Sing Your Way to Numeracy!

Here’s an easy way to get your students up and moving; getting those wiggles out.  At the same time, they’ll be practicing their rhyming and their counting to ten – all in one simple, classic song.

This old man, he played one (raise one finger, etc.)
He played knick-knack on his thumb;
(pound on other fist)
With a knick-knack, paddy wack,
Give the dog a bone.
(clap hands)
This old man goes rolling home.
(roll hands)

This old man, he played two
He played knick-knack on his shoe.
With a knick-knack, paddy-wack, etc.

Three – on his knee
Four – on the floor
Five – on his side
Six – with some sticks
Seven – up to Heaven
Eight – on his plate
Nine – all the time
Ten – all over again

 

 

Want an mp3 to sing along to?  Check out any of these:

 

Looking for some more fun and easy kindergarten math songs?  Check out:

Counting Songs Help Keep Kindergarten Math Skills Sharp

Number Rhymes Make Learning Numbers as Easy as 1, 2, 3!

10 Little Fingers, a Number Song in English and Spanish

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