Music Appreciation: "Harvest Song"

Today the Kindergarten class participated in some music appreciation when they listened to "Harvest Song" from Douglas Moore's film score "Farm Journal." First we talked about what harvest means and why we think of it so much in the Fall season. We then observed some elements of a harvest and the Fall season in the painting "Landscape with Cypresses" by Vincent Van Gogh. While listening to the music, the students got to act out different actions people might do at harvest time.

Listen to other "Harvest" music and talk about what this season would have been like for us if we lived in a different time when we were gathering in our own food. The song below is "Traditional Harvest Song" from Romania.