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Song of the Week: Patterns

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The blog this week isn’t really about a song. It’s about an activity. You can call them “Bum bums.” You can call them “patterns.” You can call them many things, and while you’re thinking up some new fun names you can watch this video example!

Patterns in class:

Always and forever in every single Music Class we do patterns. Patterns are an all-distractions-stripped-away super-pure learning tool. They have nothing else going on for the children to pay attention to except for either pitch or rhythm. Have you ever closed your eyes to focus on your thoughts? Have you ever plugged your nose to hear more clearly? No? Just me? Patterns work the same way, by removing everything else so you can completely focus on just one thing. So pure. So effective. So fun?

The great thing about patterns is that kids actually love them. It’s like feeding your child brussels sprouts and realizing it’s their favorite food. This incredibly nutritionally dense musical tool often ends up being one of the things Music Class kids want to do the most at home!

Patterns at home:

The main goal of your teacher in your (now virtual) Music Class classroom is to show parents how to do these musical activities at home with their kids. The way children learn is through repetition, so your kids can’t just show up to class once a week and magically start singing perfectly in tune and keeping the beat! You have to do your homework, and that means singing and dancing and practicing patterns every day. The silver lining of all of a sudden being at home with your kids 24/7? More time to practice “bum bums”, am I right?!?

(For more about repetition and more VERY cute kid videos check out the I’m So Happy blog!

We try to make it super easy to practice patterns by including a bunch of them on every Music Class collection. NO, you don’t have to just make up patterns yourself, so don’t worry! And YES, if you sign up for a 4-week block of virtual classes, you will always get the music on our app! Because of course, you get the music, because kids learn through repetition, because how are you supposed to practice if you don’t have the songs?

Here are all of The Elephant Collection songs with patterns and the musical concept each of these patterns teach. If you would like to share a video of your family practicing patterns at home, tag @TheMusicClass on Instagram or Facebook! We all need community more than ever right now, and we have been LIVING for the amazing videos everyone’s been sharing of singing and dancing at home.

Lots of love, stay safe, and practice your patterns!

The Elephant Collection songs with patterns:

  • Out of My Window – Rhythm patterns to practice duple meter
  • Duckie Family – Tonal patterns to practice minor tonality
  • Alligator – Rhythm patterns to practice 5/8 mixed meter (Click here for more info about mixed meter!) 
  • Elephant – Tonal patterns to practice Phrygian mode (Click here for more info about Phrygian!) 
  • The Squirrel – Rhythm patterns to practice triple meter
  • Little Bird – Tonal patterns to practice minor tonality
  • Sweetly Sings the Donkey – Tonal patterns to practice major tonality

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Raina Sayer

10 Counting Songs to Teach Your Kids

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Counting songs are a fun way to teach your children to count forwards and backwards and can help build their developing number concept and early maths skills.

In this article I’ll share some fun rote counting rhymes to 10, for preschoolers and toddlers.

How Do Children Learn From a Number Song?

Songs with numbers help children to memorise the order of numbers to 10 and beyond, as well as to say the numbers backwards.

Children don’t have to be forced to learn the numbers in a boring way because they will be learning incidentally through singing.

The rhythm in songs and rhymes, as well as the repetitive verses, help children memorise the numbers easily and an understanding of the value of numbers is built.

When children sing a song about 5 of something, which then becomes 4 when one leaves, and then 3, they learn that a number is not just a word but it represents a value. They learn about one-to-one correspondence.

Any form of learning that involves fun and play is effective in early childhood. It is the natural way children learn.

10 Counting Songs for Kids

Here are 10 fun counting rhymes to teach your kids, with lyrics. Some are old favourites and some are newer rhymes.

Some of these teach rote counting forwards or backwards (e.g. reciting from one to 10) and some teach number concepts (e.g. there were 5, one fell off, now there are 4).

1. The Ants Go Marching

The ants go marching one by one
Hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one
Hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one
The little one stops to suck his thumb
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain
Boom boom boom

Repeat the verses, changing the number of ants and the action line:

The ants go marching two by two
The little one stops to tie his shoe

The ants go marching three by three
The little one stops to climb a tree

The ants go marching four by four
The little one stops to shut the door

The ants go marching five by five
The little one stops to take a dive

The ants go marching six by six
The little one stops to pick up sticks

The ants go marching seven by seven
The little one stops to pray to heaven

The ants go marching eight by eight
The little one stops to roller skate

The ants go marching nine by nine
The little one stops to check the time

The ants go marching ten by ten
The little one stops to shout, “The End!”

Listen to the tune on YouTube

2. Ten Green Bottles

Ten green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Ten green bottles
Hanging on the wall
And if one green bottle
Should accidentally fall
There’ll be nine green bottles
Hanging on the wall

Nine green bottles…

Eight green bottles…

Repeat verses until there are no green bottles left:

One green bottle
Hanging on the wall
One green bottle
Hanging on the wall
If that one green bottle
Should accidentally fall
There’ll be no green bottles
Hanging on the wall

Listen to the tune on YouTube

3. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

One, two
Buckle my shoe
Three, four
Shut the door
Five, six
Pick up sticks
Seven, eight
Don’t be late
Nine, ten
Do it over again!

Listen to the tune on YouTube

4. Ten Little Fingers

Ten little fingers, ten little toes,
Two little ears and one little nose
Two little eyes that shine so bright
And one little mouth to kiss mother goodnight.

5. Ten in a Bed

There were ten in the bed
And the little one said,
“Roll over! Roll over!”
So they all rolled over and
one fell out

There were nine in the bed…

There were eight in the bed…

Repeat verses until there is only one left in the bed:

There was one in the bed
And the little one said,

“Alone at last!”

Listen to the tune on YouTube

6. Five Fat Sausages

Five fat sausages sizzling in a pan 
The grease got hot – and one went “BANG”!

Four fat sausages sizzling in a pan 
The grease got hot – and one went “BANG”!

Three fat sausages sizzling in a pan 
The grease got hot – and one went “BANG”!

Two fat sausages sizzling in a pan 
The grease got hot – and one went “BANG”!

One fat sausage sizzling in a pan 
The grease got hot – and it went “BANG”!

No fat sausages frying in a pan.

Listen to the tune on YouTube

7. Five Little Speckled Frogs

Five little 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,
Then there were four speckled frogs!
GLUB! GLUB!

Four little speckled frogs…

Three little speckled frogs…

Repeat verses until there are no speckled frogs left:

One little speckled frog
Sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs.
YUM! YUM!
He jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool,
Then there were no speckled frogs!

Listen to the tune on YouTube

Here are more fun animal songs for preschoolers.

8. One, Two, Three, Four, Five

One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on my right.

Listen to the tune on YouTube

9. Five Little Snowmen

Five little snowmen standing in a line
One, Two, Three, Four, Five
So fine
Melt in the sunshine with a sigh
We’ll see you next year
Bye Bye!

Four little snowmen standing in a line
One, Two, Three, Four
So fine
Melt in the sunshine with a sigh
We’ll see you next year
Bye Bye!

Repeat verses until there are no snowmen left:

One little snowman standing in a line
One
So fine
Melt in the sunshine with a sigh
We’ll see you next year
Bye Bye!

Listen to the tune on YouTube

10. Rabbits

Rabbits rabbits 1 2 3
Will you come and play with me?
Camels camels 4 5 6
Why do you have a hump like this?
Monkeys monkeys 7 8 9 
Will you teach me how to climb?
When I have counted up to ten 
The elephant says now start again.

Listen to the tune on YouTube

Those are 10 of my favourite counting rhymes but there are many more to choose from! Check out this awesome list of preschool songs.

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Municipal budgetary preschool educational institution combined type kindergarten No. 138 "Pesenka", Bryansk

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