Holiday Songs for the Classroom

These 11 songs and skits can be done as skits, read-aloud, or you can just sing songs. A song for every occasion, from Thanksgiving to Earth Day. No music or drama experience needed. Grades K-2.

Who wants to teach their young students about the special days that occur during the school year? Based on many requests, the Bad Wolf guys have rushed to the rescue with this special book/CD set. It's not one play, but songs and skits for 11 school year celebrations:

• Beginning of School
• Halloween
• Thanksgiving
• Martin Luther King Day
• Valentine's Day
• President's Day
• Earth Day
• Arbor Day
• Memoral and Veterans Day
• Open House
• End of School

Bad Wolf’s Holiday Songs for the Classroom is a great complement to your many elementary school special occasions.

This is the first one-third of the program. We're assuming you'll
use bits and pieces of this throughout the school year:

(NOTE: Lines that start with "S:" are spoken by a student. Any student!)

S: We’re very excited. And do you know why?
S: Because we’re finally in college?
S: This isn't college. It’s ______ (fill in right grade). And it’s gonna be so fun!

Song 1 - Listen now!

CLASS:
We’re gonna have fun
Gonna learn a lot
We’re gonna have fun
Learning what we’re taught
We are glad that school¹s begun
‘Cause we're gonna…have some fun.
We are glad that school’s begun
‘Cause we’re gonna have some fun.

We’re gonna have fun
It’s the best year yet
We’re gonna have fun
I’m the teacher's pet
This class is the number one
Yeah we’re gonna….have some fun.
This class is the number one
Yeah we’re gonna have some fun.

Juh, juh, juh, juh, juh, juh, juh, juh
Yeah! Ooh!
Juh, juh, juh, juh, juh, juh, juh, juh
Yeah, yeah, ooh!

We’re gonna have fun
Gonna learn a lot
We’re gonna have fun
Learning what we’re taught
We are glad that school’s begun
‘Cause we’re gonna…have some fun.
We are glad that school’s begun
‘Cause we’re gonna have some fun.

HALLOWEEN (1)

S: It’s (almost) Halloween.
S: You know what’s the best thing about Halloween?
S: Santa Claus?
S: No!
S: Dyeing eggs?
S: No!
S: Then what is it?

Song 2 - Listen now!

CLASS:
Costumes and candy oh boy!
Halloween!
It’s the greatest scam I’ve seen.

Costumes and candy oh boy
Put on a mask or a sheet
Neighbors give you great stuff to eat.

Costumes and candy oh boy
What a day!
Snickers
Skittles
Milky Way.

Costumes and candy oh boy
When the excitement’s complete
Bet you’re gonna hear “brush your teeth”.

Knock on the door
Flash’em a smile
So sweet
Hold out your hand
You get a trick
Or treat.

Costumes and candy oh boy
What a day!
Snickers Skittles Milky Way.

Costumes and candy oh boy
When the excitement’s complete
Bet you’re gonna hear “brush your teeth”
“Brush your teeth”
“Brush…your…teeth”.

HALLOWEEN (2)

S: It’s almost too good to be true.
S: The hardest part is choosing a costume.
S: I can’t decide if I want to be a pirate or a princess.
S: I think’m going to be a frog.
S: That’s a bad idea. You get way more candy if you’re dressed like a mammal.

Song 3 - Listen now!

CLASS:
Whatcha gonna be for Halloween?
Whatcha gonna be this year?
S#1: I’m gonna be a scary ghost
S#2: I’m gonna be a piece of toast
Jam and butter smeared from head to knee

CLASS: That’s what they’re gonna be gonna be gonna be…gonna be.

Whatcha gonna be for Halloween?
Whatcha gonna be this year?
S#3: I’m gonna be a queen, like so [puts a crown on her head]
S#4: I’m gonna be a CEO
Give myself a bonus treat or three

CLASS: That’s what they’re gonna be gonna be gonna be…gonna be.

