"Leaves Are Falling" Song

Leaves Are Falling
(Tune: Jingle Bells)

Leaves are falling, leaves are falling,
Falling on my nose!
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling,
Falling on my toes!
On my head! On my ears! 
Even my el-bows!
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling
When the brisk wind blows - Whoosh!

The Little Red Box Song

I found my teaching journal with ideas in it, and so here's another little song to help everyone learn everyone else's names.

The Little Red Box Song

(Tune: Polly Wolly Doodle)

Oh, I wish I had a little red box

To put (child’s name) in.

I’d take him/her out and ______(action*)

And put him/her back again.

*Shake, shake, shake              

Kiss, kiss, kiss                         

Hug, hug, hug 

Run, run, run    

Jump, jump, jump

Fly, fly, fly                     
Hop, hop, hop

Clap, clap, clap

Columbus Day Activity and Song

Here's a quick and easy Columbus Day handprint activity and song to celebrate!

In 1492

(Tune: "The Worms Crawl In, the Worms Crawl Out")

In fourteen hundred ninety-two
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
Columbus sailed the ocean blue

In fourteen hundred ninety-two.

(If you don't know the song, you can hear a children's version of the original tune here.)

"Let's Sing Hurray Today!" - A Cute and Short Alphabet Literacy Song

You can use this with every letter of the alphabet! Just change out the object words!

(Note: I'm not the author of this little ditty. It was shared by another teacher at a recent workshop.)

Let's Sing Hurray Today!

(Tune of “Farmer in the Dell”)

Let’s sing hurray for A,
Let’s sing hurray for A,
Let’s sing hurray for A today
Let’s sing hurray for A.
An apple starts with A,
Ants starts with A,
Let’s sing hurray for A today,
Let’s sing hurray for A.

Let’s sing hurray for B,
Let’s sing hurray for B,
Let’s sing hurray for B today
Let’s sing hurray for B.
A bat starts with B,
And ball starts with B,
Let’s sing hurray for B today,
Let’s sing hurray for B.

"Months of the Year" Song

After we do our calendar, we sing the "Months of the Year" Song.  Later in the school year I'll randomly pick a student to tell me what month comes after December, or before June (these little Q&A sessions are great time fillers for when you're waiting in line for something.)  Inevitably, you'll hear the student sing the song to himself in order to get the correct answer.


The "Months of the Year" Song
(Tune: "Ten Little Indians")

January
February
March and April
May, June, July, August
And September
October
November
And December
These are the months of year!

The "Walking in Line" Song

I have two of them.

(Tune - "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush")

This is the way we walk in line,
Walk in line,
Walk in line,
This is the way we walk in line
So early in the morning.
*(On Monday afternoon.)

This is the way we hold our hands,
Hold our hands,
Hold our hands,
This is the way we hold our hands,
So early in the morning.
*(On Monday afternoon.)

*If it's afternoon, substitute the day of the week.

(Tune - "Turkey in the Straw")

Put your hands in your pockets or behind your backs.
Put your hands in your pockets or behind your backs.
Put your hands in your pockets or behind your backs.
Show me, show me...right now! **

** This last line is to the "Shave and a Haircut, Six Bits" tune.

(P.S. His t-shirt reads "I love Monsters, Mud, and Mess.")

The "Magic Piece of Paper" Song

I discovered a long time ago that constantly telling the kids to pick their trash up off the floor wasn't working.  So I made a game out of it.  It's called the "Magic Piece of Paper".  In short, I sing the following song while the kids scramble to pick up that one piece of paper that will earn them a sticker for their reward chart.  What I really do is let them clean the floor spotless, and at the last second choose a child who picks up that last errant miniscule dust particle as the Winner.  Voila!  I have a clean floor!

The "Magic Piece of Paper" Song

(Tune: "If You're Happy and You Know It")

There's a magic piece of paper on the floor

There's a magic piece of paper on the floor

There's a magic piece of paper

There's a magic piece of paper

There's a magic piece of paper on the floor

Kinder Song - "The Days of the Week"

The "Days of the Week" Song
(Tune: BINGO)

In every week there's 7 days
And we all know their name-o
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
and Saturday is last.

(Sometimes we like to sing it backwards just for fun.)

In every week there's 7 days
And we all know their name-o
Saturday
Friday
Thursday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
and Sunday is the first!