Show your children the importance of being surrounded with good friends through engaging songs! These easy melodies are quick to pickup and will leave your kids singing along with their good friends at circle time.
Make New Friends
Original Author: Unknown
This is a traditional Girl scout song:
Make new Friends, but keep the old
One is silver and the others gold.
Friend of Mine
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: ” Mary had a little lamb”
Will you meet a friend of mine?
Friend of mine?
Friend of mine?
Will you meet a friend of mine?
This is my friend _____________. (Fill in Name)
Let’s Find a Friend
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: “The farmer in the Dell”
Play Like you play Farmer in the Dell!
Let’s find a friend,
Oh let’s find a friend
Heigh Ho the Derry-O!
Let’s find a friend!
Pick a Child to start in the center
(______) find a friend,
(______) find a friend,
Heigh Ho The derry-o!
(______) find a friend.
Have the adults stand on the outside to make up the remainder of the circle so all the children get to be inside. Then Sing:
We all found a friend,
We all found a friend,
Heigh Ho! The derry-o!
We all found a friend.
If You’re Friendly…
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “If you’re happy and you know it”
If you’re friendly and you know it,
clap your hands.
If you’re friendly and you know it,
clap your hands.
If you’re friendly and you know it,
and you really want to show it,
If you’re friendly and you know it,
clap your hands!
Different Friends Song
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Love, love, love your friends,
Different as they seem.
Playing, laughing, joking, helping,
True friends are like a dream!
The more we get together
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Did You Ever See a Lassie?”
The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together, the happier will be.
For your friends are my friends,
And my friends are your friends,
The more we get together, the happier will be.
Do You Know?
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: “Muffin Man”
Do you know this friend of mine,
this friend of mine, this friend of mine?
Do you know this friend of mine,
At (your school’s name) today?
Friend Of Mine
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: ” Mary Had A Little Lamb”
Will you be a friend of mine,
Friend of mine, friend of mine?
Will you be a friend of mine
and (choose an action) around with me?