy heads
Out of the ground.
Silver raindrops plopping into the pond
While fishes awake to the noisy sound.
Kites flapping their tails in the wind
Reaching up to the blue sky above.
I like to lie
Beneath a tree
Thinking of many things
That spring allows me see.
By: Susan R. Stein
MANNERS LESSON
author unknown
If I were as rude as the rain
And came when I was uninvited
And stayed too long and ruined people's fun
(like going to the baseball game with my dad
and eating hotdogs in the sunshine)
And made children (like me) miserable,
I'd be sent to my room for quiet time,
Until I learned to behave.
Trees
Trees are the kindest thing I know,
They do no harm, they simply grow.
And spread a shade for sleepy cows,
And gather birds among their boughs.
They give us fruit in leaves above,
And wood to make our houses of.
And leave to burn on Hallowe'en,
And in the Spring new buds of green.
They are the first when day's begun,
To touch the beams of morning sun.
They are the last to hold the light,
When evening changes into night.
And when a moon floats on the sky,
They hum a drowsy lullaby.
Of sleepy children long ago . . .
Trees are the kindest things I know.
By: Harry Behn
Parts of
Plants
(tune: Oh do you know the Muffin Man?)
Oh, do you know the parts of plants,
The parts of plants, the parts of plants?
Do you know the parts of plants?
That make them grow and grow?
The roots , they hold the plant in place,
The plant in place, the plant in place.
The roots, they hold the plant in place
Soak up food and water, too.
The stem moves water up the plant,
Up the plant, up the plant.
The stem moves water up the plant
Brings water to the leaves.
The leaves soak up the rays of sun,
The rays of sun, the rays of sun.
The leaves soak up the rays of sun,
And help the plant make food.
The flower grows into a fruit,
Into a fruit, into a fruit.
The flower grows into a fruit,
Which holds the tiny seeds.
Now you know the parts of plants,
The parts of plants, the parts of plants,
Now you know the parts of plants,
That make them grow and grow
Planting
By: Dick Wilmes
I took a little seed one day
About a month ago.
I put it in a pot of dirt,
In hopes that it would grow.
I poured a little water
To make the soil right.
I set the pot upon the sill,
Where the sun would give it light.
I checked the pot most every day,
And turned it once or twice.
With a little care and water
I helped it grow so nice.
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