Circle Time Songs

The More We Get Together

The more we get together, together, together,
The more we get together, the happier we'll be.
Cause your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends.
The more we get together, the happier we'll be.

I Can Read Colors

Orange is an orange; yellow is the sun; brown is a bear; and purple
is a plum; red is an apple; green is a tree; black is an old man's hat;
I can read, listen to me!

I Like to Eat

I like to eat, I like to eat Apples and Bananas.
(Repeat using a different vowel sound on Apples and Bananas, i.e. Ipples and Baninis, epples and baneenees.)

BOOM CHICKA BOOM

Leader: I said boom chicka boom
Everyone repeats: Boom chicka boom
Leader: I said boom chicka boom
Everyone repeats: Boom chicka boom
Leader: I said boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom.
Everyone repeats: I said boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom.
Leader: Uh-huh
Everyone repeats: Uh-huh
Leaders: Oh, yeah.
Everyone repeats: Oh, yeah.
Leader: One more time.
Everyone repeats: One more time.
(Keep a steady beat; pat knees or clap. Leader starts chant, echoed by
the whole group. As each verse is repeated, try a different way to say it:
whisper, shout, baby voice, daddy voice, hold your nose, etc.)

We're So Glad

All: We're so glad to have you, we're so glad to have you.
We're so glad to have you, _______________.
Child: Thank you class, thank you class.
(continue using each child's name)

Be My Friend

Sung to "Mary had a little lamb"
Will you come and play with me, play with me, play with me?
Will you come and play with me? Please be my friend.

Where Is Thumbkin?

Where is Thumbkin, where is Thumbkin?
Here I am, here I am (bring thumbs up from behind back)
How are you today sir? Very well I thank you.
Run away, run away. (Put thumbs behind back one at a time.)
(continue, using rest of fingers: pointer, tall person, ring person, pinkie)

Colors

Sung to "Farmer in the Dell"
Oh, Mary is wearing blue; Oh, Mary is wearing blue.
High ho the derry oh, Mary is wearing blue.
(Continue using children's names and other colors.)

Here I Am

Sung to "Where is Thumbkin?"
Teachers: Where is _______________? (Child's name)
Where is _______________? (Child's name)
Child: Here I am, Here I am. (Child stands)

Hello Everybody!

Hello, everybody, it's so nice to be here.
My name is ______________ and I bring you good cheer.
We're gonna have a good time. We're gonna feel happy.
And all you have to do is repeat after me.
Put your hands on your head; put your hands on your knees;
Put your hands on your belly; put your hands on your lap.

Friends, Friends, 1, 2, 3

All my friends are here with me.
You're my friend, you're my friend, you're my friend, you're my
friend. Friends, friends, 1, 2, 3
All my friends are here with me.
Friends, friends, 1, 2, 3. If you're finished cleaning up come sit with me.
John's my friend, Susan's my friends, Samantha's my friend, Jamal's my friend.
Friends, friends, 1, 2, 3. If you're finished cleaning up come sit with me.

And One and Two

And..................1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8.
(Children clap hands on the numbers, stopping on 8. First time they do
it slowly; second time do it quickly. Change motions with each verse.)

Willaby, Wallaby

Willaby, wallaby woo........................an elephant sat on you.
Willaby, wallaby wee.........................an elephant sat on me.
Willaby, wallaby wustin...................an elephant sat on Justin.
Willaby, Wallaby Wamela...............an elephant sat on Pamela.

I'll Plant a Little Seed

Sung to "I'm a Little Teapot"
I'll plant a little seed in the dark, dark ground.
Out comes the yellow sun, big and round.
Down comes the cool rain, soft and slow.
Up comes the little seed, grow, grow, grow!

The Color Song

______________(child's name) has blue jeans, blue jeans, blue jeans
______________(child's name) has blue jeans on today.
(go around circle, describing an article of clothing for each child.)

5 Little Monkeys

5 little monkeys swinging in a tree,
Teasing Mr. Alligator, "you can't catch me, you can't catch me!"
Along comes Mr. Alligator, quiet as can be
And he SNAPS that monkey right out of that tree!
(repeat down to no more monkeys.)

5 Little Monkeys

5 little monkeys jumping on the bed.
One fell off and bumped his head.
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"
(repeat to one monkey and change the ending the last time to "That's
what you get for jumping on the bed!")

1 Little, 2 Little, 3 Little Children

1 little, 2 little, 3 little children; 4 little, 5 little, 6 little children;
7 little, 8 little, 9 little children; 10 little children, boys and girls.
Put them in a boat and the boat tipped over,
Put them in a boat and the boat tipped over,
Put them in a boat and the boat tipped over,
10 little children, boys and girls.
They swam and they swam till they got to the shore,
They swam and they swam till they got to the shore,
They swam and they swam till they got to the shore,
10 little children, boys and girls.

Paw Paw Patch

Where oh where are ______________ and _______________?
Where oh where are ______________ and _______________?
Where oh where are ______________ and _______________?
Way down yonder in the Paw Paw Patch.
Picking up paw paws and putting them in their pockets,
Picking up paw paws and putting them in their pockets,
Picking up paw paws and putting them in their pockets,
Way down yonder in the Paw Paw Patch.
(choose two children at a time.)

Open Shut Them

Open, shut them, open, shut them; give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open, shut them, open, shut them; lay them in your lap, lap, lap.
Creep them, crawl them, creep them, crawl them; right up to your chin.
Open wide your little mouth, but, do not let them in.

MMMMM-MMMMMM Box

I wish I had a _______ box to put my _________in.
I'd put him/her in and mmm-mmm-mmm, then s/he'd hop right out!
(sit on floor, child in lap. Tuck arms around child, give child big hug
on mmm-mmm-mmm; open arms as child hops out.)

Who Ate the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?

Who ate the cookies from the cookie jar? (leader)
________ ate the cookies from the cookie jar. (designate a child to select)
Who Me! (child)
Yes You! (group)
Couldnít Be! (child)
Then Who! (group)
The ìaccusedî child selects the next child.

Roll That Red Ball

Roll that red ball down to town,
Roll that red ball down to town,
Roll that red ball down to town,
So early in the morning.

A Color Song

Whenever (childsí name) has a green dress on, green dress on, green dress on,
Whenever (childís name) has a green dress on, we will sing a song for her.
(substitute different types of clothing.)

I Can Spell Cat

I can spell ìcatî, ìC - A - Tî,
I can spell ìratî, ìR - A - Tî,
I can spell ìhatî, ìH - A - Tî,
And I can spell hippopotamus.
H - I - P - P - O, I know and then comes
ìP - O - Tî, and then comes ìAî and ìM - U - Sî,
Can you spell just like me?

Who Are You?

Who, who, who are you?
It would be so fine.
If you tell me what your name is,
I will tell you mine.

I Am Special

I am special, I am special,
If you look, you will see.
Someone very special, someone very special,
That is me, that is me.
Sung to ìFreres Jacquesî

I See a Child

I see a child with a ____________ shirt on, a __________ shirt on.
I see a child with a ____________ shirt on.
Who is s/he?
(say boy or girl, pants, hair, shoes or shirt.)
Sung to "The Big Bad Wolf"

Two Little Hands

(All Standing)
Two little hands go clap, clap, clap,
Two little feet go tap, tap, tap,
Two little hands go thump, thump, thump (fists against floor)
Two little feet go jump, jump, jump,
One little body turns around,
One little child sits quietly down.
Sung to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"