15 Great Songs To Sing With Your Child

Looking for the perfect songs to sing with your children? Read on for our 15 top children’s songs.

Just like reading to your child, singing songs with them helps to boost their vocabulary and language skills. The act of singing songs helps children pick up on different sounds within words. This newfound skill helps young children sound out written words when they’re learning how to read

In this article I will share with you my 15 favourite children’s songs to sing with your children. 

Benefits of singing with your child:

• It makes them happy
• It improves mental health
• It teaches communication skills
• It helps to build a bond
• It helps with brain development
• The actions help build fine and gross motor skills
• and it’s just really fun!

1. If you’re happy and you know it

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it
Clap your hands

If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet
If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet
If you’re happy and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it
Stomp your feet

If you’re happy and you know it, pat your head
If you’re happy and you know it, pat your head
If you’re happy and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it
Pat your head

If you’re happy and you know it, shout “WE ARE”
If you’re happy and you know it, shout “WE ARE”
If you’re happy and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it
Shout “WE ARE”

2. Head, shoulders, knees and toes

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
And eyes, and ears, and mouth and nose
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.

3. Ten Green bottles

Ten green bottles hanging on the wall,
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,
There’ll be nine green bottles hanging on the wall.

Nine green bottles hanging on the wall,
Nine green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,
There’ll be eight green bottles hanging on the wall.

Eight green bottles hanging on the wall,
Eight green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,
There’ll be seven green bottles hanging on the wall.

Seven green bottles hanging on the wall,
Seven green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,
There’ll be six green bottles hanging on the wall.

Six green bottles hanging on the wall,
Six green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,
There’ll be five green bottles hanging on the wall.

Five green bottles hanging on the wall,
Five green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,
There’ll be four green bottles hanging on the wall.

Four green bottles hanging on the wall,
Four green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,
There’ll be three green bottles hanging on the wall.

Three green bottles hanging on the wall,
Three green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,
There’ll be two green bottles hanging on the wall.

Two green bottles hanging on the wall,
Two green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,
There’ll be one green bottles hanging on the wall.

One green bottles hanging on the wall,
One green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,
There’ll be no green hanging hanging on the wall.

4. Five little ducks

5. Five Speckled Frogs

Five little speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs.
YUM! YUM!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool,
Then there were four speckled frogs!
GLUB! GLUB!

Four little speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs.
YUM! YUM!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool,
Then there were three speckled frogs!
GLUB! GLUB!

Three little speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs.
YUM! YUM!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool,
Then there were two speckled frogs!
GLUB! GLUB!

Two little speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs.
YUM! YUM!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool,
Then there was one speckled frogs!
GLUB! GLUB!

One little speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs.
YUM! YUM!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool,
Then there was no speckled frogs!
GLUB! GLUB!

6. One, two, three, four, five

One, two, three, four, five,
once I caught a fish alive.
six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on the right.

7. This little piggy

This little piggy went to market,
this little piggy stayed at home.
This little piggy had roast beef,
this little piggy had none.
This little piggy cried ‘wee wee wee’ all the way home.

8. Dance to your daddy

Dance to your daddy, my little baby,
dance to your daddy, my little lamb!
You shall have a fishy, on a little dishy,
you shall have a fishy, when the boat comes in.

9. Baa, baa black sheep

Baa baa black sheep,
have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
three bags full.
One for my master,
one for my dame,
and one for the little boy,
who lives down the lane.

10. Twinkle, twinkle little star

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!

11. Old MacDonald had a farm

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O,
and on that farm he had some sheep,
E-I-E-I-O,
with a baa baa here and a baa baa there,
here a baa, there a baa,
everywhere a baa baa,
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O,
and on that farm he had some cows,
E-I-E-I-O,
with a moo moo here and a moo moo there,
here a moo, there a moon,
everywhere a moo moo
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O.

[Continue with various animals of your choice]

12. I’m a little teapot

I’m a little teapot,
short and stout,
here’s my handle (put your hand on your hip),
here’s my spout (put your other hand in the air to make a spout),
when the kettle’s boiling,
hear me shout,
tip me up (stand on your tip toes),
and pour me out! (Lean to the side and pretend to pour).

13. Incy wincy spider

Incy wincy spider,
climbed the water spout,
down came the rain (wiggle your fingers downwards in the air),
and washed poor Incy out,
out came the sunshine (spread your hands out above your child’s head),
and dried up all the rain,
Incy wincy spider,
climbed up the spout again.

14. Pat a cake

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man,
bake me a cake, as fast as you can,
pat it and prick it and mark it with ‘B’,
and put it in the oven for baby and me.

15. This old man

This old man, he played one,
He played knick-knack on my thumb;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played two,
He played knick-knack on my shoe;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played three,
He played knick-knack on my knee;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played four,
He played knick-knack on my door;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played five,
He played knick-knack on my hive;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played six,
He played knick-knack on my sticks;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played seven,
He played knick-knack up in heaven;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played eight,
He played knick-knack on my gate;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played nine,
He played knick-knack on my spine;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played ten,
He played knick-knack once again;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.