by Nick Perrin  

5 to 7 yrs  -  KS1  -  unison   (1m 41s)

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Download includes  –  Piano-vocal score, lyrics sheet, mp3 demo & backing tracks
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Theme  –  Change, growth, nature, sunshine, rain, plants, seasons, wheat, grain

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Content  –  The song explains how crops grow, from the first roots and shoots to tall green stalks and then golden ears ready for harvest - all thanks to the sunshine and showers of rain.  It celebrates the changing seasons and Nature’s ability to begin the process all over again: ‘Nature does everything over and over’. 
Easy to learn, this song offers useful support to science teaching.

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Lyrics Sample

First the little roots grow,

Then the baby shoots grow,

Then the green stalks, strong and tall.

Next the golden ears show,

Swaying as the wind blows.

Soon it’s time to cut them all.

Sunshine, showers of rain.

See how nature does it again!

Sunshine, showers of rain.

Nature does everything over and over.

Nature does everything over again.

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‘First The Little Roots Grow’ features in KS1 mini-musical ‘The Little Red Hen’, as  well as in ‘Bumper Harvest’