Plant A Little Seed offers a way to have fun while learning. This album is filled with familiar animals, sounds, and instruments, yet it also highly encourages learning and participation though creating rhythms with your own body, such as clapping, tapping toes, and slapping thighs.

There is educational value in every song on this album, making it an excellent tool for parents and grandparents hoping to encourage creative curiosity in their little ones. Listeners will learn the difference between fruits and vegetables in the title track Plant a Little Seed; some different types of cows and how to identify them in Cows Are Cool; about a new profession in I’m a Paleontologist; the difference between a carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore in I’m a Carnivore , and so much more! The songs are also presented in a simple-but-fun manner. For instance, When Ducks Get Up in the Morning and Dem Bones have no instruments - just clapping, while the latter also includes animals sounds. My Aunt Came Back is a call-and-response song, and Stars Shine Bright consists of just one short verse that repeats four times, changing only the color in each verse.

The CD notes suggest activities for each of the songs to help make them more interactive for young listeners. For example, for Fruit Song listeners slap their thighs in rhythm while singing. For the younger children, you can also point to pictures of these fruits (or the real thing) while each fruit is named. In Lots of Cars, listeners put their hands in front of them and imagine driving the car and pointing out imaginary cars that match the descriptions being sung about. You can also sing this while actually driving and have your little one point out the smallest and biggest cars that they see, as well as cars of each color. In  Dinosaurs in Cars children step forward when the song says "Step on the gas" or sink down in a crouch position when the air leaves the tire, "Whoosh." It’s a fun way to get a little exercise while learning the song. I Am a Camel explains how camels walk with both right legs, then both left legs at the same time (where horses lift one foot at a time), which is why camels rock as they walk. Children can have fun trying to imitate this by moving their arm with the same foot forward at the same time. Get ready for some laughs!

Nancy Stewart is a national award-winning musician who has been writing and performing for young children and their families for more than twenty years. This followed a successful fifteen year-long career as lead guitarist and vocalist with a nationally known show band. Featuring original and traditional songs, Nancy's CDs for children can be heard in schools, homes, and libraries across the country. Her music workshops for teachers, parents, and librarians have been highly praised for their relevant, useful, and easy to use songs and ideas.

She began performing when she was only 14 years old in Los Angeles at various venues, including "The New Hope Inn," "The Troubador," "Alice's Restaurant, " "McCabe's Guitar Shop" and the Renaissance Faire. She recorded radio jingles for "Ladies Choice Pickles" and the cycle of nursery rhymes for Mattel Toys "See 'n Say."

Plant a Little Seed

Fruit Song

When Ducks Get Up in the Morning

Cow Are Cool

Farm Machinery Song

Lots of Cars

Goin’ On a Ferry Ride

Dinosaurs in Cars

Bluebird

Shells

I’m a Paleontologist

Dem Bones

I’m a Carnavore

Pangaea

Who Has a Penny?

Stars Shine Bright

I Am a Camel

My Aunt Came Back