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Number songs provide an ideal way to help children learn their numbers. Encourage them to do actions to accompany the songs using their fingers, teddies or even finger puppets. Number songs are easy for children to remember and can be an excellent starting point for counting and mathematical work.  

When singing focus on teaching your child the order of numbers and counting. Encourage your child to do an action for each part of the song.  You might want to use a tape or CD so you can sing along and do the actions. Once you have modelled this to your child, they will be able to sing the number rhymes on their own.

There are a range of number songs to support the teaching of counting, addition and subtraction.

Ten in a Bed

Five Little Speckled Frogs

Five Little Ducks

Five Current Buns

One, Two Buckle My Shoe

One Banana, Two bananas

Ring O’ring a Roses

Round and Round the Garden

Counting in Two’s

A Tall Silver Rocket

‘Ten in a Bed’

There were ten in the bed,

 And the little one said ‘roll over, roll over’,

So they all rolled over and one fell out.

There were nine in the bed,

And the little one said ‘roll over, roll over’

 So they all rolled over and one fell out……’

‘Five Little Speckled Frogs’

 Five little speckled frogs,

 Sat on a speckled log,

 Eating some most delicious bugs  

Yum, Yum…

One jumped into the pool,

Where it was nice and cool,

Then there were four green speckled frogs

Glub, Glub,

Four little speckled frogs,

Sat on a speckled log

Eating some most delicious bugs,

Yum Yum…

One jumped into the pool,

Where it was nice and cool

Then there were three green speckled frogs,

Glub, Glub

(Continue until last verse ‘and then there were no green speckled frogs’)

‘Five Little Ducks’

Five Little ducks went swimming one day,

Over the hills and far away

Mother duck said,

“Quack, quack, quack quack”

But only four little ducks cam back.

(Continue until one little duck)

     ‘Five Current Buns’

Five current buns in a baker’s shop,

Round and fat with sugar on the top,

Along came a girl with a penny one day,

Bought a current bun and took it away,

Four current buns in a baker’s shop…

(Continue until one current bun in a baker’s shop)

‘One, Two Buckle My Shoe’

One, two buckle my shoe

Three, four knock on the door

Five, six pick up sticks

Nine, ten a big fat hen…..

‘One banana, two banana’

One banana, two bananas,

Three bananas, more

Four bananas, five bananas,

Six bananas, more.

Seven bananas, eight bananas,

Nine bananas, more

Ten yellow bananas!

‘Ring o’ring a roses’

Ring o’ring a roses,

A pocket full of posies

A-tishoo, A-tishoo!

We all fall down!

‘Round and round the garden’

Round and round the garden,

Like a teddy bear,

One step, two steps,

And tickle you under there!

Counting in Two’s

‘Two, four, six, eight

Meet me by the garden gate

If I’m late, don’t wait.

Two, four, six, eight’

A Tall Silver Rocket

A tall silver rocket

Is standing on the ground,

Now it’s nearly ready

Here comes the sound.

Ten, Nine, Eight….

BLAST OFF