Winter Rhymes and Songs for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Embrace the chilly charm of winter with our heartwarming collection of Winter Nursery Rhymes and Songs, perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. Singing together isn’t just a delightful way to spend time with your little ones; it’s also a fantastic tool for speech development. Nursery rhymes and songs are rich in rhyming, rhythm, and descriptive language, making them ideal for young learners. As we welcome the snowy season, dive into our favorite winter-themed rhymes and songs.

Winter Nursery Rhymes and Songs

We’ve picked our favourite simple songs and rhymes for winter as they are a fun, engaging way to introduce your children to the wonders of the season, enhancing their language skills and nurturing a love for music and storytelling. Below, you’ll find the full lyrics and YouTube videos to our top picks for this frosty season.

Whether used in a classroom setting for circle time and to transition between activities or at home, these super simple songs offer a unique way to celebrate the season while supporting early development in toddlers, preschoolers, pre-K and Kindergarten kids. At the end of the post you will find links to some of our favourite Winter Crafts and Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers to do alongside these rhymes and songs.

So here you go our favorite winter songs that I just know you and your little ones will have so much fun learning, sings, and doing the actions for this year, so whether you are a preschool teacher, mom or grandparents we’ve got everything you need for your winter season songs and nursery rhymes here.

The North Wind Doth Blow

One of my favourite Nursery Rhymes for winter The North Wind Doth Blow is a classic British song featuring our lovely little red-breasted Robin which is one of the main winter birds in the UK.

The north wind doth blow and we will have snow,
and what will the poor Robin do then?
He’ll sit in a barn, and keep himself warm,
With his head hid under his wing, poor thing.

This YouTube video of the song (just audio) includes the other verses which are so sweet and share a little more of the season with your little ones.

Five Little Snowmen

There are two different versions of Five Little Snowmen is ideal to sing with your fingers to represent the five little snowmen especially if you use our little snowmen finger puppets check out below for the second version which is more like the Five Little Pumpkins Song that we love for Halloween.

Five little Snowmen standing in a line,
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
So fine!
Melt in the sunshine with a sigh!
We’ll see you next year!
Bye Bye!

As the snowman melts put down your finger and repeat the verse with four, then three, then two and then one snowman, making sure that you count 1, 2, 3, 4 etc.. as well and not all the way to 5.

Not sure how it goes? Check out the video below

Looking for more classic rhymes to sing with babies, toddlers and preschooler discover more here on Rainy Day Mum

I’m a little Snowman

Sung to the tune of I’m a Little Teapot, I’m a Little Snowman is a short and sweet rhyme ideal to use with actions as the snowmen gets ready to great the children.

I’m a little snowman, short and fat,
Here’s my scarf!
And here’s my hat!
When I see the snowflakes, hear me shout!
All you children, please come out!

Discover more action rhymes that you and your tots can sing and dance along to.

Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

Another classic British Nursery Rhyme one Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush in the original version is a cold and frosty morning perfect for singing in Winter with your tots.

Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush.
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
On a cold and frosty morning!

You can then add your own “winter” themed verses to this just singing along to the same tune. So “This is the way we put on our mittens”, or scarf, shovel the snow, build a snowman the possibilities are up to your imagination, just make up some actions to go with as well.

There’s not a video to watch for this version of the nursery rhyme but a beautiful sung version of it in the video below.

Come Sing a Song of Winter

Sang to the tune “Did you Ever See a Lassie?” Come Sing a Song of Winter is a quick and short song ideal for singing with preschoolers and toddlers.

Come sing a song of winter, of winter, of winter!
Come sign a song of winter, the cold days are here!
With Winter winds blowing, and cold cheeks a glowing!
Come sing a song of winter, the cold days are here!

This is a nursery rhymes sung when I was a child and I can remember my playschool teacher teaching it us. Here’s a version in a video for you to enjoy

Snowflake Snowflake

Another fun action rhyme for your toddlers and you to sing and dance to Snowflake Snowflake is sung to the tune of Teddy Bear Teddy Bear

Snowflake, snowflake, dance around!
Snowflake, snowflake, touch the ground!
Snowflake, snowflake, soft and white!
Snowflake, snowflake, snowball fight!
Snowflake, snowflake, in the air!
Snowflake, snowflake, EVERYWHERE!

Five Little Snowmen

This second version of Five Little Snowmen is like the classic Halloween Nursery Rhyme Five Little Pumpkins and is chanted in a similar way.

Five Little Snowmen on a snowy day,
The first one said, “Come on let’s play!”
The second one said, “Let’s stomp on the ground!”
The third one said, “Let’s roll it all around!”
The fourth one said, “Let’s run and run and run!”
The fifth one said, “I’m afraid I feel the sun”
“Oh, Dear” cried the snowmen, as they looked up at the sky!
And the Five Little Snowmen waved a fond goodbye!

CREATE YOUR OWN FIVE LITTLE SNOWMEN including a free printables.

Counting songs are a great way to help children learn some basic number skills discover our favourite counting rhymes to sing together

More Winter Songs and Rhymes

Would you like even more – we’ve put together a playlist on your YouTube channel of our favourite it includes some fun Little Snowflakes songs, Chubby Little Snowman, the Snowkey Pokey (get ready to move around with that one) and lots more that are ideal for the wintertime. So head on over now and don’t forget to subscribe to our channel whilst you are there.

Winter Crafts and Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Why not try some of these ideas alongside these rhymes.

• Snowman themed Crafts and Activities
• Snow and Ice Crafts and Activities
• Winter Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers