Hello and Goodbye Songs
Someone named Lisa wrote to me:
Hello
I’m looking for suggestions on hello and goodbye songs for a playgroup/music class I’m creating for my friends and family.
Thought it would be great to begin and end a session properly. I’d like them in English for this project.
Happy New Year!
Lisa
At our library, they sing the Open Shut Them Song at the beginning and end of each class. Here’s the version the librarians sing at the beginning of each program:
Open, Shut Them
Open, shut them.
Open, shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap.Open, shut them
Open, shut them.
Put them in your lap, lap, lap.Creep them, creep them,
Creep them, creep them,
Right up to your chin, chin, chin.Open wide your little mouth,
But do not let them in.
Open and close your hands when you sing “Open, shut them” and then follow the words to the song with the corresponding hand movements while you sing. On “do not let them in” hide your hands behind your back.
At the end of the “class” we sing the song in the following way…
Open, Shut Them
Open, shut them.
Open, shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap.Open, shut them
Open, shut them.
Put them in your lap, lap, lap.Wave them, wave them,
Wave them, wave them,
High up in the sky, sky, sky.Wave to me, I’ll wave to you,
Let’s all say “Bye, bye.”
There’s another Hello Song that keeps running through my head (since I read Lisa’s question). I just realized where I heard it from. It was the Hello Song from my daughter’s preschool. It went:
Hello, hello, hello, hello,
Hello, hello, when you say hello you make a friend.
Say hello and make a friend.
My husband pointed out that he always remembered the Hello Song from The Magic Garden, a kids show that was aired in New York in the 1970’s. You can hear it here.
If you would like to suggest other “hello” and “goodbye” songs, please comment below.
Thanks!
Mama Lisa
UPDATE: My sister-in-law Dale read this post and offered to sing some songs that she used to sing to her preschool classes. Check them out in my next blog entry.
PS Here are some other Hello and Goodbye Songs…
January 22nd, 2007 at 12:11 am
Hi~My three and four year old preschool class sing this song every morning.
Good morning everybody how are you…I’m Fine
Good morning everybody how are you…I’m fine
Good morning everybody good morning everybody good morning everybody how you are you good …I’m fine
(The you go through the class)
Good morning Cody how are you? (The child says) I’m fine
Good morning Sam how are you?…I’m fine
Good morning Kate how are you?…I’m fine
Good morning everybody good morning everybody good morning everybody how are you…I’m fine
(as you sing the song you clap with every word)
I hope this helps. My kids love this song and really get into it. The words are easy so they learn it fast.
January 28th, 2007 at 9:17 am
I am playgroup worker, this is a song we sing, at the end of the session.
(All hold hands together in a circle)
SHAKE A FRIENDS HAND, AND SAY GOODBYE
SHAKE A FRIENDS HAND, AND SAY GOODBYE
SHAKE A FRIENDS HAND, AND SAY GOODBYE
SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT TIME
or you can change the lastword for next week etc…
January 31st, 2007 at 8:37 pm
My son sings this in pre-school
Goodbye, I’ll see you next time
Goodbye, I’ll see you next time
Goodbye, I’ll see you next time, we had a happy day
Goodbye!
Followed by the kids saying goodbye and waving!
March 1st, 2007 at 8:48 am
What are the tunes of the songs?
October 17th, 2007 at 9:31 am
We do the song similar to Brenda’s
“Hello Alan Smith, how are you?”
“Hello Alan Smith, how are you?”
“Hello Alan Smith, it’s so nice to see you”
“Hello Alan Smith, how are you?”
Tune is:
Hel – lo Alan Smith how are you?
G C C C C B C D
Hel – lo Alan Smith how are you?
G D D D D C D E
Hel – lo Alan Smith its so nice to see you
G F F D F F E E E C
Hel – lo Alan Smith how are you?
E D D D C B B C
Rhythm is:
Hel – lo Alan Smith how are you?
1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Hel – lo Alan Smith how are you?
4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Hel – lo Alan Smith its so nice to see you
4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
The child can reply with teir own feelings (”I’m happy”, I’m well”), it is their choice. Thus we have covered PSH (Personal, Social, Health) lesson into the song.
Reply from the child is not not needed, though.
October 28th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Hello song that my daughter sings in preschool…
Hello Melissa, Hello Melissa, Hello Melissa
We’re glad you came today
(say) Hello Melissa (Melissa replies Hello/Hi)
(repeat Hello [insert kid's name])
Goodbye song that my daughter sang at Music Camp…
Now it’s time to say Goodbye
Music class is over
We had fun, but now we’re done
Music class is over
Goobye Melissa (Melissa replies Goodbye)
(repeat Goodbye [insert kid's name])
July 5th, 2008 at 11:44 am
one that we used to sing at toddler group(works well with register) –
TEACHER
John Smith, John Smith,
Where are you?
CHILD (shaking hands with teacher)
Here I am, Here I am,
How do you do
September 8th, 2008 at 3:34 am
Here’s one
Open and shut them
Open and shut them
Raise your hands up high
Open and shut them
Open and shut them
Time to say goodbye
Goodbye!
March 11th, 2009 at 11:58 am
giggle these are fun to tag along but i love the hello good bye song :D
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Hey yall,
this is the song i like to start the day with the song entitled the good morning train song. It goes something like this..
The good morning train is coming how are you cho cho
The good morning train is coming how are you cho cho
The good morning train is coming
The good morning train is coming
The good morning train is coming how are you cho cho
**(make arm movement like a train conductor pulling the bell for cho choo && have the children clap to the rythem of the song while the instructor is singing the lyrics**
And will all say hi to (kids name) Marissa when it comes cho cho
And will all say Kevin when it comes cho cho
and will all say hi to Carina and will all say hi to Kendra and will all say hi to Martin when it comes cho cho.
And after you sing it so everyone has a chance to say there name you sing..
And will all say hi to everyone
and will all say hi to everyone
and will all say hi to everyone when it come CHOO CHOO.
another song you can sing is
hello everybody and how are you (while waving)
how are you
how are you
hello everybody and how are you
how are you today
stomp your feet everybody and how are you
how are you
how are you
stomp your feet everybody and how are you; how are you today
clap you hands everybody(different actions)
and how are you
how are you
how are you
clap your hands everybody and how are you how are you today
&& for the end of class I sing..
Its time to say goodbye
its time to say goodbye
its been lots of fun and games today
good bye
good bye
good bye:)
June 8th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
[...] Friday, I was asked for the lyrics to some Hello and Goodbye songs. My sister-in-law Dale read the post and offered to sing some songs that she used to sing to her [...]
August 5th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
At the end of each class we sing:
“Goodbye everybody, toodooloo, toodooloo, toodooloo.
Goodbye everybody, toodooloo.
We’ll see you the next time. Have a good afternoon, OK!”
You can substitute other words for “afternoon” such as “vacation”, “summer”, or “weekend”, etc.