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Number Songs and Rhymes
Below are a range of number songs to support the teaching of counting,
addition and subtraction. We also have a section on
nursery
rhymes which help develop your
child's auditory discrimination and speech.
Counting Songs and number songs
provide an ideal way to help your child
develop numeracy skills from a young age.
Encourage them to perform 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 numerals and counting. Encourage your child to do an action for each
part of the song. You might want to buy a
Counting Songs CD so your child can sing along and do
the actions or a book of
100 Number Rhymes. Once you have
sung the songs with your child, they will quickly start singing the
rhymes independently.
Five Currant Buns
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Five Little Ducks
Five
Dinosaurs
Five Fat Peas
Five Little Men in a
Flying Saucer
Five Fat Sausages
A Tall Silver Rocket
Ten Fingers
Ten in a
Bed
Ten
Green Bottles
Monkeys on the Bed
Beach counting
I Can Count
Three Ducks
Turtles
Round and Round the Garden
Rockets
Counting in Two’s
Rhyme to help children write numbers
One Banana, Two banana
One, Two Buckle My Shoe
‘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 Currant Buns’
Five currant buns in a baker’s shop,
Big and
round with a currant on the top,
Along came a girl with a penny one day,
Bought a currant bun and took it away,
Four currant buns in a baker’s shop…
(Continue until one currant bun is left in the 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!
‘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
Dinosaurs
Five enormous dinosaurs
Letting out a roar
One went away, and
Then there were four.
Four enormous dinosaurs
Crashing down a tree,
One went away, and
Then there were three.
Three enormous dinosaurs
Eating tiger stew,
One went away, and
Then there were two.
Two enormous dinosaurs,
Trying
to run
One ran
away, and then there was one.
One
enormous dinosaur,
Afraid
to be a hero,
He went
away and then there were zero.
Five Fat Peas
Five
fat peas in a pod pressed
(Child
holds hand in a fist)
One
grew, two grew, so did the rest.
(put
thumb and fingers up one by one)
They
grew and grew
(raise
hand in the air very slowly)
And did
not stop,
Until
one day
The pod
went POP!
(Child
claps hands together)
Monkeys on the Bed
Five
Little monkeys jumping on the bed
One
fell off and bumped his head
Mama
called the doctor and the doctor said
“No
more monkeys jumping on the bed”.
Four
little monkeys jumping on the bed….
Turtles
One
baby turtle alone and new
Finds a
friend, and then there are two.
Two
baby turtles crawl down to the sea.
They
find another, and then there are three.
Three
baby turtles crawl along the shore.
They
find another, and then there are four.
Four
baby turtles go for a dive.
Up
swims another, and then there are five.
Beach Counting
One for
the sun that shone in the sky.
Two for
the ships that sailed on by.
Three
for the castles I built on the sand.
Four
for the seashells I held in my hand.
Five
for the points on the starfish I saw.
Six for
the crabs that scuttled ashore.
Seven
for the waves that I managed to beat.
Eight
for the pebbles I perched on my feet.
Nine
for the boats that bobbed on the sea.
Ten for
my toes that were wiggling free.
Rockets
Rockets
shoot off into space,
Hurry
up it’s quite a race!
Rockets
make a big loud boom,
Heading
up towards the moon!
Counting down before we go,
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, ZERO!
Three Ducks (Tune
of Twinkle, twinkle)
Watch
the ducks and you will see,
They
are waddling one, two three,
First
the smallest leads the line,
Middle
sized duck thinks second place is fine,
Biggest
duck is third you see,
They
are waddling one, two, three.
Rhyme to help children
write numbers
Number
1 is big and tall, stand him up so he won’t fall.
Number
2 goes backwards and along, please make sure you don’t go wrong.
Two
little curls for number 3, one for you and one for me.
Number
4 goes down and across, give him a stick so he’s the boss.
Number
5 is a funny chap, down fat tummy and give him a hat.
Number
6 looks like a curl in your hair, twiddle it around to show that it’s
there,
Number
7 starts with a hat, then goes down just like that,
Number
eight makes an ‘S’ then go back to join it up.
Number
9 is like a ball on a stick, start with a ‘C’ then go up and down quick.
Number
10, that’s a lot of fun, write 1 and a nought and now it’s all done!
I Can Count
I can
count, want to see?
Here’s
my fingers- one, two, three (Hold
up fingers as you count)
Four
and five, this hand is done.
Now
I’ll count the other one.
Six,
seven, eight and nine (Hold
up fingers on other hand)
Just
one more, I’m doing fine.
The
last little finger is number ten.
Now
I’ll count them all again.
One,
two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!
Ten Fingers
I have
ten fingers (hold up both hands, fingers spread)
And
they all belong to me, (point
to self)
I can
make them do things-
Would
you like to see?
I can
shut them up tight (make fists)
I can
open them wide (open hands)
I can
put them together (place palms together)
I can
make them all hide (put
hands behind back)
I can
make them jump high (hands
over head)
I can
make them jump low (touch
floor)
I can
fold them quietly (fold
hands in lap)
And
hold them just so.
Five Little Men in a Flying
Saucer
Five
little men in a flying saucer,
Flew
around the world one day,
They
looked left and right,
But
they didn't like the sight
So one
man flew away...WHOOSH.
Four
little men in a flying saucer.... (continue singing until the last man
has flown away)
Five Fat Sausages
Five
fat sausages sizzling in a pan,
All of
a sudden one went BANG!
Four
fat sausages sizzling in a pan,
All of
a sudden one went BANG!
(Continue singing until the last sausage goes BANG! This could be sang
with more sausages to develop subtraction further.)
Ten Green Bottles
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall,
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidently fall,
There'll be nine green bottles hanging on the wall.
Nine green bottles hanging on the wall,
Nine green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidently fall,
There'll be eight green bottles hanging on the wall.
(Continue singing until only one green bottle is left)
One green bottle hanging on the wall,
One green bottle hanging on the wall,
And if that one green bottle should accidently fall,
There'll be no green bottles hanging on the wall.
No green bottles hanging on the wall.
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