Five little ladies going for a walk

(from: "The wheels on the bus"; Early Learning Centre; Swindon SN3 4TJ)  

Five little ladies going for a walk 

Five little ladies stopped for a talk 

A long came five little gentlemen 

They all danced together and that made ten.  

Ten little Indians

One little, two little, three little Indians

four little, five little, six little Indians

seven little, eight little, nine little Indians

ten little Indian boys / girls.

Variant:  

They jumped   in   the boat and the boat tipped over.

 

Six in a bed

There were six in a bed and the little one said, "Roll over! Roll over!" 

So they all rolled over and one fell out......

There were five in the bed.....  

 

Five little ducks

Five little ducks went swimming one day, over the hills and far away. Mother duck said:  Quack,  quack, quack! But only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks........ etc.  

One little duck went swimming one day ......But none of the five little ducks came back.

Well, sad mother duck went out one day. Over the hills and far away. Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack. And all of the five little ducks came back.

 

 

Five brown Teddies

(from:"Oranges and Lemons; Oxford University Press)  

Five brown teddies sitting on a wall.  

Five brown teddies sitting on a wall.  

And  if one  brown  teddy   should accidentally fall  

There'd be four brown teddies sitting on a wall.

Four brown teddies..  

The number rock

(numbers 1 - 20)

1, 2, 3 (repeat) - 4, 5, 6 (repeat),...

Ten green bottles

Ten green bottles standing on the wall,  

Ten green bottles standing on the wall,  

But if one green bottle should accidentally fall,

There'll be nine green bottles standing on the wall.  

(When the bottle falls, rub out the bottle on the board).

Peter hammers with one hammer

Peter hammers with one hammer, one hammer, one hammer, Peter hammers with one hammer all day long.  

 

 

Peter hammers with two hammers,...

 

 

Peter hammers with three hammers...

 

 

Peter hammers with four hammers....

 

 

Peter hammers with five hammers...

 

 

Peter's very tired now, tired now, tired now,.....

 

 

Peter's wide awake now.............

one hammer - one fist banging on knee in rhythm

 

two hammers - two fists banging on knees in rhythm

 

three hammers - two fists banging, one foot tapping

 

four hammers - two fists banging, two feet tapping

 

five hammers - two fists banging, two feet banging, one head nodding

Hand rub eyes and pretend yawning

Wake up and start hammering!

Five little monkeys

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed.

One fell out. He bumped his head.

Mama called the doctor. The doctor said,

"No more monkeys, no more  monkeys, no more monkeys jumping on the bed.

You are going to fall out.

Four little monkeys......