Music makes storytime special. Kids love your voice, but adding an instrument ups the wow factor. Song sheets for ukulele can also be used by guitar players (though the chord diagrams don’t apply).
Chord and lyric sheets, including gCEA ukulele chord diagrams
(additional songs will be added as the blog is updated)
Apples and Bananas
Baby Bear Waltz (from Kathy Reid-Naiman)
The Bears Go Marching (tune of the Ants Go Marching)
The Brave Cowboy Lullaby (from the Jan Thomas book)
¡Chocolate!
Days of the Week (tune of Addams Family theme)
Down By the Bay
Down in the Valley
The Farmer in the Dell (base tune for countless storytime songs!)
The Goldfish (from Laurie Berkner)
Goodnight, Irene (Raffi’s version) Key of G
Goodnight, Irene (Raffi’s version) Key of C (my preferred)
Hello, Goodbye
Hibernation (tune of Alouette)
Hot Chocolate (tune of On Top of Old Smokey)
How Much is that Doggie in the Window?
Hush, Little Baby
I Am Kind (from Lindsay Munroe)
I Love My Body (from Mother Moon)
I See the Moon (tune of Hush, Little Baby)
I Wish I Were a Little Bar of Soap (tune of Happy and You Know It)
I Wish I Were a Little Cookie Crumb (tune of Happy and You Know It)
I Wish I Were a Pepperoni Pizza (tune of Oscar Mayer jingle)
I Wish I Were a Fuzzy Wuzzy Blanket (same sheet as above – link to lyrics)
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Ladybugs’ Picnic (from Sesame Street)
Little Red Caboose
Mail Myself to You (Woody Guthrie)
May There Always Be Sunshine (Jim Gill)
Monster Boogie
Mr. Sun
My Bonnie (Key of C)
My Bonnie (Key of G)
My Roots Go Down
One Dinosaur Went Out to Play (tune of Five Little Ducks)
One Night Owl Went out to Play (same sheet as above – link to lyrics)
The Penguin Song (tune of My Bonnie)
Picnic in the Park (tune of She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain)
Pig on Her Head (from Laurie Berkner)
Pumpkin Vine
Rockabye You (from Kathy Reid-Naiman)
Rockabye Your Bear (from the Wiggles)
Rubber Duckie (from Sesame Street)
Shake My Sillies Out
She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain
Sing (from Sesame Street)
Six Little Ducks
Sleep, Sleep, My Baby
Take a Breath
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Thanks a Lot (from Raffi)
Turn Around (from Sue Schnitzer)
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
We’ve Got the Whole World
What’s the Weather? (tune of Clementine)
The Wheels on the Bus
Wiggle Box (tune of Buffalo Gals)
Yellow Submarine
Yo te amo
You Are My Grandma/Grandpa (tune of You Are My Sunshine)
You Are My Sunshine (alternate lyrics by Mama Nous)
You Are My Sunshine (alternate verses by Bill Crosby)
You’re My Rainbow (tune of Love Me Tender)
Storytime with Ms. Emily Library 