60 Best Winter Songs for Kids of All Ages

Chill beats for warm hearts.

Winter Songs Feature

Nothing says winter is here like a nice, warm sing-along, whether it’s during the weeks before or after winter break. Here are the best winter songs for morning meeting, winter concerts, high school performances, or just to play in the background while students work.

Plus check out our Inclusive Winter Songs Spotify playlist and listen on shuffle from now until winter break!

As a reminder, everyone has their own ideas about what’s appropriate to share with students. Always review song lyrics and music videos ahead of time to make sure they’re right for your classroom.

Winter Songs for Preschool and Kindergarten

1. Let’s Make a Snowman by Super Simple Songs  

2. I’m a Little Snowman by Super Simple Songs

3. Winter Time Is Here by the Kiboomers

4. Winter Song for Kids by Easy Monkey Songs

5. Five Little Snowmen All in a Row by the Kiboomers

6. Mittens and Gloves by Ms. Dwidar

7. Little Snowflake by Super Simple Songs

Snowflake, snowflake, little snowflake / Little snowflake falling from the sky

Snowflake, snowflake, little snowflake / Little snowflake falling from the sky

8. Frosty the Snowman by Billys World Club

9. The Snowman Song by Maple Leaf Learning

10. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer from the TV movie Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer  

11. Reindeer Hokey Pokey Dance by the Kiboomers

12. Let’s Build a Gingerbread House by Canton-Galva Elementary

Let’s build a gingerbread house / Let’s use cinnamon, peppermint, caramel / And frosting that is yummy! / Let’s build a gingerbread house

Let’s build a gingerbread house / Let’s use cinnamon, peppermint, caramel / And frosting that is yummy! / Let’s build a gingerbread house

13. Snowpants from Heidi Hinz

14. Snowflakes Snowflakes by the Kiboomers

15. Snowman Dance by Sing Play Create

16. Snowflakes by The Learning Station

17. I Live Inside a Snowglobe by The Laurie Berkner Band

18. Candle in the Snow by Caspar Babypants

I wish I was a candle in the snow / If I was a candle in the snow / I’d warm you with my tiny glow / I wish I was a candle in the snow
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I wish I was a candle in the snow / If I was a candle in the snow / I’d warm you with my tiny glow / I wish I was a candle in the snow

19. A Hat for My Snowman by Canton-Galva Elementary

20. The Mitten Song by Lorraine Nelson Long

21. Snowy Song by Yo Re Mi

22. Jingle Bells by Sesame Street

Winter Songs for Elementary School

23. A Silly Winter Song by Jacob Geiger

24. ’Tis a Gift To Be Simple by Saint Andrews Episcopal Church

'Tis a gift to be simple / ’Tis a gift to be free / 'Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be / And when we find ourselves in the place just right / 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight- winter songs

‘Tis a gift to be simple / ’Tis a gift to be free / ‘Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be / And when we find ourselves in the place just right / ‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight

25. Winter Freeze Dance by the Kiboomers

26. Avalanche by Yo Re Mi

27. Do You Want to Build a Snowman? from Frozen by Disney Music

28. Let It Go by Idina Menzel

29. Hot Chocolate by Tom Hanks from The Polar Express

30. Ocho Kandelikas by Idina Menzel

31. Let It Snow by Frank Sinatra

Oh, the weather outside is frightful / But the fire is so delightful / And since we've no place to go / Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Oh, the weather outside is frightful / But the fire is so delightful / And since we’ve no place to go / Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

32. When Winter Comes by Paul McCartney

33. Marshmallow World by Dean Martin

34. Winter Wonderland by Michael Bublé

35. Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel by The Learning Station

36. Brrrrrrrrr by Koo Koo

37. Over the River and Through the Wood by Alexis Burrows

38. You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch by Universal Pictures

You're as cuddly as a cactus / You're as charming as an eel / Mr. Grinch, you're a bad banana / With a greasy black peel

You’re as cuddly as a cactus / You’re as charming as an eel / Mr. Grinch, you’re a bad banana / With a greasy black peel

Winter Songs for Middle and High School

39. White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes

40. Auld Lang Syne by the Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

41. Carol of the Bells by Monique Danielle

42. Cold Snap! from Flakes! the Musical

Icicles a-hanging on my window sill / Giving me a frosty, frozen winter chill / Cold snap! A cold snap! / I can feel a cold snap!- winter songs

Icicles a-hanging on my window sill / Giving me a frosty, frozen winter chill / Cold snap! A cold snap! / I can feel a cold snap!

43. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: Winter by Freivogel & Voices of Music

44. The Skaters Waltz by Andre Rieu

45. Winter Lullaby by Pink Zebra

46. Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas Canon by Trans-Siberian Orchestra

47. Wassail Song by Ralph Vaughan Williams  

48. Elf movie theme

49. Winter Song by Sara Barialles and Ingrid Michaelson  

50. Wintertime by Norah Jones

I know, I know, I know I'll make it / I'll make it through / In the wintertime, there's a candlelight / I only get from you

I know, I know, I know I’ll make it / I’ll make it through / In the wintertime, there’s a candlelight / I only get from you

51. A Hazy Shade of Winter by Simon & Garfunkel

52. A Winter’s Tale by Queen

53. The Hounds of Winter by Sting

54. Colder Than Winter by Sarah Brightman

55. Snowbird by Anne Murray

56. Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter by Ingrid Michaelson

57. Cold Weather Blues by Muddy Waters

Oh, so cold up north that the birds can't hardly fly / So cold up north that the birds can't hardly fly / I'm going back south / And let this winter pass on by- winter songs

Oh, so cold up north that the birds can’t hardly fly / So cold up north that the birds can’t hardly fly / I’m going back south / And let this winter pass on by

58. Roses in the Snow by Emmylou Harris

59. Winter by U2

60. Winter Things by Ariana Grande

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These winter songs are guaranteed to get every student in a winter mood, whether it's before or after winter break.