Ten Preschool Songs for New Year’s

After sharing how to make a New Year’s Eve countdown ball with you earlier in the week, I decided to seek out so New Year’s themed preschool songs for kids. I thought you would enjoy having fun songs to welcome the new year with! I searched high and low to find preschool songs for New Year’s.  (There are actually tons of them out there. I was pleasantly surprised!)  Here are the ten preschool songs for New Year’s that I loved the most.  Wait! Before you look over the preschool songs, please note that they could be used in any primary classroom or at home with your family. Don’t let the title of this post throw you off. I think they would be fun to do with everyone!

New Year’s Songs for Preschoolers

Cheer the New Year (Row, row, row your boat)

Found on Kids Parkz

Cheer, cheer, cheer the year,
A new one’s just begun.
Celebrate with all your friends,
Let’s go have some fun!
Clap, clap, clap your hands,
A brand new year is here.
Learning, laughing, singing, clapping,
Through another year.

Fireworks On New Year’s Day (Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed)

Found on Perpetual Preschool

5 little children waiting to see,
Fireworks on this New Year’s Eve.
One saw the fireworks and what did she say?
“Happy New Year to you this day!”

Out with the Old, In with the New (Mary Had A Little Lamb)

Found on The Best Kids Book Site

This year’s drawing to an end,
To an end, to an end.
This year’s drawing to an end.
Soon we’ll start a new one.
Out with the old, in with the new,
In with the new, in with the new,
Out with the old and in with the new,
On January 1st.

Hickory, Dickory, Dock 

Found in a nursery rhyme book in our book collection.

Hickory, Dickory, Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck one and
The mouse ran down.
Hickory, Dickory dock.

Hickory, Dickory, Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck two and
The mouse said Boo!
Hickory, Dickory dock.

Hickory, Dickory, Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck three and
The mouse ran Weee!
Hickory, Dickory dock.

 

THE PEOPLE ON THE BUS (The Wheels on the Bus)

Found on Preschool Express.

Oh, the people on the bus wear party hats,
Party hats, party hats. (Children place hands together at a point over their heads)
Oh, the people on the bus wear party hats,
All through the town.

Oh, the people on the bus are blowing horns,
Blowing horns, blowing horns. (Children place fists over their mouths)
Oh, the people on the bus are blowing horns,
All through the town.

Oh, the people on the bus say, “Happy New Year”,
“Happy New Year”, “Happy New Year”.
Oh, the people on the bus say, “Happy New Year”,
All through the town.

THE CLOCK IS TICKING DOWN (The Farmer In the Dell)

Found on Preschool Express.

The clock is ticking down.
Get ready for the sound.
Boom, Bang, it’s 12 o’clock
Fireworks all around!
Jean Warren

A Brand New Year (The Muffin Man)

Found on Preschool Education.

Now we have a brand new year,
A brand new year, a brand new year.
Now we have a brand new year,
It’s (name of year).

New Year’s Day  (Jingle Bells)

Found on Preschool Education.

New Year’s Day, New Year’s Day
Comes but once a year.
On New Year’s Eve, we celebrate
And ring it in with cheer!
New Year’s Day, New Year’s Day
Comes but once a year.
On New Year’s Eve, we celebrate
And ring it in with cheer!

Happy New Year (Are You Sleeping?)

Found on Preschool Education.

Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Goodbye to the old year!
Hello to the new year!
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Rah! Rah! Rah!

This Year’s Drawing to an End (Mary Had A Little Lamb)

Found on Preschool Education.

This year’s drawing to an end,
To an end, to an end.
This year’s drawing to an end.
Soon we’ll start a new one.

Out with the old, in with the new,
In with the new, in with the new,
Out with the old and in with the new,
On January 1st.

Along with singing these wonderful preschool songs, you may want to have the kids make props to use while singing them. A New Year’s Eve noise shaker or having your children select an object like the ones in our New Year’s Eve sensory bin to hold while singing would be fun!