Apples and Bananas
This playful phonics song helps children learn and practice long vowel sounds through repetition and sound substitution. By changing the vowel sounds in familiar words like “apples” and “bananas,” children strengthen phonemic awareness, listening skills and early reading foundations while having fun experimenting with language and pronunciation.
I like to eat, eat, eat
Apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat
Apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat
Apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat
Apples and bananas
Now let’s sing it with a long “A” - like a cake!
I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays
I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays
Wow! Let’s make a long “E” - like a tree or a bee!
I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and ba-nee-nees
I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and ba-nee-nees
Next, let's switch to a long "I" - just like a "bike"!
Oh,I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and ba-nigh-nighs
I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and ba-nigh-nighs
Very cool, let’s try a long "O", like a "bone"!
I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and ba-no-nos
I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and ba-no-nos
Great, let’s use a long “U”, just like a “moon”!
I like to ute, ute, ute u-ples and bu-nu-nus
I like to ute, ute, ute u-ples and bu-nu-nus
Good job! Let’s take it from the top. One, two, three!
I like to eat, eat, eat
Apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat
Apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat
Apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat
Apples and bananas
