A while ago I promised to post a list of songs I sing with my kids when shopping, at bedtime, or while in the car. I’m sorry it has taken this long! You can look them up on youtube if you haven’t heard the name before. You can make songs more fun by doing different things like singing in an opera voice.

My Bonnie lies over the ocean-We end this song holding out the last word as long and as high as we can go! We also vibrate our lips on the B as we sing the “Bring Back”. The kids also like to change it from Bonnie lies over the ocean to DADDY lies over the ocean or whoever else!

How much is that doggy in the window-My children like to choose different versions of this song by switching the dog for a cat in the window, or “how much is Clover in the window” since they now have a bunny named Clover.

Three little monkies swinging in the trees-This has hand actions, and I like to replace the words with the name of my kids so I would sing “One little Ali, swinging in the trees” and I would be the alligator tickling her when she gets snatched out of the tree!

Goin on a Bear Hunt!-such a fun song with so many different versions on youtube that are so funny!

I’m a Little Teapot-When we tip over at the end we tickle whoever we “tip on to” with our “spout”

I Had a Little Turtle, His Name Was Tiny Tim-We made up our own simple actions to this song.

Little Cabin in the Woods- We sing the regular version of this song and a “creepy” version where we sing it in a scary voice and eat the bunny at the end (because our family is silly ok 😉

Once There Was A Snowman

Popcorn Popping

Raindrops on Roses-I actually don’t know this whole song by heart by we sing what I can remember and do actions to the chorus that starts “When the dog bites…my daughter LOVES it”

The Ants Go Marching-Wow this song can get old, especially if more that one child picks it as their bedtime song! HOWEVER, we invented a shortened version of it that goes “The ants go marching one by two harra! harra! The ants go marching three by four harra! harra!, etc so it turns into a really short song to get to ten! (we punch the air with each harra and my 1 yr old LOVES it haha!)

Theme Songs To TV Shows- My kids are so funny that they want us to sing their favorite TV show song. My 1 yr old LOVES Fireman Sam so we sing that to him all the time and my 2 yr old daughter used to always want us to sing the song from Sophia the First.

I Love To Go To Grandma’s House-I tried looking this song up on youtube after learning it from a dear family friend but I just couldn’t find it so I will be making a video of us singing it to you! it is a very old and very cut song I wish all grandchildren could sing to their grandmothers whenever they go visit!

I am a Child of God- I used to sing this to my oldest when he was 2. He called it “Child of God BOO!” because we did a version where I would yell BOO at random times during the song and he absolutely loved it. I don’t know if that’s appropriate or not, but it sure taught him the song fast and he always asked for it.

Jesus want me for a Sunbeam!

Please share in the comments if you or your cuties have favorite songs you like to sing together so I can look them up or add them to the list! Happy Singing 😀   -Jexi