Childrens Bible Songs

Childrens Bible songs and music activities open up a wide world of options for you to try with your preschoolers. No matter which ones you try you will find preschoolers loving sound, rhythm, beat and melody along with lyrics. Here are a variety of preschool Bible songs that I have found to work well with 2-4 year olds.

Sing! Preschoolers love rhyme and repetition because it’s how they learn! Songs provide a wealth of both. Some children will love to sing their hearts out loud while others may take in the music and not quite be ready to sing.

Don’t be fooled though, children are learning even if they don’t parrot the words and often times those who are quiet at church or school will sing the words at home but not elsewhere.

Some of my favorite childrens Bible song CDs are:

Playful Songs and Bible Stories for Preschoolers By Group Publishing

Kids Travel Bundle By Standard Publishing Start your vacation by opening up the beautifully illustrated 20 Bible Stories Every Child Should Know and reading these classic Bible stories to your kids. Follow that with Bible verses set to music for easy memorization. Finally, sit down together and watch a couple episodes of Boz The Green Bear Next Door and discover how kids can show Gods love to the people around them.

Kids Sing Praise, Volume 1 CD By Brentwood Kids / Provident Music Distribution Now you can sing along with all your favorite kids' Bible choruses! This classic recording from the Kids Sing Praise collection will provide hours of sing-along family fun as you share timeless songs and choruses with your kids. Watch as your children discover the joy of serving the Lord through the powerful words of truth contained in these songs of faith and love. Recommended for ages 3 to 8.

Another option is to teach Bible verses to children through music. Using the music, lyrics, hand & body motions are all good ways to provide great stimulation for the senses when you are trying to get memorization to happen for young children.

Memorization is essential if we are to “hide God’s word in our heart” (and by the way there is a song about that verse - “I have Hidden God’s Word in My Heart” by Steve Green!)

At the “Hubbard’s Cupboard” website they offer another twist to this activity. They provide you with scripture verses put to familiar preschool tunes like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” They also provide a nicely printed songs with illustrations that can be put into a notebook for kids to look through and sing with. Check out the “Joyful Hear Tunes Bible Memorization” section at the website to see their collection!

Using music as transition indicators may not seem like a preschool Bible music activity in and of itself yet is one of the best activities used in a preschool learning environment. If anyone is familiar with Barney the dinosaur, they know how productive the “Clean up Song” is. Sometimes I still use it with my 20 year old just to get the point across!

If you are not familiar with it, it’s quite simple. When you sing …”Clean up, clean up. Everybody clean up. Clean up, clean up, it’s clean up time.” You guessed it! Magically everyone begins picking up toys and putting them in their proper places! The preschoolers are taught that this is what we do when we hear this song and it always amazes me that they do this chore without complaining.

The same can happen for a variety of transitions. Singing a song about prayer could allow children to prepare for prayer time. Singing a song like “The B I B L E” would be great to use for children getting to ready to hear a Bible story. I’m sure there are more that you could make up on your own!

One other preschool Bible music activity is to learn Bible songs that retell Bible stories. Many of these can be found on the CDs mentioned above. Some suggestions would be:

• “Daniel in the Lion’s Den” 
• “Fishers of Men” 
• “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God”
• “Zaccheaus was a Wee Little Man” and 
• “Hosanna Laud Hosanna the Little Children Sang” 

To view an adorable example, see this YouTube clip featuring the song and the motions to “Zaccheaus”:

As you can imagine, childrens Bible songs and music activities are not only great learning opportunities but also just plain tons of fun! Don’t be surprised if the tunes you make use of, end up being the ones you hum in the grocery store!