Woh oh Spiderman
Woh oh Peter Pan
Woh oh Frankenstein
Tonight they all are friends of mine!

Whatcha gonna be for Halloween?
Whatcha gonna be this year?
#1: I’m gonna be a scary ghost
#2: I’m gonna be a piece of toast
Jam and butter smeared from head to knee

CLASS: That’s what they’re gonna be gonna be gonna be…gonna be.
Gonna be gonna be gonna be…gonna be.

THANKSGIVING

S: The first winter was very hard on the Pilgrims.
S: So when the first good harvest came in, they celebrated.
S: The Wampanoag Indians brought food too.
S: And everyone ate lots of potatoes.
S: Actually, there weren’t any potatoes yet in Massachusetts.
S: Where were they?
S: They were vacationing in Florida.
S: The first celebration of Thanksgiving lasted for three days.

Song 4 - Listen now!

CLASS:
They sat down…natives and colonists
Thankful they had survived
They all brought something that's good to eat
Happy they were alive.

Three day, three day, three day harvest feast
Three day, three day, three day harvest feast.

Now we eat turkey and pumpkin pie
Seems like it never ends
Don’t forget what it is all about
Thanks for fam’ly and friends.

Three day, three day, three day harvest feast
Three day, three day, three day harvest feast.

1621
First time it was done
1621
First time it was done.

Three day, three day, three day harvest feast

A COUPLE STUDENTS: 1621, first time it was done

CLASS:
Three day, three day, three day harvest feast.

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY (1)

S: Today we celebrate the life and dreams of Martin Luther King, Jr.
S: He was an African-American minister in Alabama.
S: At that time, black people were not treated fairly in much of the United
States.
S: Martin Luther King led a movement for equality, what we call civil
rights.

Song 5 - Listen now!

There was a time
There was a time
Blacks were oppressed for their color
They would despair
It was unfair
Why should one care about color?

There was a time
There was a time
One man stood up, he would change things
He led the fight
For civil rights
Marching for equality.

Martin Luther King it’s your day today
It is now time to sing
Martin Luther King it’s your day today
Martin Luther King.

There was a time
There was a time
One man stood up, he would change things
He led the fight
For civil rights
Marching for equality.

Martin Luther King it’s your day today
It is now time to sing
Martin Luther King it’s your day today
Martin Luther King.

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY (2)

S: In 1963, Martin Luther King led a March to Washington, D.C.
S: On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, he gave one of the most famous
speeches in United States history.
S: He told all of America that he had a dream.

Song 6

CLASS:
He had a dream of civil rights
He had a dream that blacks and whites
Would one day live in peace and harmony.

He had a dream that we’d begin
To judge by character not skin
That love would rule supreme
He had a dream.

He had a dream
Build it strong
Build it long
He had a dream
Build it strong
Build it long
He had a dream.

He had a dream for me and you
And though it hasn’t quite come true
We’re making progress ev’ry single day

He had a dream that we¹d begin
To judge by character not skin
That love would rule supreme
He had a dream.

He had a dream
Build it strong
Build it long
He had a dream
Build it strong
Build it long
He had a dream.

VALENTINE'S DAY

S: Wow! Look at all these decorations.
S: And we helped make them!
S: All that cutting and gluing.
S: Did you try the paste?
S: Delicious!
S: It must be for a very special day.
S: But what could it be?

Song 7

CLASS:
I see red all morning
Red all afternoon
I see red and pink and white
Something’s coming soon.

I see red all evening
Not one blue or green
I see hearts and cards and stuff
What could all this mean?

All red
All red
What’s it trying to say?
Ooh me!
I see!
It must be Valentine¹s Day!

I see red all morning
Red all afternoon
I see red and pink and white
Something’s coming soon.
Oh, something’s coming soon.

PRESIDENTS' DAY (1)

S: Presidents' Day is the day we honor all the Presidents of the United States.
S: All of them?
S: Yes.
S: All 43?
S: Yes!
S: Even Millard Fillmore?
S: Yes!
S: Wow! What a great day!

