Preschool Songs and Chants

A Ram Sam Sam (a song with beat motions)

A ram sam sam

A ram sam sam

Guli guli guli guli guli

Ram sam sam

A rafiq, a rafiq

Guli guli guli guli guli

Ram sam sam

Bling Blang (a song with beat motions)

Bling blang

Hammer with my hammer

Zingo zango

Cutting with my saw

Down By the Bay (an echo song)

Down by the bay

Where the watermelons grow

Back to my home

I dare not go

For if I do

My mother will say

Did you ever see a bear combing his hair

Down by the bay

(Repeat with other verses below or make up your own silly rhyming verse!)

Did you ever see a moose kissing a goose?

Did you ever see a whale with a polka dot tail?

Did you ever see a llama wearing pajamas?

Did you ever see a snake eating a cake?

Did you ever see a ghost eating some toast?

Did you ever see a pig wearing a wig?

Did you ever have a time when you couldn't make a rhyme?

Five Little Ladies (a finger play poem)

Five little ladies going for a walk

Five little ladies stopping for a talk

Along came five little gentlemen

They all danced together and that makes 10!

Frog in the Bucket (a song with beat motions)

Frog in the bucket

Can't get him out

Take a little stick and stir him about

Stir, stir, stir, stir!

Hello Song (an echo song)

Hello preschool!

Hello Mrs. Maldonado!

How are you this afternoon?

How are you this afternoon?

I am fine!

I am fine!

Johnny Had One Friend (a song with beat motions)

Johnny had one friend, one friend, one friend

Johnny had one friend, now he has two!

(Continue counting to 10, then go backwards to one again)

Listen Listen

Listen, listen, here I come!

Someone special gets the drum!

Little Jingle Mouse (a song to sing with jingle bells)

I heard a little jingle, right inside my house,

It sounded like the jingle of a little jingle mouse!

He jingled to the ceiling, he jingled to the floor.

He jingled till he fell asleep and he began to snore. (follow with mouse snore)

I heard a great big jingle, right outside my door,

It sounded like the jingle of a jingle dinosaur!

He jingled to the ceiling, he jingled to the floor,

He jingled till he fell asleep and he began to snore! (follow with dinosaur snore)

My Aunt Came Back (an echo song with beat motions)

Oh my aunt came back

From Timbucktu

She brought with her

A wooden shoe.

Oh my aunt came back

From old Japan

She brought with her

A waving fan.

Oh my aunt came back 

From old Algiers

She brought with ehr

A pair of shears.

Oh my aunt came back

From Guadelupe

She brought with her

A hula hoop.

Oh my aunt came back

From the country fair

She brought with her

A rocking chair.

Oh my aunt came back

From the city zoo

She brought with her

A nut like you!

No More Pie (an echo song)

Oh my

No more pie

Pie's too sweet

I want some meat

Meat's too red

I want some bread

Bread's too brown

I think I'll go to town

Town's too far

I'll take a car

Car won't go

I stubbed my toe

Oh my

No more pie!

Pitter Patter (a song with beat motions)

Pitter patter pitter patter

Listen to the rain

Pitter patter pitter patter

On my window pain

Pumpkin Stew (an improvising song with beat motions)

(sung) 

Pumpkin stew,

Pumpkin stew,

What shall we put in the pumpkin stew?

(students suggest foods to put in)

(chanted)

Chop chop chop

Drop drop drop

Stir it up and sip sip stop!

Rain Rain (a song with beat motions)

Rain rain go away

Come again another day!

Shaker Songs (songs with beat motions for egg shakers or maracas)

This is the Way We Clean the House

(To the tune of Mulberry Bush)

This is the way we sweep the floor,

Sweep the floor, sweep the floor

This is the way we sweep the floor,

So early in the morning.

(Students add their own cleaning motions after this)

Stir Up My Soup

(To the tune of My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)

First put in some carrots and celery,

Some chicken and noodles and peas,

But please don't put in too much pepper,

'Cause pepper will make me sneeze! Achoo!

Stir up, stir up,

Oh stir up my soup for me, for me!

Stir up, stir up,

Oh stir up my soup for me!

(Students take turns adding silly ingredients to our "soup")

Stick Songs (songs with beat motions for rhythm sticks)

This is the way we tap our sticks

Tap our sticks, tap our sticks

This is the way we tap our sticks

So early in the morning

The sticks on the bus go tap, tap, tap

Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap

The sticks on the bus go ta p, tap, tap

All through the town!

If you're happy and you know it tap your sticks

If you're happy and you know it tap your sticks

If you're happy and you know it

And you really want to show it

If you're happy and you know it tap your sticks!

The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (a song story acted out with a puppet)

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

I don't know why she swallowed that fly...

Perhaps she'll cry!

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider

That wiggled and giggled and tickled inside her ...

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

I don't know why she swallowed that fly...

Perhaps she'll cry!

(The song continue s through many verses - bird, cat, dog, goat, cow, horse)

Turkey Songs (songs for beat motions with turkey puppets)

Turkey Strut

See all the turkeys up in a tree,

All the little turkeys like to hide from me.

Please stay still, don’t make a sound.

You’ll see all the turkeys as they strut around!

All the little turkeys go gobble, gobble,

All the little turkeys go just like this.

All the little turkeys go wobble, wobble.

All the little turkeys go just like this

A Turkey

A turkey, a turkey,

A big, fat, handsome turkey.

His tail he spreads, he nods his head

A wobble, wobble, wobble.

He struts around and makes this sound:

Gobble, gobble gobble!

Turkey on the Farm

The turkey on the farm goes gobble gobble gobble

Gobble gobble gobble, gobble gobble gobble

The turkey on the farm goes gobble gobble gobble,

All through the farm!

Twinkle Twinkle (a song with beat motions and to practice loud and soft singing)

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Two Little Blackbirds (a finger play)

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill

One named Jack and the other named Jill

Fly away Jack, fly away Jill

Come back Jack, come back Jill!