AnonyMouse_30128 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 We have been doing lots of work with core songs this term (80% of our children have some sort of CLL difficulty!) apart from 12345 once i caught a fish alive has anyone got some good counting up songs? (need to count up before we count down!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_8282 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 At this time of year you could do 'One Little Candle Burning Bright' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_30128 Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share Posted November 21, 2021 i'm not sure if if ive found the right version of this? i don't know the song. I have about 60% EAL at the moment so it needs to be super simple and repetitive to help them learn the concepts. If it's the version i've found i fear it may be too tricky at this point!😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_19782 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 (edited) How about 1 Little .......... 2 little, 3 little, (pandas, kittens, puppies, dinosaurs - or depending upon your resources etc) up to 5 or 10 obviously need to make the beat fit the tune at the end or teaching them to meditate - eyes closed, breathing count 1 pause blow out, 2 pause blow out etc. or elephants on the spiders web song? One elephant one fine day went on a spider's web to play He thought it such tremendous fun he called for another elephant to come 2 elephants one fine day went on a spider's web to play, They thought it such tremendous fun, they called for another elephant to come We used to have the children going around in a circle to this, calling in another friend. The end of the song goes The web went creak, the web went crack and all of the elephants went Kersplatt ( children fall to the floor) Edited November 21, 2021 by Panders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_8282 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 This is what we sing- One little candle burning bright, lights up the sky on a dark dark night, candle light is so much fun- we could do with another one. Two Little candles " ' " " " Three Little..... Four..... Until you reach your desired number- then the last bit is 'we don't need another one' 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_14268 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 (edited) 1 potato, two potato…. 1,2 buckle my shoe Peter hammers with one hammer Gosh you have really made me realise how few counting up songs there are in comparison to counting down songs! Edited November 21, 2021 by zigzag 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_19782 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Peter Hammers ! Dont know how I forgot that one! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_30128 Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share Posted November 21, 2021 4 hours ago, louby loo said: This is what we sing- One little candle burning bright, lights up the sky on a dark dark night, candle light is so much fun- we could do with another one. Two Little candles " ' " " " Three Little..... Four..... Until you reach your desired number- then the last bit is 'we don't need another one' Ah thought there must have been a simple version.....the one i found on you tube was rather more complex! 😂 we learnt one potato this week which worked well....i had also forgot Peter hammers. This cohort are not yet at the elephant song stage...but won't take long! So thanks Panders. 1 hour ago, zigzag said: Gosh you have really made me realise how few counting up songs there are in comparison to counting down songs! Amazing isn't it! i could write pages on songs going backwards! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_19920 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 one banana, two bananas etc., ants go marching one by one one potato, two potatoes etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_30128 Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share Posted November 21, 2021 one banana 2 banana???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_30128 Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share Posted November 21, 2021 not this im assuming??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_19782 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Did you see the other banana song? One banana two banana ( two adults dressed as bananas, saying it over and over) then some other chap coming on and doing odd things 😨 I gave up at that point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 One dainty daffodil makes its way through up pops another one and that makes two! Two dainty daffodils, nodding by a tree, up pops another one, and that makes three! Three dainty daffodils, what a golden score, up pops another one and that makes four! Four dainty daffodils, glad to be alive, Up pops another one, and that makes five! Five dainty daffodils, swaying in the sun, someone picks themself a bunch And now there are none. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_30128 Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 20 hours ago, Cait said: One dainty daffodil makes its way through up pops another one and that makes two! Two dainty daffodils, nodding by a tree, up pops another one, and that makes three! Three dainty daffodils, what a golden score, up pops another one and that makes four! Four dainty daffodils, glad to be alive, Up pops another one, and that makes five! Five dainty daffodils, swaying in the sun, someone picks themself a bunch And now there are none. This is rather lovely...but WAY too many words for the cohort at this point in time . My rhymes have to be repetitive with the majority of the words the same in each verse (5 currant buns ETC) But thanks for the response. I shall save this for another day.xxxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 It’s a very old one - my grandmother taught it in her nursery, my mother in hers, and I did in my preschool. It doesn’t matter too much that they can’t say all the words at first, but they loved shouting out the numbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_19782 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Cait, I had no idea how your family had been involved with nurseries too - how fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Yes, it’s been a family thing for a really long time. My daughter worked in childcare for quite a while in Guernsey too, but the salary wasn’t good enough so she went into hospitality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_8282 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 'Cocomelon' counting dinosaurs song- is quite a simple 1-10 song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_19782 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Yes Louby loo - Cocomelon and Babybum youtube programmes both have very repetitive 1-10 songs and they do work our not quite 2 year old granddaughter already repeats numbers to 10 and is beginning now to point and count, these things do work - bit like Sesame St. back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_8282 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Panders said: Yes Louby loo - Cocomelon and Babybum youtube programmes both have very repetitive 1-10 songs and they do work our not quite 2 year old granddaughter already repeats numbers to 10 and is beginning now to point and count, these things do work - bit like Sesame St. back in the day. I've been totally 'cocomelon'd' out today, by our not quite two year old!!!!😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_19782 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 We took 12 day old granddaughter for her first photo call today. The photographer was a parent of ours at pre-school and she takes the most amazing photos, her real passion tho is the very early days when babies can be almost mesmerized into sleep and she poses them how she wants them, we used to call her the baby whisperer. Such a lovely morning for me and her mummy and getting to meet the photographer again. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_19762 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Oh blow I had missed this thread - sorry fm Hmm - think that anything and everything that I know has already been offered... I do know loads of 'counting down' songs but that's not what you are looking for 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_14268 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Just come across this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Ah, did anyone else sing that to the Indians one? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_19782 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Of course - if you see my post further up the thread - you can use anything - an animal, dinosaurs etc. it's just a bit of a stretch at the end of the song sometimes to make the beat work - as mentioned by Louby Lou, these sites Cocomelon or Babybum on youtube adapt songs all the time, some I think a little too americanised but I've seen it work with my own granddaughter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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