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The value of counting and shape songs and rhymes Counting songs Five little fishes Five little froggies Five little leaves Five little men in a flying saucer Five little monkeys jumping on the bed Five little snowmen Five little spacemen Five little speckled frogs Fruit chant Greedy crocodile Peter hammers with one hammer The ant song Three crows Three little monkeys climbing a tree
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Shape songs Mystery bag 2D shapes Mystery bag 3D shapes Circle Triangle Square Lets draw a 9 9 9 10 10 10
Fruit chant
(this song can be changed by using different fruits such as; juicy pears, yellow bananas or prickly pineapples)
Five rosy apples on the tree, One for you and four for me. Four rosy apples on the tree, Two for you and two for me. Fruit templates can be used for each type of fruit.
Greedy crocodile
(to the tune of What shall we do with a drunken sailor?)
I am a greedy crocodile, Sparkling teeth and a charming smile, Come too near and in a while, You will be my dinner! Crocodile sings, One, two, three, four, five, One, two, three, four, five, One, two three, snap, snap, Now Ive had my dinner! Crocodile decides how many children to eat by singing snap for each child eaten. Can the other children say how many have been eaten? How many children are left? With younger children it might be appropriate if they sit when the crocodile has snapped them.
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The ants went marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah, The ants went marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah, The ants went marching one by one, The little one stopped to suck his thumb, And they all went marching, Across the floor, under the door Down the drain, out in the rain With action) The ants went marching two by two, Fasten his shoe The ants went marching three by three, Climb a tree The ants went marching four by four, Knock at the door The ants went marching five by five Do a dive This time sing and do the actions much faster.
Three crows
Three crows sitting on a wall, Sitting on a wall, sitting on a wall, Three crows sitting on a wall, On a cold and frosty morning. The first crow couldnt fly at all, Couldnt fly at all, couldnt fly at all, The first crow couldnt fly at all, On a cold and frosty morning. The second crow flapped his wings and tried, Flapped his wings and tried, flapped his wings and tried, The second crow flapped his wings and tried, On a cold and frosty morning. The third crow flew away and cawed, Flew away and cawed, flew away and cawed, The third crow flew away and cawed, On a cold and frosty morning.
Circle
(to the tune of Round and round the garden like a teddy bear)
Round and round the circle, Draw one in the air, Stop look find one, Circles are everywhere.
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Triangle
(to the tune of Three blind mice)
Triangle, triangle, Three straight sides, three straight sides, It isnt a circle, it isnt a square, You can see triangles everywhere, You can even hear if you listen with care, A triangle. TING!
Square
(to the tune of Frre Jacques)
Find four corners, find four corners, Sides the same, sides the same. Put them all together, put them all together, Squares my name, squares my name. Can you see me? Can you see me? Anywhere? Anywhere, Hiding in the room, hiding in the room, Over there! over there!
Lets draw a
(to the tune of Frere Jacques)
Lets draw a circle, lets draw a circle, In the air, in the air. Make the curved edge go round, make the curved edge go round, No points there, no points there. Lets draw a square, lets draw a square, In the air, in the air, One, two, three, four sides, one, two, three, four sides, All the same, all the same. Or four corners there, four corners there. Lets draw an oblong, lets draw an oblong, In the air, in the air, Two long and two short sides, two long and two short sides, Four corners there, four corners there. Lets draw a triangle, lets draw a triangle, In the air, in the air, Three straight sides, three straight sides, Three points there, three points there.
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Produced by: Early Years Teaching and Learning Team November 2008
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