Fall is here and now is the time to start singing those apple themed songs with your preschoolers! There are so many great songs for kids that can make learning about apples so fun. We have several apple songs that are our favorite that we’d love to share with you.
Songs and fingerplays are so important to language development for young children. Singing helps children with vocabulary, literacy, and builds coordination. Plus they are great mood elevators and fun for everyone!
These are songs that I have been singing for years. Many are from my days working in a daycare center, over 15 years ago. The great thing about songs and fingerplays for preschoolers and toddlers is that they never get old! I may have sung these songs with young children 15+ years but they have stood the test of time and now are loved by the kids in my home daycare today!
Apple Themed Songs for Preschoolers
Way Up High in the Apple Tree
Way up high in the apple tree (reach up high, spread fingers pretending to be a tree)
Five little apples smiled down at me (Put fingers on cheeks make smile or make circles with hands and put around eyes, like pretending to have binoculars)
I shook that tree as hard as I could (pretend to shake the tree)
Down came the apples (bring hands down wiggling fingers, like failing rain)
Mmmmm, they were good! (rub tummy)
…4,3,2,1… All Gone!
A Little Apple Seed (Tune of “Itsy Bitsy Spider”)
Once a little apple seed was planted in the ground.
Down came the soft rain, falling all around.
Out came the sun as bright as bright could be
And that little apple seed grew to be an apple tree!!
Juicy Apples (Tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle”)
Apples juicy, Apples round,
On the tees and on the ground.
Apples yellow, Apples red,
Apple juice or pie and bread.
Apples crunchy, Apples sweet,
Apples are so good to eat!
Falling Apples (Tune of “London Bridge is Falling Down”)
See The Apples Falling Down (Use Arm Motions, Raise hands in air)
Falling down, Falling Down
See The Apples Falling Down
Down To The Ground
Pick The Apples And Throw Them Up
Throw Them Up, Throw Them Up
Pick The Apples And Throw Them Up
Up To The Sky
Do You Know the Apple Man? (Tune of “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.
Have you ever seen an Apple? (Tune of “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
Applesauce (Tune of “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!
Five Red Apples (Fingerplay)
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 (lower one finger)
Four red apples, hanging in a tree, (Hold up four 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 (lower one finger)
Three red apples, hanging in a tree, (Hold up three 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 (lower one finger)
Two red apples, hanging in a tree, (Hold up two 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 (lower one finger)
One red apple, hanging in a tree, (Hold up two 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 (lower one finger)
No red apples, hanging in a tree (Hold up a hand with all fingers down)
What are your favorite apple-themed songs for kids?
There are so many great songs out there. I know that there are tons that could be added to this list. If you have one you love please share it with us in the comments!
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