Five Little Speckled Frogs is always such a hit and is the perfect preschool nursery rhyme to practice counting down from five to zero. Its repetition makes it an easy song to learn and it is very catchy too!
Five Little Speckled Frogs Nursery Rhyme Lyrics
Five little speckled frogs, sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs, yum yum!
Then one jumped in the pool, where it was nice and cool
Now there are just four speckled frogs, croak croak!
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(Repeat verses for four, three and two frogs)
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One little speckled frog, sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs, yum yum!
Then one jumped in the pool, where it was nice and cool
Now there are no more speckled frogs, croak croak!
Let’s Play Jazz Track
Five Little Specked Frogs is one of the songs we recorded for one of our albums, Let’s Play Jazz. The track is voice and piano, and the arrangement has a slight jazzy twist. You can listen to it below.
Musical activity ideas for preschoolers
- Tap along with percussion instruments like sticks and tambourines. This song is great for playing with percussion instruments because of its strong rhythm. It is also brilliant for getting a feel for the difference between the rhythm and the beat.
- Act out the song – children will love pretending to hop around and croak in time with the music.
- Use toy frogs as props to show the children how to count down from five to zero. This is always how I did it in my music classes and it really brings it to life.
- Sing Five Little Speckled Frogs as part of bath time. You can find other bath time songs here. Even better if you have toy frogs that you can use in the bath to act out the song!
- Use puppets to count down from five to zero – there are some great ones here. You can print these puppets out and mount on sticks. The perfect props!
- Sing along while someone plays the tune on the piano. Scroll down for the free piano sheet music.
Click the thumbnail below to print off the free easy piano sheet music.
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