Christmas Songs #5 : 5 Little Christmas Trees

If you search for this one online you will find many a different version of this song/finger rhyme.  You will also find some activity worksheets and other resources.

You may be wondering why I am posting about this one.  After all I am trying to post original songs, mostly written by yours truly.  However this is a song/finger rhyme that I have been using for years and it is always a crowd pleaser and the kids love it too.  So I feel I have to add it to my list here as well.

Five Little Christmas Trees is one of those ones you can show off to the parents at the Christmas concert.  Pick five kids to be the trees and get someone to play the ax.  Sing it or just speak it.  There is no wrong way to perform this one.  Make it a little more peppy or change the words a little to suit your needs/tastes.  Just have fun with it!

Here is my printable version of the text.  I hope you and the kids enjoy it! 

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Food Songs #1 : Lunchtime

I don't even remember having to say Grace as a child so it was a weird thing to see and hear when I started working in Kindergarten.  It wasn't a religious thing but it was a ritual and table manners.  I learnt to enjoy the little chants or songs and tried to find suitable English versions.

It wasn't easy finding anything that wasn't slightly religious or too difficult.  With a little thought I came up with this simple rhyme that the kids enjoyed for years : Yum Yum

Of course I got bored with the same old and with some inspiration (from somewhere on the internet) I came up with this little ditty sung to the well know tune 'If you are Happy and you know it' :  Hungry as a Bear

There are some great German lunch songs/ Graces which are called Tischsprüche.  Most of these rhymes don't translate very well into English but one we used did and while it isn't the easiest one to remember it is fun and teaches the directions on a compass ; The Way to Eat

A work colleague of mine recently introduced me to two more Lunch songs.  The first one is a simple 'repeat after me' to the tune of Frere Jacques : Are you Hungry?   The second is more of a poem.  I have heard it before but never had the text to pass on : One Little Mouth

I am working on finding/writing some new songs for lunchtime.  If you have any you want to share then feel free to post them in the comments section of this post.

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