Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down
Traditional Music - Children's Song
This action song will give you and your students another fun way to enjoy and learn about Autumn. Ask the students to pretend to put on the autumn outdoor clothes and stand up.
Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
Autumn leaves are falling down, down down on the ground.
Students are standing, and holding their arms up high with
Their fingers wiggling like the leaves falling down. Begin to
Crouch down until they are as low as possible.
Rake them up and make a pile, make a pile, make a pile.
Rake them up and make a pile, guaranteed to make you smile.
Students stand up and pretend to rake the leaves. They
Stop raking and sing” guaranteed to make you smile”
While holding their fingers to their lips in a smiling grimace.
Jump into the pile of leaves, pile of leaves, pile of leaves
Jump into the pile of leaves, taking turns if you please.
Students jump up and down. They stop jumping and sing
“taking turns if you please” nice and strong.
Put a leaf in a book, in a book, in a book
Put a leaf in a book, in a few months take a look.
Students bend down, pretend to pick up a leaf and clap
Hands together as if closing the leaf in a book. Everyone
Sings “in a few months, take a look”.
Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
Autumn leaves are falling down, down down on the ground.
Students are standing, and holding their arms up high with
Their fingers wiggling like the leaves falling down. Begin to
Crouch down until they are as low as possible.
This song fades at the end. If you are doing it in a concert, you could use the fade to exit the stage. If you are in the classroom, you could have all the students follow the leader around your circle until the song ends.
This song is available on Shari and Jerry's Songs For Every Season.
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It's Autumn
Song Lyrics by Goatwhiskers
Roger Caban & Phil Ruff
It’s autumn, it’s autumn, it’s autumn, it’s autumn,
The leaves are falling one, two, three,
They cover the ground up to my knees
Change their colors to red and brown
We’re so happy you’re around
It’s autumn, it’s autumn, it’s autumn, it’s autumn,
We run and jump and rake them high
They almost touch the clear, blue sky
Next year when we have our spring
We’ll see more leaves that it brings
(repeat all)
It’s autumn, it’s autumn, it’s autumn, it’s autumn,
It’s fall
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Ten Little Skeletons
Song Lyrics by Steve Blunt
This song is available on Steve Blunt's There's a Vampire at My Door!
This song is also available as an Individual Song Download with Lyrics.
Hello my skeleton friends. We are all going to sing and play a song called "Ten Little Skeletons". You all have your rhythm sticks. Wooden sticks painted white to look like skeleton bones. So let's warm up the bones by doing a ten count all together please.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Excellent my skeleton friends!
One little, two little, three little skeletons,
Four little, five little, six little skeletons,
Seven little, eight little, nine little skeletons,
Ten little skeletons rattling bones!
(Teaching Tip: Have children sing and tap the beat on rhythm sticks.
Repeat with variations: slow, fast, loud, quiet, etc.)
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Jack-O-Lantern
Halloween Song Linda Brown
This song is available on Dr. Thomas Moore's "Sing a Song of Holidays"
I am a jack-o-lantern
With two triangle eyes.
My candle has been lighted.
I’m just a perfect size.
I used to be a pumpkin
So nice and fat and round.
I watch the children passing by,
But never make a sound.
Shhhhh Shhhhh Shhhhh Shhhhh
Shhhhh Shhhhh Shhhhh Shhhhh
(in descending scale order)
BOO!
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October
Song for Teaching About the Months - Listen and Learn
This song is available on Listen and Learn's The Months of the Year.
Traditional Music - Children's Song
This action song will give you and your students another fun way to enjoy and learn about Autumn. Ask the students to pretend to put on the autumn outdoor clothes and stand up.
Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
Autumn leaves are falling down, down down on the ground.
Students are standing, and holding their arms up high with
Their fingers wiggling like the leaves falling down. Begin to
Crouch down until they are as low as possible.
Rake them up and make a pile, make a pile, make a pile.
Rake them up and make a pile, guaranteed to make you smile.
Students stand up and pretend to rake the leaves. They
Stop raking and sing” guaranteed to make you smile”
While holding their fingers to their lips in a smiling grimace.
Jump into the pile of leaves, pile of leaves, pile of leaves
Jump into the pile of leaves, taking turns if you please.
Students jump up and down. They stop jumping and sing
“taking turns if you please” nice and strong.
Put a leaf in a book, in a book, in a book
Put a leaf in a book, in a few months take a look.
Students bend down, pretend to pick up a leaf and clap
Hands together as if closing the leaf in a book. Everyone
Sings “in a few months, take a look”.
Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
Autumn leaves are falling down, down down on the ground.
Students are standing, and holding their arms up high with
Their fingers wiggling like the leaves falling down. Begin to
Crouch down until they are as low as possible.
This song fades at the end. If you are doing it in a concert, you could use the fade to exit the stage. If you are in the classroom, you could have all the students follow the leader around your circle until the song ends.
This song is available on Shari and Jerry's Songs For Every Season.
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It's Autumn
Song Lyrics by Goatwhiskers
Roger Caban & Phil Ruff
It’s autumn, it’s autumn, it’s autumn, it’s autumn,
The leaves are falling one, two, three,
They cover the ground up to my knees
Change their colors to red and brown
We’re so happy you’re around
It’s autumn, it’s autumn, it’s autumn, it’s autumn,
We run and jump and rake them high
They almost touch the clear, blue sky
Next year when we have our spring
We’ll see more leaves that it brings
(repeat all)
It’s autumn, it’s autumn, it’s autumn, it’s autumn,
It’s fall
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Ten Little Skeletons
Song Lyrics by Steve Blunt
This song is available on Steve Blunt's There's a Vampire at My Door!
This song is also available as an Individual Song Download with Lyrics.
Hello my skeleton friends. We are all going to sing and play a song called "Ten Little Skeletons". You all have your rhythm sticks. Wooden sticks painted white to look like skeleton bones. So let's warm up the bones by doing a ten count all together please.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Excellent my skeleton friends!
One little, two little, three little skeletons,
Four little, five little, six little skeletons,
Seven little, eight little, nine little skeletons,
Ten little skeletons rattling bones!
(Teaching Tip: Have children sing and tap the beat on rhythm sticks.
Repeat with variations: slow, fast, loud, quiet, etc.)
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Jack-O-Lantern
Halloween Song Linda Brown
This song is available on Dr. Thomas Moore's "Sing a Song of Holidays"
I am a jack-o-lantern
With two triangle eyes.
My candle has been lighted.
I’m just a perfect size.
I used to be a pumpkin
So nice and fat and round.
I watch the children passing by,
But never make a sound.
Shhhhh Shhhhh Shhhhh Shhhhh
Shhhhh Shhhhh Shhhhh Shhhhh
(in descending scale order)
BOO!
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October
Song for Teaching About the Months - Listen and Learn
This song is available on Listen and Learn's The Months of the Year.