This song is available on Hap Palmer's
One Little Sound: Fun with Phonics And Numbers .
Subject:
Dividing words into syllables Counting from 1 to 8.
Number sound correspondence
Activity:
This song starts with a short verse which sets a scene or tells a story. This is followed by a question
which is repeated 3 times. Next, a word is slowly divided into "chunks" or syllables.
1. Sing the question which repeats 3 times.
2. Hold up fingers as each "chunk" or syllable is slowly spoken.
3. Count the number of fingers you are holding up and call out the number
of chunks before the children on the recording give the answer.
Said the chickadee to the chipmunk
"Tweedle-dee howdy doo
It's a beautiful day for singing a song
Here's a little tune about you"
How many chunks do you hear in chipmunk?
How many chunks do you hear in chipmunk?
How many chunks do you hear in chipmunk?
Say it slowly
CHIP - MUNK ... Two! (chip-muhnk)
How many chunks do you hear in chickadee?
How many chunks do you hear in chickadee?
How many chunks do you hear in chickadee?
Say it slowly
CHICK - A - DEE ... Three! (chik-uh-dee)
Said the kookaburra to koala
"Abracadabra, fly with me"
And the furry little friend began to fly
With a rolly polly tee hee hee
How many chunks do you hear in kookaburra?
How many chunks do you hear in kookaburra?
How many chunks do you hear in kookaburra?
Say it slowly
KOOK - A - BUR - RA ... Four! (kuk-uh-bur-uh)
How many chunks in abracadabra?
How many chunks in abracadabra?
How many chunks in abracadabra?
Say it slowly
AB - RA - CA - DAB - RA ... Five! (ab-ruh-cuh-dab-ra)
There's an alligator in my refrigerator,
Eating all my food
But I don't care, I like those words
So I'm in a happy mood
How many chunks do you hear in alligator?
How many chunks do you hear in alligator?
How many chunks do you hear in alligator?
Say it slowly
AL - LI - GA - TOR ... Four! (al-i-gay-tur)
How many chunks do you hear in refrigerator?
How many chunks do you hear in refrigerator?
How many chunks do you hear in refrigerator?
Say it slowly
RE - FRIG - ER - A - TOR ... Five! (ri-frij-uh-ray-tur)
Said the chipmunk to the chickadee
"Skidamarinkadinkadoo"
"It's a beautiful day for singing a song
Here's a little tune for you"
How many chunks in skidamarinkadinkadoo?
How many chunks in skidamarinkadinkadoo?
How many chunks in skidamarinkadinkadoo?
Say it slowly
SKI - DA - MA - RINK - A - DINK - A - DOO ... Eight!
Skidamarinkadinkadink, skidamarinkadoo, I Love You
Skidamarinkadinkadink, skidamarinkadoo, I Love You
I love you in the morning and in the afternoon
I love you in the evening and underneath the moon
Oh, Skidamarinkadinkadink, skidamarinkadinkadoo,
I Love You, I Love You
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