This Spring song and puppet craft brings together the benefits of counting, singing, crafting and recycling, all in one! The idea of little yellow chicks hatching from their eggs couldn’t be more in tune with the Spring season! Spring Song Puppet Craft Spring Song : 6 Brown Eggs in a Nest of Hay Six brown […]
Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day : Counting Songs
Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day is always a favourite, it’s great for practicing numbers and introducing the concept of subtraction, as each little duck swims away. If you have some little toy ducks it makes a lovely counting game which can enjoyed over and over. It’s always great fun to sing when you go […]
5 Little Pigs : Farm Song
Kids love playing with mud! So 5 Little Pigs is particulary appealing as it paints such a wonderful picture of the 5 little piggys joyously rolling in the squishy squashy mud! 5 Little Pigs : Counting Song and Farm Song 5 little pi – ggys rolled in the mud, (hold up 5 fingers ) Squi-shy, squa-shy […]
Raindrop, Plop!
One small child, an umbrella, some wellies, a raincoat and don’t forget a cute little dog, all go out for a walk on a wet and rainy day. Raindrop Plop! by Wendy Cheyette Lewison takes all these elements and turns them into a catchy little chant that gets everyone joining in. Starting off with just […]
Five Little Speckled Frogs Nursery Rhyme
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 […]
Easy Halloween Counting Song
This easy halloween counting song is perfect for three to five year olds. It combines a good bit of counting practice with just the right level of halloween frights for little ones. I sing this song to the tune of ‘Twinkle Twinkle’ because the kids can pick it up so easily, but it works just […]
5 Shiny Conkers : Autumn Songs
5 Shiny Conkers is the last in our Autumn Songs series, and also my own favourite! In many ways conkers are the jewel in Autumn’s crown. As if the rich carpet of fiery leaves aren’t enough. Nature surprises us with her shiny brown conkers which are cunningly disguised by their green spiky shells. In America […]
The Animals Went In Two By Two – Counting Song
The Animals Went In Two By Two counting song brings back many special memories of when my own kids were small. We had a beautiful jigsaw puzzle of all the animals marching into Noah’s Ark. They never seemed to get tired of tipping out the jumble of wooden pieces and singing this song as they […]
Baby Dinos Counting Song
This fun Baby Dinos Counting song is a great one for all the budding little paleantologists out there! The catchy tune is so quick to pick up and remember and it’s good counting practice too! So it’s always a hit because everyone always loves dinosaurs! Five baby dinos learning how to roar. One lost his voice […]
10 Little Soldiers Counting Song
10 Little Soldiers Counting Song is so familiar and easy to pick up because it borrows it’s tune from the well known ’10 Little Indians’ song . It’s excellent for number and counting practice and works very well alongside The Grand Old Duke Of York and our other marching activities for a soldier theme. 10 Little […]