Song 8

Presidents’ Day is here at last
Honoring folks so wise
Presidents’ Day can¹t come too fast
I love those guys.

Presidents’ Day’s my fav’rite date
Presidents’ Day is cool
What better way to celebrate than cancel school.

Washington’s great
He was the first
He couldn¹t tell a lie
Lincoln was tall
He freed the slaves
That is the reason why, why, why…

Presidents’ Day is here at last
Honoring folks so wise
Presidents’ Day can’t come too fast
I love those guys.

(Students do the Presidents’ Dance)

Presidents’ Day’s my fav’rite date
Presidents’ Day is cool
What better way to celebrate than cancel school.

Washington’s great
He was the first
He couldn’t tell a lie
Lincoln was tall
He freed the slaves
That is the reason why, why, why…

Presidents’ Day is here at last
Honoring folks so wise
Presidents’ Day can’t come too fast
I love those guys.

PRESIDENTS¹ DAY (2)

S: How come we celebrate the presidents in February?
S: That’s the month Washington and Lincoln were born.
S: When I’M president, we’ll celebrate Presidents' Day on MY birthday.
S: When YOU’RE President?
S: Sure, anyone can become President!

Song 9

CLASS:
I’m gonna be the president
I’m gonna have a day
STUDENT #1 (pointing to herself): I’m gonna be the president
STUDENT #2: I’m gonna move away.

CLASS:
I’m gonna be the president
I’m gonna see you’ve got
Skateboards and bikes in each garage
Pizza in ev’ry pot.

I’m gonna be the best president yet
All of the others you’re gonna forget
The nation will stand up and say:
From now on this is _______’s day (each student shouts out his or her own name)

CLASS:
I’m gonna be the president
I’m gonna have a day
STUDENT #1 (pointing to herself): I’m gonna be the president
STUDENT #2: I’m gonna move away.

CLASS:
I’m gonna be the president
I’m gonna see you’ve got
Skateboards and bikes in each garage
Pizza in ev’ry pot.
Skateboards and bikes in each garage
Pizza in ev’ry pot.

(This concludes the first one-third of the script.)

Sample Songs

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Full Song List

1. We're Gonna Have Fun (Beginning of School)
2. Costumes and Candy (Halloween)
3. Whatcha Gonna Be? (Halloween)
4. Three Day Harvest Feast (Thanksgiving)
5. There was a Time (Martin Luther King Day)
6. He Had a Dream (Martin Luther King Day)
7. I See Red (Valentine's Day)
8. Presidents' Day (um, Presidents' Day)
9. I'm Gonna Be the President (Presidents' Day)
10. Arbor Day (Arbor Day)
11. Earth, Earth, Earth (Earth Day)
12. Little Blue Dot (Earth Day)
13. A Day to Remember (Memorial Day)
14. Welcome to Our Classroom (Open House)
15. We Really Had Fun (End of School)

National Education Standards

Fulfills National Arts Standard 3 for Dance, 1 and 8 for music, and 2, 3, and 5 for Theater.
Fulfills National History Standard 4 for K-4.
Fulfills National Social Studies Standard 1.

Vocabulary

partridge
turtle dove
French hen
spared
domesticated
down comforter
edible
fowl
hypnotized
celebration
craze
arranging
manic
phase
latke
defrost
league
boughs
holly
don
apparel
troll
Yuletide
blazing
obnoxious
hibernating
savory
masterpiece
menorah
hora
dreidl
shed
beaver dam
outfitted
carbs
abs
pecs
burly
seams
nose job
buff
Latvia
peril
Hebrew
“A great miracle happened there.”
slumped
expand
foil
kinara
principles
kin
figgy pudding
expert
bunk
handbook
trunk
subsection
flunk

Vocabulary From Stage Directions

mock
instrumental
disbelief
phony
fanfare
style
striking
pose
slickly
salivation
creeping
handful