Numeracy Songs for preschool children

Five Currant Buns

Five currant buns in a bakers shop,
Round and fat with a cherry on the top.
Along came Gill,
With a penny one day.
Bought a currant bun and took it away.

Four currant buns in a bakers shop,
Round and fat with a cherry on the top.
Along came Gill,
With a penny one day.
Bought a currant bun and took it away.

Three currant buns in a bakers shop...

Five Little Speckled Frogs

Five little speckled frogs,
Sat on a speckled log.
Eating the most delicious bugs
YUM, YUM.
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool.
Then there were four green speckled frogs
GLUG, GLUG.

Four little speckled frogs,
Sat on a speckled log.
Eating the most delicious bugs
YUM, YUM.
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool.
Then there were three green speckled frogs
GLUG, GLUG.

  Five Little Ducks


Five little ducks went swimming one day,
Over the pond and far away.
Mummy duck said,
Quack, quack, quack, quack.
But only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks went swimming one day,
Over...........etc

until

But no little ducks came swimming back,
So Mummy duck said,
QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, QUACK.
And five little ducks came swimming back



Five little monkeys

Five little monkeys swinging from a tree,
Teasing Mr crocodile, "You can't catch me.You can't catch me"
Along came the crocodile as quietly as can be and
SNAP!
Went the crocodile, and then there were:

Four little monkeys swinging from a tree
Teasing Mr crocodile, "You can't catch me.You can't catch me"
Along came the crocodile as quietly as can be and
SNAP!
Went the crocodile, and then there were...