This song is available on Hap Palmer's Can A Jumbo Jet Sing the Alphabet?
Skills and Concepts:
- Recognizing numbers 1 - 8
- Understanding number value
Vocabulary:
more, less
Teacher Note: The challenge in this advanced version is for the child to retain several pieces information at
the same time. For example, the first question begins: The Giants have 5, the Dodgers have 2 . At this point
the child does not know which team will be the correct answer. The question continues: Who has more?
Now the child must remember the both teams and the scores and then name the correct team.
Activity:
Children sing the traditional favorite, Take Me Out to the Ball Game.
During the verses, they do the following:
- Hold up fingers on each hand to indicate how many points each team has.
- Hold up the number that is more.
- Hold up the number that is less.
Chorus:
Take me out to the ball game
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack
I don't care if I never get back.
Let me root, root, root for the home team
If they don't win it's a shame
For it's one, two, three, strikes you're out
At the old ball game
The Giants have 5, the Dodgers have 2 ... Who has more?
The Astros have 8, the Yankees have 3 ... Who has less?
The Tigers have 4, the White Sox have 6 ... Who has more?
The Red Sox have none, the Mets have 1 ... Who has less?
Repeat Chorus
The Reds have 7, the Rockies have 3 ... Who has more?
The Mariners have 4, the Marlins have 2 ... Who has less?
The Royals have 5, the Twins have 5 ... Who has more?
The Rangers have 1, the Cubs have 6 ... Who has less?
Repeat Chorus
Click Here to See Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Basic)
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