Number Songs and Rhymes
Below are a range of number songs to support the teaching of counting,
addition and subtraction. Number songs teach many elements of maths and also develop language and concentration. Children love singing and learning number songs which will also prepare them for when they start pre-school. Number songs can be incorporated into your daily routines for example through Sing Along Songs for the Car .
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
Goldilocks
One, Two Buckle My Shoe
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Ten in the 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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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!
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Round and round the garden
Round and round the
garden,
Like a teddy bear,
One step, two steps,
And tickle you under
there!
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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
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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
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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.
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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)
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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
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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)
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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.)
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Ten
Green Bottles
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall,
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally 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 accidentally 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 accidentally fall,
There'll be no green bottles hanging on the wall.
No green bottles hanging on the wall.
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When Goldilocks went
to the house of the bears
When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears
Oh what did her two eyes see?
A bowl that was huge
A bowl that was small
A bowl that was tiny and that was all
She counted them: one, two, three.
When Golidlocks went to the house of the bears
Oh what did her two eyes see?
A chair that was huge
A chair that was small
A chair that was tiny and that was all
She counted them: one, two, three.
When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears
Oh what did her two eyes see?
A bed that was huge
A bed that was small
A bed that was tiny and that was all
She counted them: one, two, three.
When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears
Oh what did her two eyes see?
A bear that was huge
A bear that was small
A bear that was tiny and that was all
They growled at her: grrr, grrr, grrr!
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