This song is available on Hap Palmer's Can Cockatoos Count by Twos?
Objectives:
· Learn numbers 0 - 9
· Recognize how numbers can describe attributes of people and their environments.
Materials:
A set of number cards 0 - 9.
Settings:
This song uses the same setting and makes an excellent lead up or follow up activity to the songJumping to Add and Subtract.
Activity:
Answer the questions in this song by walking up and down the number line and stop-ping by the card that
gives your answer. To show a multiple digit answer, stand by each number in order. To show multiple digit
answers of the same number, for example 55, stand by five and jump two times. To show your phone
number or address, walk to each number in sequence.
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Numbers can tell about size and speed,
Time and temperature, too
They can tell us how many, how far, how high
And numbers can tell about you.
What time do you rise in the morning?
What time do you go to bed?
How many people are in your family?
How many pets do you have if any?
May we ask how old you are?
How old would you like to be?
What time do you get home from school each day?
Do you remember your phone number?
Ooh - numbers, ooh - numbers
Ooh - numbers can tell about you
How many books have you read this year?
How many hobbies do you have?
Do you have a favorite number?
If you could travel back in time, how far would you go?
Repeat Chorus
Follow Up:
Make up your own questions. For example: How many times do you eat each day? How many times would
you guess you breathe in a minute?.....your heart beats in 10 seconds?
Variation:
Sit facing a partner and say your answers to each other or hold up the correct number of fingers to answer
each question. (These activities require no materials, and can be done in a fixed seat setting.)
Book or Product Suggestions for this Song:
See more of our Math and Movement Song Lyrics
Many thanks to Hap Palmer for permission to display these lyrics.
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