Children Songs by Barbara Pratt

Pratt's Educational Resources
Children's Music

If you don't know the tune of these songs, go to: NIEHS Kids Sing Along Songs, Children's Songs and Kid Songs.

There Are Five Vowels

There are fi-ve vowels.
(C C C D E)

A E I O U
(E D E F G)

These are th-e vowels.
C G E C C

A E I O U
(G F E D C)

I Have Many Types of Feelings

Tune of: "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

I have many types of feelings,
B A G A B B B B

Types of feelings, types of feelings,
A A A A B B B B

I have many types of feelings,
B A G A B B B B

Happy ones or sad ones.
A A B A G G

Replace other feelings in the above line:
e.g. silly, angry, glad, etc.

The Leaves on The Tree
Tune of: The Wheels on The Bus
Copyright © 2000, 2004 Barbara Pratt. All rights reserved.

Use this song with Fall Leaves Fall! Science Activity or Fall Leaves Fall! Book Activities.

The leaves on the tree are falling down,
falling down, falling down.
The leaves on the tree are falling down,
Red, yellow, orange, and brown.

(Have the children pretend they are crunching leaves on the ground while singing this verse.)

The leaves on the ground go crunch, crunch, crunch
crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch.
The leaves on the ground go crunch, crunch, crunch.
All through the fall.

Repeat verse 1

My Colors
Cut animals, shapes, or any other type of design using felt or construction paper to sing this song. Put the number on the back so you know which color comes first. Laminate or use clear laminate paper.

Tune of: "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

Black, blue, brown,
C C G G A A G

gray, green, orange,
F F E E D D C

pink, purple, red
G G F F EED

white, and yellow.
G G F F E E D

These are some of my colors.
C C G G A A G

There are so many more.
F E E D D C

Ten Little Apples
Copyright 2000 Barbara Pratt. All rights reserved.

Tune of: "Ten Little Indian Boys"

One little, two little, three little apples.
Four little, five little, six little apples.
Seven little, eight little, nine little apples.
Ten little apples there are.

Ten little, nine little, eight little apples.
Seven little, six little, five little apples.
Four little, three little, two little apples.
One little apple.

Tune of: "Ten Little Indian Boys"
Use this song with How Many Apple Seeds?.

One little, two little, three little apple seeds.
Four little, five little, six little apple seeds.
Seven little, eight little, nine little apple seeds.
Ten little apple seeds there are.

Ten little, nine little, eight little apple seeds.
Seven little, six little, five little apple seeds.
Four little, three little, two little apples seeds.
One little apple seed.

If you don't know the tune of this song, go to: Old MacDonald

Tune of: "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"

There are so many stars, Way up in the sky.
G G GD E E D B B A A G

I will try to count all the stars, way up in the sky.
D G G G D E E D B B A A G

With a star here, and a star there, here a star, there a star, everywhere a star.
D D G G D D G G G G G G G G G G G G G

There are so many stars, Way up in the sky.
G G GD E E D B B A A G
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(Repeat the 1st two lines.)

There is one here, and one there, here a star, there a star, everywhere a star.
D D G G DD G G G G G G G G G G G G G

There are so    many stars, Way up in the sky.
G       G   GD E   E D       B      B A A   G
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(Repeat the 1st two lines.)
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There are two here, and two there, here are two, there are two, everywhere are stars.
D       D   G    G      DD G    G      G     G   G     G      G   G     G G G        G G