Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Seed-Swap Label Song
Promise: Aydin compares the packet clues, Haylee writes matching plant names and care notes, and Lillian checks the final read-back before either envelope changes hands.
The part everyone joins: “Name it, mark it, check it twice—trade when both can read the signs.”
Lyrics
Soft Seed-Tap Count-In
Aydin: Two small packets look the same.
Haylee: Check the clues and write the name.
Near the gate, two packets rest.
Both are brown and both are pressed.
Aydin finds a round-seed sign.
Haylee finds a long-seed line.
“These could mix if we move fast.”
“Name them first so care can last.”
They keep both packets where they are
And carry notes toward the trail.
Name it, mark it, check it twice—
Trade when both can read the signs.
I can compare; you can write
Plant and care notes clear and bright.
Tap each packet, leave some room—
Labels help the garden bloom.
On the trail, one low board waits.
Aydin sorts the packet shapes.
Round seeds match the radish note.
Long seeds match the bean-seed note.
Haylee writes on envelopes two:
“Radish—sun” and “Beans—support.”
Aydin reads each label back.
Both match seeds and care-note facts.
Name it, mark it, check it twice—
Trade when both can read the signs.
I can compare; you can write
Plant and care notes clear and bright.
Tap each packet, leave some room—
Labels help the garden bloom.
Seeds may look alike at first.
Names and care notes guide the work.
Read the label, ask, repeat;
Trade when both know what they keep.
At the rail, Lillian waits.
Haylee shows the packets straight.
Lillian reads, “Radish—sun.”
Aydin answers, “That is one.”
Then she reads, “Beans—support.”
Haylee says, “That matches yours.”
Only then the packets trade:
Clear plant notes for garden days.
“Make-believe the labels sing:
Care will follow every seed!”
No real label knows the ground;
That is just their seed-swap sound.
Name it, mark it, checked it twice—
Both can read the garden signs.
We compared and wrote each note;
Now each packet has a home.
Tap them gently, leave some room—
Clear notes help the garden bloom.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary, approximately ages 5–8.
Theme: Website freebie song for Gardening & Labels; clear information helps care continue.
Energy: Bright, careful, and cooperative; approximately 88 BPM with a name–mark–check refrain.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes.
Participation: Compare the seed packets, label each envelope, then trade only after both gardeners understand. Children may point, tap, choose a symbol, speak, sign, gesture, or listen.
Ways to Join In
- Leader/response: Aydin may call the seed clue; Haylee or the group answers with the plant name and care note; Lillian performs the final read-back.
- Participation choices: Children may compare shapes, point, tap twice, choose a simple symbol, speak, sign, gesture, or listen.
- Child ownership: On “you can write,” a child may name the plant, choose one care note, ask to read it again, or pass.
- Seed-swap boundary: A trusted grown-up verifies plant identity and local growing guidance before real planting or exchange. Unknown, treated, or unverified seeds are not handled as play materials.