Embrace the joy of singing with your preschoolers through these enchanting watermelon-themed songs! Each lyric in this collection is crafted to engage young minds, fostering a love for music and healthy eating. These songs, set to familiar tunes, are not only fun and easy for little ones to learn but also incorporate playful actions and educational elements. Ideal for circle time, snack time, or any playful moment in between, these watermelon songs are a refreshing addition to your preschool curriculum. Dive into the juicy world of watermelons and watch as your classroom blossoms with smiles, laughter, and learning!
Watermelon
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: “Frere Jacques”
Watermelon, watermelon
How it drips, how it drips
Up and down your elbows, up and down your elbows
Spit the pits! Spit the pits!
Watermelon ABC
Original Author Unknown
A-B-CDEWatermelon is good for me.
F-G-HIJI can eat it everyday.
P-Q-RSTRipe and very juicy
U-V-WXYYou will like it if you give it a try.
Z-Z-ZZZWatermelon is good for me.
Watermelon
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: “Are You Sleeping”
Watermelon, watermelon,
On the vine, on the vine,
Green and ripe and juicy,
Green and ripe and juicy,
Please be mine, Please be mine.
Watermelon Chant
Original Author Unknown
Bite – Bite – bite into the watermelon
Bite – bite – bite into the fruit, (repeat several times)
Juicy is the watermelon
Juicy is the watermelon
Juicy, juicy, juicy, juicy
Juicy is the fruit. (repeat several times)
The Watermelon Patch Song
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: “Are you Sleeping?”
Watermelon, (Make a circle with your arms.)
Watermelon,
On the vine, (Curve hands and arms beside body.)
On the vine,
Sweet and red and juicy, (Rub your tummy.)
Sweet and red and juicy,
Please be mine! (Palms together as though pleading.)
Please be mine!
Watermelon, (Make a circle with your arms.)
Watermelon,
Thump, thump, thump, (Make a thumping movement with thumb and middle finger.)
Thump, thump, thump,
I think you are ready- (Point, resting finger on your temple.)
I think you are ready-
Big and plump! (Make a circle with your arms.)
Bug and plump!
Watermelon Echo Song
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: “Frere Jacques”
Oh No (Oh No)
I just swallowed ( I just swallowed)
A watermelon seed ( a watermelon seed)
Will I grow a watermelon. ( will I grow a watermelon)
Deep in me? (deep in me?)
Oh no (Oh No)
that seed won’t grow (that seed won’t grow)
In my tummy (in my tummy)
There’s no rain or sunshine (there’s no rain or sunshine)
deep in me (deep in me)
Watermelon, Watermelon
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: “are you sleeping”
Watermelon, Watermelon
Tastes so yummy, tastes so yummy
Green on the outside
Red on the inside
With black seeds, with black seeds.
Picking Up Watermelons
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: “The Paw Paw Patch”
Pick up a watermelon, put it in the basket,
Pick up a watermelon, put it in the basket,
Pick up a watermelon, put it in the basket,
Way down yonder in the watermelon patch.
(have the children pretend to pick up watermelons and place them in a basket while singing the song).
Watermelon Dripping
Original Author Unknown
Watermelon, Watermelon,
Dripping down my chin, dripping down my chin. (run fingers down your chin)
Running down my elbows, running down my elbows, (run fingers down your elbows)
Spit the pit, spit the pit (pretend to spit the pit/seed into your hand, make spitting sound)
Strawberry, Bananas, Watermelon
Original Author Unknown
Sung to: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Strawberries, bananas, watermelon too;
Good for me and good for you!
They are tasty; they are sweet.
All are such a yummy treat.
Strawberries, bananas, watermelon too;
Good for me and good for you!