Ideas for Spring-Themed Kindergarten Graduation Songs

Commemorate your child's graduation with music that captures the innocence and excitement of the accomplished kindergartner. Reflect the children's pride about all that they've learned in their first year of school with a bouncy melody and childish lyrics suited to the enthusiasm of 5- and 6-year-old students. A spring theme of rejuvenation and young life parallels the new growth budding in your child's education.

  1. Planting Seeds Songs

    • With a song about plowing and sowing seeds in the spring, you can bring out the symbolism of a young child's promise and potential. In the song "Planting Seeds," kindergartners sing about the year that has passed with the line, "Our garden is a special place full of life, full of grace; we plant our seeds and it won̵7;t be long, and they will grow and grow and grow." Another spring song, found in the children's album "Plant a Little Seed," is simply titled "Seeds." Covering multiple verses with types of vegetables that "start from a seed so small," the vocalists remark that "you gotta look real close or you won't see them at all."

    Animal Songs

    • Give kindergartners a chance to make silly noises and hand motions with a choice of animal songs such as "When Ducks Get Up in the Morning." Children will enjoy singing through the verses of animals and their morning greetings, ending with "Hello, goodbye." Cater to the crowd with the familiar song "Just Ducky" by Karen Rupprecht and Pam Minor. The enthusiastic kindergartners provide a photo moment as they chirp their way through the lines "Birds of a feather like to flock together."

    Growing Songs

    • Children may not realize that they are singing about themselves with a song about a growing garden, but their parents will acknowledge the similarities between the steps of gardening and parenting. Teach the children the beloved nursery rhyme set to music: "How Does Your Garden Grow?" From the recognizable opening lines of "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?" the audience will love the reminder about planting with "first the seeds and then the water, keeping a little space -- daisies here, roses there, each one has their place."

    Songs about Nature

    • Entertain the crowd with a classic sing-along such as "For the Beauty of the Earth" with its ode to the "beauty of the skies" and the "glory of the earth." Or, play to emotions with the childish version of "You Are My Sunshine," reminding parents and friends that "You'll never know, dear, how much I love you." In another upbeat nature song, children can rhyme along with "It's Spring," by Pam Minor. The repetition lends itself to young voices with "Birds are singin̵7; 'tweet tweet tweet;' grass grows under my feet, feet feet; sun is beamin̵7; heat heat heat; air is smellin' sweet, sweet sweet."

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