Dig a Little Hole

Plants
Books & Songs

Children chant and act out the steps of planting and tending to a bean seed and watching it grow.

Dig a little hole. Plant a little seed.

Pour a little water. Pull a little weed.

Familiarize yourself with the words and actions of the fingerplay “Dig a Little Hole.” Print the lyrics if you wish.

Have children join you in doing the actions of this fingerplay. Soon they will also be able to chant the words to “Dig a Little Hole.”
- Dig a little hole (pretend to dig)
  Plant a little seed (pretend to drop in seed)
  Pour a little water (pretend to water)
  Pull a little weed (pretend to pull up weed)
- Chase a little rabbit (flick hand to shoo off rabbit)
  Where did it go? (place hand above eye and look left and right)
  Here comes the sunshine . . . (form circle with hands above head)
  Watch my bean plant grow! (hold a fist in front of chest and slowly raise your arm straight as you unfold all 10 fingers)
After acting out the fingerplay, talk about plants. Possible discussion ideas:
- In this fingerplay, what do we do to help our bean plant grow?
- How does the sun help the bean plant grow? Explain that the sunlight gives energy to the plant; the energy helps the plant grow.
- Have children pretend that they are young bean plants soaking up energy from the sun and growing.

5 min.

Science