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Oh, Do You Eat Your Vegetables? (Sung to “Muffin Man”)
Oh, do you eat your vegetables, vegetables, vegetables?
Oh, do you eat your vegetables – each and every day?
Oh, yes we eat our vegetables, vegetables, vegetables
Oh, yes we eat our vegetables – each and every day!
To continue the song, ask a student for their vegetable choice. For example:
Oh, Noah eats his potatoes, potatoes, potatoes.
Noah eats his potatoes – each and every day!
The Good Food Song (Old MacDonald Had A Farm)
Fruits are really good for me
E-I-E-I-O
And so Ie at them happily
E-I-E-I-O
With an apple here, and an apple there
Here an apple, there an apple
Everywhere an apple, apple.
Fruits are really good for me.
E-I-E-I-O
Vegetable Soup Song (Farmer in the Dell)
The soup is boiling up
The soup is boiling up
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.
First, we add the broth
First, we add the broth
Stir slow around we go
The soup is boiling up.
Now we add some carrots
Now we add some carrots
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.
Teaching Tip: I have the students pick vegetables from some play food and add it to the soup bowl.
Vegetables (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
We are pumpkins, big and round
Big and round, big and round
We are pumpkins, big and round
Seated on the ground.
We are string beans, green and fine….growing on a vine
We are onions, round and white…we make soup taste right
We are carrots, orange and long…Help us sing our song.
We are cabbage, green or red…see our funny head
We are corn stalks, tall and straight…don’t we just taste great.
Lemon in the Bowl (Chant)
Five big lemons in the bowl (hold up five fingers)/
One fell out and started to roll. (Fold down one finger and roll hands)
It bumped the table and hit my toe (clap on bumped and touch toes)
How many lemons in the bowl? 1-2-3-4 (Count Fingers)
In conclusion, incorporating fruit and vegetable songs into elementary music lessons is an excellent way to teach students about healthy eating while also promoting their love of music. These five songs are sure to engage and entertain students of all ages while teaching them about the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
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