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Spring Nursery Rhymes and Songs for Tots

Every year I say that spring is my favourite time of the year until summer comes along and then I switch to that season. However, after the winter this year I’m glad to see the flowers start to appear, the animals wake up from hibernation and the baby animals in the fields. Singing songs and saying rhymes with your children is a great way to introduce them to the season and some of the things that happen and change as well as spend time connecting and helping them develop literacy and number sense from an early age. These rhymes below are some of our favourite spring songs and nursery rhymes ideal to sing with your babies, toddlers, preschoolers and bigger kids.

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Spring Songs for Children

Many of these songs and rhymes are adaptations from existing rhymes whereas others are classic British nursery rhymes that have stood the test of time and are perfect for singing and having a springtime dance together in springtime. I have included lyrics to the rhymes and embedded a video from YouTube that you can watch with your child and see the lyrics below! So check out these toddler and preschool spring songs perfect for fun as you and your little ones explore the wonders of spring.

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Five Little Speckled Frogs

Create your own puppets to use in circle time or with your child for the popular children's rhyme Five Little Speckled Frogs. These easy to make puppets are perfect for playing with and helping your child recognise numbers and count aloud as they sing the rhyme.

Want to make the puppets pictured above? DIY 5 Little Speckled Frog Puppets

Our all-time favourite song that I must have sung a million times a day when I had toddlers it’s also perfect for spring time especially as all of the frogs appear and the ponds and puddles are teeming with frogspawn and then tadpoles.

5 Little Speckled Frogs,
Sat on a speckled log,
Eating some most delicious bugs,
YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool
And now there are 1, 2, 3, 4 green speckled frogs!

4 Little Speckled Frogs,
Sat on a speckled log,
Eating some most delicious bugs,
YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool
And now there are 1, 2, 3 green speckled frogs!

3 Little Speckled Frogs,
Sat on a speckled log,
Eating some most delicious bugs,
YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool
And now there are 1, 2 green speckled frogs!

2 Little Speckled Frogs,
Sat on a speckled log,
Eating some most delicious bugs,
YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool
And now there is only 1 green speckled frogs!

1 Little Speckled Frogs,
Sat on a speckled log,
Eating some most delicious bugs,
YUM YUM!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool
And now there are NO green speckled frogs!

Read Next: Frog Themed Books and Frog Crafts and Activities

5 Little Ducks

Another animal-themed spring nursery rhyme. When the ponds are teeming with frogs there are also little fluffy ducklings all over the place following their parents and this song is perfect for singing after feeding the ducks or just seeing them out and about.

5 Little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mamma Duck said
“Quack Quack Quack Quack!”
And only 4 little ducks came swimming back.

4 Little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mamma Duck said
“Quack Quack Quack Quack!”
And only 3 little ducks came swimming back.

3 Little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mamma Duck said
“Quack Quack Quack Quack!”
And only 2 little ducks came swimming back.

2 Little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mamma Duck said
“Quack Quack Quack Quack!”
And only 1 little duck came swimming back.

1 Little duck went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mamma Duck said
“Quack Quack, Quack Quack!”
And no little ducks came swimming back.

Read Next: Five Little Ducks Sensory Bin

Mary Had a Little Lamb

This classic Nursery Rhyme is great to sing with babies and older toddlers.

Mary had a little lamb,
Little lamb, little lamb!
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went.
Everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go!

He followed her to school one day,
School one day, school one day!
He followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule!
It made the children laugh and play,
Laugh and play, laugh and play.
It made the children laugh and play,
To see a lamb at school!

Read Next: Mary Had a Little Lamb Craft

Discover more spring crafts that you can make with your toddlers and preschoolers.

It’s raining, it’s pouring

With spring being so unpredictable with the weather you can guarantee that there will be a few April showers, when it does start then sing this little nursery song with your little ones.

It’s raining, it’s pouring,
The old man is snoring!
He went to bed,
And bumped his head!
And couldn’t get up in the morning!

Ladybird, ladybird

Every spring as the weather warms up our garden seems to come alive with ladybirds or ladybugs and my children love singing this song as they hold them.

Ladybird, ladybird,
Fly away home!
Your house is on fire,
And your children are gone!

Read Next: Ladybird crafts and activities for kids

Check out our best books about spring for even more seasonal reading and picture books for your kids.

Daffodils

The first sign of spring in our garden is always the daffodils that open their bright yellow, white and orange heads and brighten up from early March. This song is such a fun little song to sing.

One little daffodil had nothing much to do,
Out popped another one, then there were two.
Two little daffodils were smiling at a bee,
Out popped another one, then there were three.
Three little daffodils were growing by the door,
Out popped another one, then there were four.
Four little daffodils were glad to be alive,
Out popped another one, then there were five.
Five little daffodils were wearing golden crowns,
They danced in the breeze in green satin gowns.

Read Next: Paint Daffodils with your toddlers and preschoolers

Little Bo-Peep

Growing up this was possibly my favourite in my old nursery rhyme book there were some beautiful illustrations to accompany the stances.

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And doesn’t know where to find them!
Leave them alone,
And they’ll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.

Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,
And dreamt she heard them bleating!
But when she awoke, she found it a joke,
For they were still a-fleeting.

Then up she took her little crook,
Determined for to find them!
She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
For they’d left their tails behind them.

It happened one day, as Bo-Peep did stray,
Into a meadow hard by,
There she espied their tails side by side,
All hung on a tree to dry.

She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks went rambling,
And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should,
To tack each again to its lambkin!

Check out our Spring Bucket List for Toddlers with FREE Printable to find fun activities to do together this spring.

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Cerys Parker

Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, teacher, mum, and home educator from the UK. She loves getting creative, whether it is with simple and easy crafts and ideas, activities to make learning fun, or delicious recipes that you and your kids can cook together you'll find them all shared here on Rainy Day Mum.

One Comment

  1. Anonymous says:

    i loved thse nurseryt rhymes

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