Exploring the world of healthy eating has never been more fun for toddlers! Our carefully curated list of 10 Vegetable Songs offers a delightful way for preschool educators to introduce the concept of nutritious food choices through music. Each song is packed with playful lyrics and melodies tailor-made for young children, making learning about vegetables an engaging and memorable experience. These toddler songs about food are not only entertaining but also educational, seamlessly blending fun with lessons on healthy eating habits. Ideal for circle time or as a playful learning tool, these songs will surely get your little ones excited about vegetables!
The Vegetable Song
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”
Carrots, Peas, and Broccoli,
Vegetables are good for me.
For my snack and in my lunch,
Veggie sticks are great to munch.
Carrots, Peas, and Broccoli,
Vegetables are good for me.
The Good Food Song
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Old MacDonald Had A Farm”
Vegetables are good for me,
EE I EE I O
And so I eat them happily,
EE I EE I O
With a carrot, carrot here,
and a carrot, carrot there
Here a carrot, there a carrot
Everywhere a carrot, carrot.
Vegetables are good for me,
EE I EE I O.
*Use your own creativity to add other vegetables
Vegetable Soup Song
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Farmer in the Dell”
The soup is boiling up
The soup is boiling up
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.
First we add the broth
First we add the broth
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.
Now we add some carrots
Now we add some carrots
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.
Continue with whichever vegetables you children want. Have the children stand around a large imaginary pot pretending to stir the soup.
Vegetables
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
We are pumpkins, big and round
Big and round, big and round
We are pumpkins, big and round
Seated on the ground.
We are string beans, green and fine…..
Growing on a vine.
We are onions, round and white….
We make soup taste right.
We are carrots, orange and long…
Help us sing our song.
We are cabbage, green or red….
See our funny head.
We are corn stalks, tall and straight….
Don’t we just taste great.
I Like Veggies
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: “Are You Sleeping?”
I like veggies, I like veggies.
Do you too? Do you too?
I like corn and carrots, I like corn and carrots.
And peas too! And peas too!
Vegetable Soup Song
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Farmer in the Dell”
The soup is boiling up
The soup is boiling up
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.
First we add the broth
First we add the broth
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.
Now we add some carrots
Now we add some carrots
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.
Continue with whichever vegetables you children want. Have the children stand around a large imaginary pot pretending to stir the soup.
OH, Do You Eat Your Vegetables?
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Muffin Man”
Oh do you eat your vegetables, vegetables, Vegetables?
Oh, do you eat your vegetables-each and every day?
Oh, yes we eat our vegetables, vegetables, vegetables:
Oh yes we eat our vegetables-each and every day!
To continue the song, ask each child in turn to name a vegetable. Substitute the child’s name and her vegetable choice, and have everyone sing the new words. For example:
Oh Janet eats green beans, green beans, green beans,
Oh Janet eats green beans-each and every day!
I’m A Big Red Tomato
Original Author: Unknown
I’m a big red tomato
Growing on a vine,
A big re tomato
Looking oh, so fine.
Now you can make good things with me-
Soup, juice, pizza, to name just three.
I’m a big red tomato
Growing on a vine.
Grow, grow, grow.
Soups On
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Sound Off”
Carrots, beans, and potatoes
Corn and peas and tomatoes
Mix and stir up in a pot.
Smells so good as it gets hot.
Soup’s on-1, 2.
Soup’s on-3, 4.
1, 2, 3, 4-Let’s eat a good treat!
The Green Beans Grew All Around
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “The Green Grass Grew All Around”
There was a hole (repeat)
In the middle of the ground. (repeat)
The prettiest hole (repeat)
That you ever did see. (repeat)
Well, a holes in the ground
And the green beans grew all around and around
And the green beans grew all around!
Well, in this hole (repeat)
There was a seed. (repeat)
The prettiest seed (repeat)
That you ever did see.
Well, a seed in the hole
And a hole in the ground
And the green beans grew all around and around
And the green beans grew all around!
Well, from this seed
There came a plant.
The prettiest plant
You ever did see.
Well, a plant from the seed
And a seed in the hole
And a hole in the ground
And the green beans grew all around and around
And the green beans grew all around!