Songs for Children 25 Examples to Sing, Play and Learn

Children's couplets are short rhyming verses that are sung to tell stories, teach things, or just for fun. They are like little songs that can be easy to remember. In this article you will find examples of couplets to sing, learn and play.

Why do children like couplets?

Children like couplets because they are fun, have rhyming words, and have a happy rhythm. In addition, many times the couplets include games or movements that make singing them and sharing them with friends even more entertaining.

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10 examples of couplets for children

1. Five wolves has the wolf, five wolves behind the broom. She had five, she raised five, and she gave them little tits to all five.
2. I have, I have, I have. You have nothing. I have three sheep in a cabin. One gives me milk, another gives me wool, another butter for the whole week.
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3. To the wheel, roll of bread and cinnamon, give me a little kiss because I'm sorry. To the wheel, wheel of San Miguel, give me a hug because it makes me thirsty.
4. Let it rain, let it rain, the Virgin of the Cave. The little birds sing, the clouds rise. Yes, no, let a shower fall with sugar and nougat! Let him break the windows of the station! And not yours, which are the best of all!
5. In the patio of my house I have found a mouse, that if he pulls the tail, he sings me a song. Mouse, mouse, little mouse, don't leave without singing, I want to listen to you in the patio of my house.
6. The bird paints her chicks count, one, two and three, four, five and six, seven, eight, nine and ten. Those who do not hide, the bird sees them, and stings them on the forehead with her little coffee beak.
7. In a railway car were all the animals, the lion, the tiger, the zebra, and even the royal camels. They all traveled together on that lucky train, and at each station they shouted: "Get on, get on, and don't fall asleep!"
8. The little car, I'll read, he told me last night, I'll read, if I wanted to, I'll read, get in the car, I'll read. And I told him, I'll read, with great salt shake, I'll read, I don't want a car, I'll read, I'm dizzy, I'll read.
9. Under a button, ton, ton, that Martín found, tin, tin, there was a mouse, ton, ton, oh, what a little boy, tin, tin! Oh, what a little boy, tin, tin, who lived there, ton, ton!
10. At the potato circle, we will eat salad, what the gentlemen eat, little oranges and lemons. I sucked, I sucked, I stayed sitting.

10 verses to sing in all grades

1. Chicks say peep, peep, peep, when they're hungry, when they're cold. The chicken looks for corn and wheat, gives them food and shelter. Under its two wings, snuggled up, the chicks sleep until the next day.
2. To the viper, viper of the sea, of the sea, they can pass through here, those in front run a lot and those behind will stay. After, after, after, a little mouse tail, chop it, chop it, in a drawer.
3. Rice pudding I want to marry a lady from San Nicolás. That she knows how to sew, that she knows how to embroider, that she knows how to open the door to go for a walk.
4. Cuckoo, cuckoo, she sang the frog, cuckoo, cuckoo, under the water. Cuckoo, cuckoo, a gentleman passed by, cuckoo, cuckoo, with a cape and hat. Cuckoo, cuckoo, a lady passed by, cuckoo, cuckoo, in a train suit. Cuckoo, cuckoo, a sailor passed by, cuckoo, cuckoo, selling rosemary. Cuckoo, cuckoo, a grandmother passed by, cuckoo, cuckoo, carrying her granddaughter.
5. Mambrú went to war, look at you, look at you, what a pain, what a pain, look at you, look at you, what a pain, what a pity. Mambrú went to war, I don't know when she will come. Do, re, mi, do, re, fa, I don't know when it will come.
6. Snail, snail, take your horns out to the sun, your father and mother also took them out. Snail, snail, hide again now, the rain is coming and you will get wet.
7. Don Federico played the violin, lin, lin, with one hand, with one hand, with his feet, with his feet. Don Federico died, and his widow played the violin with one hand, with one hand, with her feet, with her feet.
8. Three little leaves, mother, she has the mulberry tree: one for you, mother, and the others for me.
9. Catalina was sitting on her bench, the dog came and bit her, and the poor thing cried, she cried. Catalina, don't cry, dogs are traitors, and if they bite you again, you'll cry again.
10. The patio of my house is particular, when it rains it gets wet like the others. Get down and get down again, because the crouched don't know how to dance. Hache, i, jota, ka, ele, elle, eme, a, that if you don't love me, another lover will love me.

 5 songs to play

1. To the wheel, wheel, of bread and cinnamon, give me a little kiss and go back to school. To the wheel, wheel, of San Antonio, all crouch down and remain squatting.

(In this game, the children form a circle and sing the couplet as they walk. At the end of the song, everyone gets down and gets up quickly.)

2. The bridge is broken, with what we will heal it, with cane and with pylon, with cane and with pylon. Come in, come in, my dear lady, the bridge is in good condition to pass the train.

(In this game, two children form a bridge with their hands and the others go under it while the couplet is sung. In the end, the bridge catches one of the children).

3. Chocolate, grinder, run, run, I'll catch you. To stretch, to stretch, that the devil is going to happen.

(The children hold hands and sway as they sing the couplet. Saying "run, run, I'll catch you", they all run in different directions).

4. Sawdust, sawdust, the logs of San Juan, they ask for bread, they don't give them, they ask for cheese, they give them bone.

(This game is played with two children sitting opposite each other, holding hands and moving them back and forth in time with the couplet.)

5. Una, dola, cloth, catola, carat, quilete, stretch out, stretch out, hands still!

(This is a couplet to play "rock, paper, scissors". The children sing the copla and show their choice at the end of the song).