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FIVE SUGAR COOKIES
Five sugar cookies with frosting galore.
Mother ate one, then there were ______.
Four sugar cookies, two and two, you see.
Father ate one, then there were _______.
Three sugar cookies and before I knew,
Sister ate one, then there were ________.
Two sugar cookies, oh, what fun.
Brother ate one, then there was _______.
One sugar cookie, I’ll grab it and run.
When I eat it, there will be none!
Jean Warren
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HICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK
Hickory, dickory, dock,
What time is on the clock?
The clock struck one, time for fun,
Hickory, dickory, dock.
Continue with other hours on the clock.
The clock struck two – time to chew.
The clock struck three – time for tea.
The clock struck four – time for more.
The clock struck five – time to come alive.
Adapted Traditional |
SQUIRRELS
Five little squirrels sitting in a tree.
The first one said, “Look what I see?”
The second one said, “Look nuts on the ground”.
The third one said, “Look what he found”.
The fourth one said, “Enough to ‘round”.
The fifth one said, “Let’s hurry on down.”.
And the five little squirrels ran around and around,
Filling their cheeks with the nuts from the ground!
Jean Warren
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FIVE RED APPLES
Five red apples hanging on a tree,
The juiciest apples you ever did see!
The wind blew by with a “swishing” sound
And one little apple came tumbling down.
Continue……..Four red apples, etc.
Adapted Traditional
by Jean Warren |
FIVE LITTLE PEAS
Five little peas in a pea pod pressed. (Five children squat down in a row)
One grew, two grew, and so did the rest. (One at a time, children stretch their arms)
They grew and grew and did not stop,
Until at last, the pod did pop!
One, two, three, four, five! (Children pop up out of the pod, one at a
time.)
Adapted Traditional
by Jean Warren
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FIVE GOOD FRIENDS
Five good friends, outside having fun,
Until a mother called for one
To come clean the floor.
Five minus one, that leaves four.
Four good friends, outside having fun,
Until a mother called for one
To come and have some tea.
Four minus one, that leaves three.
Three good friends, outside having fun,
Until a mother called for one
To come and find her shoe.
Three minus one, that leaves two.
Two good friends, outside having fun,
Until a mother called for one
To come home ‘til his chores were done.
Two minus one, that leaves one.
One good friend, outside all alone
She stopped playing and also went home.
Now no one is outside having fun.
Now the friends outside is zero or none!
Adapted Traditional
by Jean Warren |
ONE POTATO
One potato, two potato
Three potato, four,
Five potato, six potato,
Seven potato, MORE.
Traditional
(You could turn this into a real learning experience by letting your children count real potatoes as they recite this poem. Perhaps the small potatoes.)
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ONE, TWO BUCKLE MY SHOE
One, two buckle my shoe;
Three, four, shut the door;
Five, six, pick up sticks;
Seven, eight, lay them straight;
Nine, ten, a big fat hen!
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GRANDMA BAKED A CAKE
Grandma baked a cake for me.
See the candles, one, two, three.
I’ll put them out with one big blow,
Ready, set, now here I go.
(Child lets out a big blowing sound)
Adapted Traditional
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