Nursery number favourites to 5 o-z F

Five old crows

Five pigs so squeaky clean

Five plump peas

Five shooting stars

Five snow angels

Five Spring flowers

Five snow angels

Four robins

Four scarlet berries

Four seeds in a hole

Last updated: 20/09/2021 10:28

The songs below are compiled, illustrated and sometimes adapted

by Dany Rosevear

Return to the Singing games for children’ home

To listen to music from these songs click on 🔊

To watch the author sing a song click on the title at:

 

© Dany Rosevear 2008 All rights reserved

You are free to copy, distribute, display and perform these works under the

following conditions:

·       you must give the original author credit

·       you may not use this work for commercial purposes

·       for any re-use or distribution, you must make clear to others the licence terms of this work

·       any of these can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder

Your fair use and other rights are no way affected by the above.


 

 

Five old crows 🔊

 

 


Learn the number pairs that make five.

Music by Dany Rosevear.

 

Raise five fingers, place the other hand, the wall, in front. Wiggle four fingers and then the thumb. down each time to show ‘one less’. Show forefinger then make thumb and forefinger open and close like a beak to ‘caw’ like the crow. Cross hands at wrist and make hands ‘fly’. Continue as before until the are no birds left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Five old crows were on a brick wall.

Four were tall and the other was small.

One old crow cried, "Caw, caw, caw!"

He went to visit his mother-in-law.

 

Four old crows were on a brick wall.

Three were tall and the other was small.

One old crow went to get some food.

He never came back to the other brood.

 

Three old crows were on a brick wall.

Two were tall and the other was small.

The small one grew and grew and grew.

He flew away and that left two.

 

Two old crows were on a brick wall.

Both were old and both of them tall.

One crow said, “I miss my son.”

He flew away and that left one.

 

One old crow was on a brick wall.

He flew away and there was the wall!

One brick wall was alone in the rain,

Wishing for the crows to come back again.


 

 

Five pigs so squeaky clean 🔊

 

 


A farmyard number song.

Subtract one each time from five and learn ordinal numbers.

Sing the song quietly and then loudly for IN THE MUD! Fold one finger down each time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Five pigs so squeaky clean,

Cleanest pigs you’ve ever seen,

Wanted to go outside and play-

IN THE MUD!

One jumped into the mud,

Landed with a great big thud,

Then there were four clean squeaky pigs!

Oink! Oink!

 


 

 

Five plump peas

 

A classic early year’s finger rhyme.

Here it is in Chinese – I’m not sure which language though! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syIUEbp5Or0

 

Five plump peas in a peapod pressed,

Clench fingers of one hand and cover with the other.

One grew, two grew, and so did all the rest.

Raise fingers one at a time.

They grew, and they grew

Stretch arms apart.

And they never stopped,

They grew SO BIG that the peapod... POPPED!

Clap hands loudly.


 

 

Five shooting stars  🔊

 

 


A number night time song.

One of the many wonders of the universe. The darker nights are coming on and with a bit of luck you might see a shooting star and sometimes more than one, but you have to be sharp-eyed!

Each time put up the relevant number of fingers, then wiggle and zoom them.

Verse 1. Finger star zooms beind other hand. Put hand to mouth. 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Five shooting stars in the dark, dark night.

Twinkling, zooming, what a lovely sight;

One shooting star hid behind a cloud,

“Catch me if you can!” It shouted very loud! WHEEEE!

 

Four shooting stars in the dark, dark night.

Twinkling, zooming, what a lovely sight;

One shooting star flew up to the moon,

“Catch me if you can!” But I’ll be back very soon. WHEEEE!

 

Three shooting stars in the dark, dark night.

Twinkling, zooming, what a lovely sight;

One shooting star shot off past the Sun,

“Catch me if you can!” I’m having so much fun. WHEEEE!

 

Two shooting stars in the dark, dark night.

Twinkling, zooming, what a lovely sight;

One shooting star slid down the Milky Way,

“Catch me if you can!” I’m off on holiday. WHEEEE!

 

One shooting star in the dark, dark night.

Twinkling, zooming, what a lovely sight;

The last shooting star, winked a sleepy eye,

“It’s time you went to sleep so I’ll say Goodnight!” WHEEEE!

 

SPOKEN: Look up, look up out into the universe,

Far, far away from our dear planet Earth;

What will you see? It’s there if you peek,

A wonderful starry world playing hide and seek!

PEEPO !


 

 

 

Five snow angels O

 

 


We didn’t make snow angels when I was young, I’ve only recently discovered them with my grandchildren.

What happens to those snow angels and snowmen at the end of the day; this song will keep you guessing unless you know about the water cycle and changing weather patterns!

 

Make snow angels in the snow by lying down and moving arms up and down. You are likely to get wet so make sure you have your waterproofs on!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Five snow angels in my garden lay;

Sleeping so quietly ‘til the end of day.

One saw the dark’ning sky, it’s true,

Softly, gently, up and up it flew.

 

Four snow angels…

One heard a barn owl hoot, it’s true….

 

Three snow angels…

One saw the twinkling stars, it’s true….

 

Two snow angels…

One saw a comet zoom, it’s true….

 

One snow angel…

It saw the shy moon smile, it’s true….

 

The sun is up and we’d like to know,

Where, oh where, did our snow angels go?

Then five white clouds sailed silently by,

I’m sure, so sure, one cloud winked an eye!

I’m sure, so sure, one cloud winked an eye!


 

 

Four robins 🔊

 

 


A number poem and hand play. Count one more each time.

From ‘Meaningful Mathematics, Kindergarten. Teacher's Guide to Lesson Plans’ published 1969. Music Dany Rosevear.

Hold up one finger. Spread fingers of one raised hand to make a tree. Open and closed thumb and finger of the other hand placed in the branches of the tree. Hold up two fingers and repeat actions. Continue to four. Cross wrists and make birds fly. Rest one hand inside the other to make a nest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


A robin sat high in a tree,

Singing oh, so merrily;

He sang and sang the sky was blue,

Another came and that made two.

 

Two robins sat high in a tree,

Singing oh, so merrily;

They sang and sang so loud and free,

Another came and that made three.

 

Three robins sat high in a tree,

Singing oh, so merrily;

They sang and sang and sang some more,

Another came and that made four.

 

Four robins sang till day was through,

Then away to their nests they flew;

They sang and sang and sang some more,

One and two and three and four.

 


 

 

Four scarlet berries 🔊

 

 


A number poem and hand play for Autumn. Count / subtract / count back.

Words by Mary Vivian. Music by Dany Rosevear.

Fold down one finger each time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Four scarlet berries

Left upon the tree,

“Thanks,” cried the black bird,

“These will do for me.”

He ate numbers one and two,

Then ate number three,

When he’d eaten number four,

There was none to see!

 


 

 

 

Four seeds in a hole O

 

 


An old countryside saying. It is also heard as: ‘One for the rook, one for the crow’

 

Make fingers to show how many seeds and count out their use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Four seeds in a hole,

Four seeds in a hole,

One for the mouse,

One for the crow,

One to rot and one to grow!

 


Return to the Singing games for children’ home