Engage preschoolers with this robust collection of 28 apple songs perfect for circle time, transitions, and classroom activities. These upbeat tunes will have children singing and learning about all things apple, including picking apples, eating apples, and making applesauce.
Apple Poem
Original Author: Unknown
Apples big,
Apples small.
Guess what?
I like them all.
Five Red Apples
Original Author: Unknown
Five red apples hanging in a tree (Hold up five fingers)
The juiciest apples you ever did see.
The wind came by and gave an angry frown (Fingers flutter downward)
And one little apple came tumbling down (One finger falls)
Four red apples, hanging in a tree, etc.
Five Little Apples
Original Author: Unknown
Five little apples hung on a tree
The farmer didn’t care
So guess who came to eat?
A CATERPILLAR…….MUNCH, MUNCH
Four little apples hung on a tree
The farmer didn’t care
So guess who came to eat?
A BIRD………MUNCH, MUNCH
Three little apples hung on a tree
The farmer didn’t care
So guess who came to eat?
A PIG……….MUNCH,MUNCH
Two little apples hung on a tree
The farmer didn’t care
So guess who came to eat?
A HORSE…….MUNCH,MUNCH
One little apple hung on a tree
The farmer didn’t care
So guess who came to eat?
A SCARECROW……MUNCH,MUNCH
Now the tree is bare
There are no more apples there
But when next fall comes around
Guess who’ll be there?
THE CATERPILLAR
THE BIRD
THE PIG
THE HORSE
and the SCARECROW
YUM!YUM
All Around The Apple Tree
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Mulberry Bush”
Here we go round the apple tree, the apple tree, the apple tree
Here we go around the apple tree
On a frosty morning.
This is the way we climb the ladder
-pick the apples
-wash the apples
-peel the apples
-cook the apples
Climbing Up The Apple Tree
Original Author: Unknown
Climbing up the apple tree, (climb in place)
Swinging on a limb! (Raise arms above head, away left and right)
If I hear a robin, I may (cup hand near ear)
Sing along with him! (sing tra la la)
‘And Robin, if you fly away, (Put hands over eyes)
Here’s what I think I’ll do: (Point with index finger)
I’ll wish a pair of sparrow wings (gently flap arms at side and move around)
And fly away with you!
Here Is An Apple
Original Author: Unknown
(make circle with thumb and pointer) Here is an apple
(make circle with other thumb and pointer) and here is an apple
(Make circle with arms) and a great big apple I see
Now let’s count the apples we’ve made
(repeat above actions) 1 – 2 – 3 !
Ten Red Apples
Original Author: Unknown
(Both hands high) Ten red apples grow on a tree
(Dangle one hand and then the other) Five for you and five for me.
(Shake body) Let us shake the tree just so
(Hands fall) And ten red apples will fall below
(Count ea. finger) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.
Ten Red Apples
Original Author: Unknown
Here I have five apples. (hold up five fingers on right hand)
And here are five again. (hold up both hands)
How many apples altogether?
Why, five and five make ten!
Eat An Apple
Original Author: Unknown
Eat an apple; (Bring right hand to mouth)
Save the core. (Close right hand in fist)
Plant the seeds. (Bend down touch hand to ground)
And grow some more. (Extend both arms out)
Apple Rhyme
Original Author: Unknown
Apples, apples, good to eat.
Apples, apples, juicy and sweet.
Pick them off a tree, buy them at a store,
Apples, apples, WE WANT MORE!
Five Red Apples
Original Author: Unknown
Five red apples in a grocery store
Bobby bought one & then there were 4
Four red apples on an apple tree
Susie ate one & then there were 3
Three red apples. What did Alice do?
Why she ate one & then there were 2
Two red apples ripening in the sun
Tommy ate one, & now there was one
One red apple & now we are done
I ate the last one & now there are none!
Red Apple
Original Author: Unknown
A little red apple
Hung high in a tree
I looked up at it
And it looked down at me
“Come down, please” I called
And what do you suppose
That little red apple
Dropped right on my nose!
Apple On A Stick
Original Author: Unknown
Apple on a stick, apple on a stick
I can lick it all day and not get sick.
Apple in a cup, apple in a cup
I can drink it all day and not fill up.
Apple in a crunch, apple in a crunch
I can eat it all day, it is so good to munch
Apple in a cake, apple in a cake
I can eat it all day with no tummy ache
Apple in a pie, apple in a pie
I can eat it all day and never cry.
Apple in a dish, apple in a dish
I can eat it all day, it’s so delish!
Apple up High
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
Apple, apple, way up high,
I can reach you if I try.
Climb a ladder,
Hold on tight.
Pick you quickly
Take a bite.
Have You Ever Seen And Apple?
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Have You Ever Seen A Lassie?”
Have you ever seen an apple, an apple, an apple,
Have you ever seen an apple, that grows on a tree?
