Counting and Color Songs
Sing along with Jodi and Kurt to practice early math skills like counting, addition, subtraction, and grouping. And learn a bit about colors, too! Combine a sing-along with rhymes, finger plays, and our favorite read alouds for a complete storytime from home.
5 GREEN SPECKLED FROGS
5 green and speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs
Yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
And now there are just 4 green speckled frogs.
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Now there are no green speckled frogs!
4 GROOVY BUTTONS
My buttons, my buttons, my 4 groovy buttons. (2x)
BOING! A button popped off, now it is gone. How many buttons are still on? 1-2-3
Did Pete cry? Oh goodness no, because buttons come and buttons go.
He still had 3 buttons left so he walked along, and as he walked along he sang his button song.
My buttons, my buttons, my 3 groovy buttons. (2x)
2-1-0 buttons
But, he still has his BELLY BUTTON! Buttons come and they go, but it’s all good.
5 RED APPLES
Farmer Brown has 5 red apples hanging in the tree
Farmer Brown has 5 red apples hanging in the tree
She takes one down
And eats it hungrily
Leaving 5 red apples hanging in the tree.
5-4-3-2-1
No more apples hanging in the tree!
HOW MANY FINGERS ON ONE HAND?
How many fingers on one hand? (3x)
Let’s all count together.
1-2-3-4-5 (3x)
Let’s all count together.
How many fingers on two hands? (3x)
Let’s all count together.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
MAKE A RAINBOW
Take a cherry and put it in the pot.
Stir and stir and stir a lot.
Take it out and what’ll it be?
The prettiest red you’ll ever see.
Orange… orange, Lemon… yellow,
Lime… green, Blueberry… blue,
Blackberry… purple
The prettiest rainbow you’ll ever see!
I’M GONNA COUNT
I’m gonna count all the stones on the beach, do you want to count the stones with me? (2x)
1-2-3 4-5-6 7-8-9 10-11-12
I’m gonna count all the leaves on the trees, do you want to count the leaves with me? (2x)
2-4-6 8-10-12, if you don’t sing it with me I’m gonna sing it myself.
I’m gonna count all the stars in the sky, I’ve never counted up that high. (2x)
10-20-30 40-50 60-70 80-90, 100 stars high in the sky.
I’m gonna count everything that I see, do you want to count along with me?
5 LITTLE ALIENS
5 little aliens in a flying saucer
Went for a ride one day
They looked left and right
And they didn’t like the sights
So one of them flew away.
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No more aliens!