The Best Preschool Songs List for 2026

Need some fun songs to sing with preschoolers in the classroom or at home? This master list brings together songs and rhymes for just about every part of the preschool day, from traditional favourites to newer songs and rhymes.

There are ideas for:

• Action and movement songs
• Counting and number rhymes
• Finger plays
• Good morning songs
• Name Songs
• Transition Songs
• Clean-up songs
• Hand-washing songs
• Traditional nursery rhymes
• Bedtime rhymes

Follow the link at the end of each section to find the full collection, with lyrics and tunes.

Remember to save this list as a handy reference!

Movement Songs

These super active songs will get kids’ heart rates up as they move about.

• Hello Hello!
• Joannie Works With One Hammer
• The Hokey Pokey
• Walking Walking
• Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
• We All Fall Down
• Hot Potato
• Move!
• Do The Propeller
• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Here are the lyrics, movements and tunes for these movement songs for kids.

Action Songs and Rhymes

Teach kids to listen carefully and follow directions with these fun action rhymes and songs.

• I’m a Little Teapot
• Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
• Hop a Little, Jump a Little
• Miss Polly Had a Dolly
• The Elephant Goes
• The Wheels on the Bus
• One Grey Elephant Balancing
• If You’re Happy and You Know It!
• Open, Shut Them

Here are the lyrics and actions for these action songs.

Counting Songs

These are some popular and traditional counting songs for kids.

• The Ants Go Marching
• Ten Green Bottles
• One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
• Ten Little Fingers
• Ten in a Bed
• Five Fat Sausages
• Five Little Speckled Frogs
• One, Two, Three, Four, Five
• Five Little Snowmen
• Rabbits

Here are the lyrics for these counting songs.

Number Rhymes

Here are more number rhymes, including a few new songs and some traditional ones with a twist.

• Hot Cross Buns
• Five Fat Peas
• One, Two, Three, Four
• Five Currant Buns
• One Potato, Two Potatoes
• Hickory Dickory…Crash
• How Many Fingers on One Hand?
• Ten Little Fire Trucks
• The Bees Go Buzzing
• Ten Little Fishies

Here are the lyrics for these number rhymes.

Finger Plays

Exercise those little finger muscles with these cute finger plays.

• Tommy Thumb
• My Rabbit
• Grandmother’s Glasses
• Two Little Dickey Birds
• Here is the Beehive
• This Little Piggy
• This is my Garden
• Here is a Bunny
• Here is a Turtle
• Tommy Thumb Where Are You?
• Where Is Thumbkin?
• Ten Fingers

Here are the lyrics and finger movements of these finger plays for preschoolers.

Good Morning Songs

This is a list of top teacher-recommended circle-time greeting songs for kids.

• Have a Seat
• Willoughby Wallaby Woo
• Good Morning Everybody
• Come to the Carpet
• The Good Morning Train
• Look Who Came to School Today
• Hello Hello!

Here are the lyrics for these fun morning welcome songs.

Name Songs

Your preschoolers will love hearing their names in these songs.

• Look Who Came to School Today
• Willaby Wallaby Woo
• Five Little Speckled Frogs
• Emma’s Here Today
• The Good Morning Train Is Coming
• Hello Greeting Song
• Good Morning to You
• Row, Row, Row Your Boat
• Where is Samuel?
• Jump Up and Down

Here are the lyrics and tunes for these name songs.

Transition Songs

Make your daily transitions easier with these simple tunes and attention grabbers.

• Come on Over
• Everybody Have a Seat
• If You’re Ready and You Know It
• One, Two, Listen and Do
• Later Alligator
• Good Bye Everybody

Here are the lyrics and tunes for these transition songs, which include sit-down songs, line-up songs, good-bye songs and more.

Clean-Up Songs

Use these songs to help motivate preschoolers to clean up and pack away at school or at home.

• Clean Up, Clean Up
• Clean Up (Super Simple Songs)
• Clean Up Song (Singing Walrus)
• Countdown Song
• Tidy Up Song (Little Baby Bum)

Here are the lyrics for these and more songs about cleaning up.

Hand-Washing Songs

These songs will teach young kids the proper technique of handwashing. Get them into the habit of singing them while washing their hands.

There are songs by the Wiggles, Jack Hartmann and others.

• The Handwashing Song
• Wash Your Hands Song
• Wash Your Hands with Baby Shark 
• Wash My Hands Rap

Here are the lyrics for these hand-washing songs.

Classic Preschool Songs

Here are some classic songs that have been around for generations.

• Incy Wincy Spider
• Jack and Jill
• Miss Polly Had a Dolly
• I’m a Little Teapot
• Humpty Dumpty
• Three Blind Mice
• Hot Cross Buns
• The Grand Old Duke of York
• Mary Had a Little Lamb
• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
• One Potato
• Pat-a-Cake
• Polly Put the Kettle On
• Hickory, Dickory, Dock
• Old Macdonald Had a Farm
• The Wheels on the Bus
• Row, Row, Row Your Boat
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
• One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
• Hey Diddle, Diddle
• Oh Where Oh Where Has my Little Dog Gone?
• Baa, Baa Black Sheep
• If You’re Happy and You Know It
• Rain, Rain, Go Away
• Ring-a-Ring o’ Roses
• Two Little Dickie Birds
• I Hear Thunder
• See-Saw Margery Daw
• One, Two, Three, Four, Five
• Little Bo Peep
• Sing a Song of Sixpence
• Little Miss Muffet
• Teddy Bear’s Picnic
• Five Little Ducks
• Muffin Man
• This Old Man
• This Little Piggy
• This is the Way We Brush Our Hair
• Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Here are the lyrics for these classic preschool songs.

Fun Nursery Rhymes

Here are just a few more children’s nursery rhymes.

• Are You Sleeping?
• Little Bunny Foo Foo
• Little Peter Rabbit
• Shake My Sillies Out
• Do as I’m Doing
• Mrs Sally Walker
• The Dinosaur Stomp
• There Were Ten in the Bed
• Three Little Kittens

Here are the lyrics to these fun nursery rhymes.

Bedtime Rhymes

Need some bedtime rhymes to get your kids feeling sleepy? Here are the best ones.

• Go To Bed Late
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
• Star Light, Star Bright
• Rock-a-Bye Baby
• Bed In Summer
• Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
• The Evening is Coming
• Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite

Here are the lyrics for these bedtime rhymes.

I hope you’ve found this list of the best songs for kids useful!