A red one, a yellow one, a red one, a yellow one.
Have you ever seen an apple, that grows on a tree?
Have You Ever Had An Apple?
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Have You Ever Seen A Lassie”
Have you ever had an apple, an apple, an apple?
Have you ever had an apple and heard it go ‘crunch’?
Have you ever had an orange, an orange, an orange? Have you ever had an
orange and heard it go ‘slurp’?
Have you ever had a banana, a banana, a banana? Have you ever had a
banana and heard it go ‘mush’
Two Red Apples
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “This Old Man”
Way up high, in a tree (raise hands over head)
Two red apples smiled at me (smile)
So I shook that tree as har-r-d as I could (Pretend to shake tree)
Down came the apples, Ummm, they were good!!!! (Rub tummy)
Picking Apples!
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Frere Jacque”
Picking apples
Picking apples
One by one
One by one
Apples
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “twinkle twinkle”
Apple, apple tree so tall,
I can hardly wait till fall!
When your apples I can pick,
Fill my basket, eat them quick.
Apple, apple tree so tall,
I can hardly wait till fall!
Apple ,apple tree so fair,
What do I see growing there!
Green and round and plump and sweet,
Soon they will be good to eat.
Apple, apple tree so fair,
What do I see growing there!
Do you know the Apple Man?
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “the muffin man”
Oh, do you know the apple man,
the apple man,
the apple man?
Oh, do you know the apple man
who likes to play with me?
Oh, he has a great big smile,
a great big smile,
a great big smile,
Oh, he has a great big smile
and likes to play with me.
Continue with other verses that the children make up about the apple man.
Applesauce
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Yankee Doodle”
Peel an apple,
cut it up,
cook it in a pot.
When you taste it
you will find
it’s applesauce you’ve got!
Look at the Apple
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “the mulberry bush”
Look at the apple I have found,
so fat and rosy on the ground.
Mother will wash it and
cut it in two
half for me and half for you.
A Little Apple Seed
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Itsy, Bitsy Spider”
Once a little apple seed was planted in the ground
Down came the raindrops, falling all around.
Out came the big sun, bright as bright could be
And that little apple seed grew to be an apple tree!
Apples Are Falling
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Are You Sleeping?”
Apples are falling, apples are falling
From the tree, from the tree.
Pick up all the apples, pick up all the apples,
One. two, three; one, two,. three.
(Use appropriate motions for actions)
A Wiggly Worm
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Boom! Boom! Ain’t It Great to Be Crazy?”
Chorus:
Yum! Yum! Don’t you know I love apples?
Yum! Yum! Don’t you know I love apples?
Red and green and yellow, too…
Yum! Yum! Don’t you know I love apples?
Verse 1
Way up high in an apple tree, I saw two eyes look at me.
I reached for an apple; it started to squirm…oops! I found a wiggly worm!
Chorus
Verse 2
That wiggly worm is a friend of mine. We eat apples all the time.
I let him crawl back to that tree… hey! I see that worm looking at me!
Chorus
Apple
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Bingo”
I know a fruit that grows on trees,
An apple is its name, oh!
(Chorus)
A. P. P. L. E.
A. P. P. L. E.
A. P. P. L. E.
An apple is its name, oh!
In summer and in early fall
It’s time to pick an apple!
Chorus
It may be sweet or may be tart,
It’s red, or green, or yellow!
Chorus
A McIntosh or Granny Smith,
A Winesap or Delicious!
Chorus
Make applesauce or apple juice
Or apple pie with apples!
Chorus
Apple Was Its Name-O
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Bingo”
I know a fruit that’s good to eat and apple was it’s name O!
A-P-P-L-E! A-P-P-L-E! A-P-P-L-E! And apple was it’s name-O!
I know a fruit that’s good to eat and apple was it’s name O!
Crunch-P-P-L-E! Crunch-P-P-L-E! Crunch-P-P-L-E And apple was it’s name-O! (etc, etc, etc.)
Apple Fingerplay
Original Author: Unknown
Five little apples lying on the floor.
I’ll roll one away, and that leaves four.
(make rolling motion with arms)
Four little apples hanging on a tree.
I’ll pick one off, and that leaves three.
(pick an imaginary apple)
Three little apples, I know what to do!
I’ll put one in my pocket, and that leaves two.
(pretend to put apple in pocket)
Two little apples sitting in the sun.
I’ll pick one up, and that leaves one.
(pretend to pick apple up off the floor)
One little apple waiting in my lunch.
I’ll eat it up with a crunch, crunch, crunch!
(pretend to take a big bite!)
When you hold a rosy apple, just pretend that you can see
Through its walls so round and shiny, to a sleeping family.
Mother dear and her brown babies cuddled up so cosily
Each one dreaming that some day, they would be an apple tree.