Show your kids the beauty of a blossoming flower in song form! These melodies are easy-to-learn and sure to capture their imagination. Take your kids for an outside lesson that will have them humming these tunes every spring!
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A Song of Flowers
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Sing a Song of Sixpence”
Sing a song of flowers, flowers all around.
Flowers that are growing, growing in the ground
Flowers of each color make a pretty view.
Red and orange and yellow.
And blue and purple, too.
Dandelions
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
Once there was a dandy lady, Dandy lady, dandy lady,
Once there was a dandy lady, Who loved to dance, they say.
She had beautiful hair of gold,……..
………. And loved to dance all day.
As time passed by and she grew old,……..
……… Her hair all turned to grey.
Now when the dandy lady dances,……..
………Her hair all blows away.
Plants
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: “The Farmer In The Dell”
The farmer plants the seeds
The farmer plants the seeds
Hi, Ho and Cherry O
The farmer plants the seeds
The rain begins to fall
The sun begins to shine
The plants begin to grow
The buds all open up
The flowers smile at me
Flower Garden
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “The Farmer In The Dell”
The farmer plants the seeds
The Farmer plants the seeds
Hi, Ho and Cheery O
The farmer plants the seeds.
(Use the following verses.)
The sun begins to shine
The rain begins to fall
The plants begin to grow
The flowers smile at us
Parts of the Plants
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
All kinds of plants that grow and grow and grow.
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place.
The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place.
The roots store food and water too.
The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place.
The stem moves water up the plant, up the plant.
The stem moves water up the plant, up the plant.
The stem brings water to the leaves.
The stem moves water up the plant, up the plant.
The leaves soak up the sun, soak up the sun.
The leaves soak up the sun, soak up the sun.
The sun helps the plant to grow and grow and grow.
The leaves soak up the sun, soak up the sun.
The flower grows into a fruit, into a fruit.
The flower grows into a fruit, into a fruit.
Inside the fruit are little, tiny seeds.
The flower grows into a fruit, into a fruit.
I’m a Little Flower Pot
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “I’m a Little Teapot”
I’m a little flower pot mom put out (point to self)
If you take care of me, I will sprout. (nod head, point to self)
When you water me, I will grow (make sprinkling motions w/ right hand)
Into a pretty flower, don’t you know! (raise left hand slowly up from
floor, make wide circle with hands or arms)
Daffodil Song
Original Author: Unknown
Yellow yellow daffodil, dancing in the sun..
oh yellow , yellow daffodil, you tell me spring has come.
I can hear a blue bird sing, and hear a robin call.
but yellow yellow daffodil I love you most of all.
Relaxing Flowers
Original Author: Unknown
Five little flowers standing in the sun (hold up five fingers)
See their heads nodding, bowing one by one? (bend fingers several times)
Down, down, down comes the gentle rain (raise hands, wiggle fingers and lower
arms to simulate falling rain) And the five little flowers lift their heads up again! (hold up five fingers)
Daffodils Fingerplay
Original Author: Unknown
(Show fingers or make daffodil puppets from cupcake liners and craft sticks!)
One little daffodil had nothing much to do,
Out popped another one, then there were two.
Two little daffodils were smiling at a bee,
Out popped another one, then there were three.
Three little daffodils were growing by the door,
Out popped another one, then there were four.
Four little daffodils were glad to be alive,
Out popped another one, then there were five.
Five little daffodils were wearing golden crowns,
They danced in the breeze in green satin gowns.
I’m a Little Flower Seed
Original Author: Unknown
I’m a little flower seed.
I’m planted in the earth.
I feel the sun come down on me to warm this big old earth. (children sit and tuck in their heads and knees to look like a ball)
The rain begins to come and gets rid of my big thirst. (wiggle fingers in the air in a downward motion)
I then became a big and pretty flower so you can pick me first. (children stand up)
Flowers
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Pop! Goes the Weasel”
All around the forest ground
There’s flowers everywhere.
There’s pink, yellow, and purple too.
Here’s one for you.
Tulips
Original Author: Unknown
Five little tulips bright and gay, (hold up fingers and thumb on one hand)
Let us water them each day. (make sprinkle motion with other hand)
Watch them open in the bright sunlight. (cup hand, then open it)
Watch them when it is night. (close hand again)
Flowers Tall and Small
Original Author: Unknown
Flowers tall, (let tall fingers stand up)
Flowers small, (let little finger and thumb stand up)
Count them one by one,
Blowing with the breezes
In the springtime sun!
1,2,3,4,5 (touch each finger as you count)
Three Little Tulips
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Six Little Ducks”
Three little tulips I once grew,
A white one, a pink one, a red one too.
One little tulip grew, grew, grew.
It grew taller than the other two,
The other two, the other two.
It grew taller than the other two!
I’m a little Daisy
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “I’m a Little Teapot”
I’m a little daisy
Tall and slim (Stand on tiptoes)
Here are my petals (Place hands on side of head & wiggle fingers)
Here is my stem (Hold arms down at sides of legs)
When the sun comes up (Make sun with arms)
And the rain comes down (Flutter hands to floor like rain-end in crouching position)
I grow, grow, grow- up from the ground! (slowly raise up bring hand over head)
A Little Sun
Original Author: Unknown
A little sun (hold arms above head)
A little rain (wiggle fingers in the air in a downward motion)
Now pull up all the weeds (pretend to pull weeds)
Our flowers grow, all in a row (hold up all ten fingers lined up like flowers)
From tiny little seeds. (hold thumb and finger to show size of seeds)
Here’s a Little Flower
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Did You Ever See a Lassie?”
There’s a little flower,
A flower, a flower.
There’s a little flower
On my garden path.
A flower so neat!
It’s a rose so sweet.
There’s a little flower
On my garden path.
(Continue singing additional verses to the song, replacing the word “rose” in the second verse with hollyhock, marigold, zinnia, daisy, bluebell, lily, peony, pansy, tulip, and sunflower.)
Five Spring Flowers
Original Author: Unknown
Five spring flowers, all in a row.
The first one said, “We need rain to grow!”
The second one said, “Oh my, we need water!”
The third one said, “Yes, it is getting hotter!”
The fourth one said, “I see clouds in the sky.”
The fifth one said, “I wonder why?”
Then BOOM went the thunder
And ZAP went the lightning!
That springtime storm was really frightening!
But the flowers weren’t worried�no, no, no, no!
The rain helped them to grow, grow, GROW!