Halloween songs for ESL Kids
Songs for ESL kids
We have two great songs to use in your ESL kids Halloween lessons. The first song contains many of the characters from Halloween (ghost, zombie, etc.) and is good for older children (6 years and older). The second song is a nice and simple song about witches for the little children to enjoy.
Stream and download “Happy Halloween”
Happy Halloween song
Song theme: Talking about Halloween and popular Halloween characters.
Age level: 6+
Target vocab: Halloween, ghost, monster, witch, black cat, wizard, mummy, bat, zombie, Look there’s a/an, Look out of the window, What will we see?, Go outside in the street, Who will we meet?.
Song length: 2:26
A spooky song describing what you can see and meet on Halloween night.
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Lyrics:
Happy Halloween! Happy Halloween!
Happy, Happy Halloween! Happy, Happy Halloween!
Happy, Happy Halloween! Happy, Happy Halloween!
Chorus:
Look out of the window tonight,
What will we see on Halloween night?
Go outside in the street tonight,
Who will we meet on Halloween night?
Verse 1:
Look there’s a ghost (Whooooooooo!)
Look there’s a monster (Rhhaaaaaa!)
Look there’s a witch (Cackle cackle!)
Look there’s a black cat (Meoooowwww!)
But don’t worry – they’re just kids! Wearing costumes!
Happy, Happy, Happy Halloween!
Happy, Happy, Happy Halloween!
Chorus
Verse 2:
Look there’s a wizard (Ho ho hoooo!)
Look there’s a mummy (Grrrrrrrrrr!)
Look there’s a bat (Eeekk! Eeekk!)
Look there’s a zombie (Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!)
But don’t worry – they’re just kids! Wearing costumes!
Happy, Happy Halloween!
Happy, Happy Halloween!
Happy, Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
Gestures and activities to use with the Happy Halloween song
If you can get everyone to dress up in a Halloween fancy dress costume for the class it will make the whole experience more fun!
- “Happy, Happy Halloween!” – sing and dance along to this (dancing like zombies or monsters – like in Michael Jackson’s Thriller).
- “Look out of the window tonight” – everyone puts their hand above their eyes to ‘peer’ out of the window with a frightened expression.
- “What will we see on Halloween night?” – look around with a frightened expression.
- “Go outside in the street tonight” – walking on the spot.
- “Who will we meet on Halloween night?” – look around with a frightened expression.
- “Look there’s a ghost (Whooooooooo!)” – all do a ghost gesture and say “Whoooooooo!”.
- “Look there’s a monster (Rhhaaaaaa!)” – all walk like a scary monster and say “Rhhaaaaaa!”.
- “Look there’s a witch (Cackle cackle!)” – everyone wiggles their fingers in front of their face like a witch whilst cackling.
- “Look there’s a black cat (Mioooowwww!)” – all act like a cat whilst meowing.
- “Look there’s a wizard (Ho ho hoooo!)” – all wave imaginary wands in the air and say “Ho ho hoooo!”.
- “Look there’s a mummy (Grrrrrrrrrr!)” – walk around with arms stretched out in front and say :Grrrrrrr!”.
- “Look there’s a bat (Eeekk! Eeekk!)“- all flap around and say “Eeekkk! Eeekkk!”.
- “Look there’s a zombie (Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!)“- do the zombie dance/walk (as in Thriller) and say “Rrrrrrr!”.
Using the Happy Halloween song in class
Please check our free Halloween lesson page for ideas to use in your Halloween lessons.
Stream and download “Three little witches”
Three little witches song
Song theme: Talking about Halloween witches and counting to 10.
Age level: under 6
Target vocab: witches, 1-10.
Song length: 0:45
A nice simple Halloween song for little kids.
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Lyrics:
Verse 1:
1 little, 2 little, 3 little witches
4 little, 5 little, 6 little witches
7 little, 8 little, 9 little witches
10 little witches in a row.
Verse 2:
10 little, 9 little, 8 little witches
7 little, 6 little, 5 little witches
4 little, 3 little, 2 little witches
1 little witch on her own.
Gestures and activities to use with the Three little witches song
If you can get everyone to dress up in a Halloween fancy dress costume for the class it will make the whole experience more fun!
This is very simple – have everyone stand up and hold their hands out with their fists clenched. As the song counts up to 10 (verse 1) everyone holds up a finger for each witch – by the end of the verse all 10 fingers will be raised. As the song counts down (verse 2) everyone closes their fingers until just one finger is left up.
Using the Three little witches song in class
Please check our free Halloween lesson page for ideas to use in your Halloween lessons.
Our ESL kids songs
Greetings:
Actions, Verbs & Ability:
- Directions song
- Morning routines song
- Past irregular verbs song
- What can you do? (ability)
- What sports do you play?
- What are you doing? (present continuous)
- What did you do yesterday? (past irregular verbs)
- Yesterday was a great day! (past regular verbs)
Adjectives, Adverbs & Emotions:
- Describe your friend (adjectives)
- Feelings song
- If you’re happy & you know it
- Let’s have some fun! (adverbs)
- Let’s look at the animals (adjectives)
- Who is happy? (subject pronouns)
Alphabet & Numbers:
Animals:
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- Old MacDonald
- Let’s go to the zoo
- Let’s look at the animals (adjectives)
Body, Shapes & [hide_on_uk]Colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colours[/hide_on_us]:
- Head, shoulders, knees & toes
- Mr. Shape Head
- Rainbow song ([hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us])
Directions, Prepositions & Transport:
- Directions song
- How did you get here today? (transport)
- Wheels on the bus
- Where are my things? (prepositions of location)
Food & Likes:
Holidays:
- Easter song
- Happy Halloween
- Three little witches
- Thanksgiving song
- Jingle bells
- We wish you a merry Christmas
Our world & Places:
Time & Weather:
Others:
