1) Number Poems

 0 - around we go, that's a ZERO
 
 1 - down you run, and ONE is done.
 
 2 - around, down, out we go, that is how you make a TWO you know!
 
 3 - around, around like a capital "B", now you have a number three.
 
 4 - down, across, down once more. Now  I've made a number FOUR.

5 - short neck, tummy fat. Number FIVE wears a hat.

6 - down, around, at the bottom an "O" that's a number SIX you know.

7 - across the sky and down from heaven, that's the way to make a SEVEN.

8 - make an "S" but do not wait, go right  back up and close the gate. Here
is my      
     number EIGHT.

9 -  make a balloon and add a line. Now you've made a number NINE.

10 - make a ONE make a ZERO. That makes TEN. You're a hero!


2) Number Poem (2)
Down you run and one is done.

Around and down and out go you to make the number two.

Around and around like a bumble bee to make the number three.

Down, across and down once more to make the number four.

Short neck, belly fat, number five has a hat.

Down and around in an "O", this is six as you know.

Go right and down from heaven, now you have a perfect seven.

Make an "S" then come up straight, now you have a number eight.

A circle on top of a line makes a number nine.

Make a one, a zero then, now you have a number ten.


3) NUMBER SONGS AND FINGER PLAYS


One-two-three  (Tune--This Old Man) Once I Caught A Fish Alive

1-2-3 1,2,3,4,5
Count with me Once I caught a fish alive
It’s as easy as can be! 6,7,8,9,10
4,5,6,7,8,9,10 But I let it go again!
Now let’s start all over again! Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so!
Which finger did it bite?
This little one upon my right!


1,2,3,4 Clap 1,2,3

1,2,3 and 4 Clap, clap, clap your hands
I can even count some more! Clap them 1,2,3
5,6,7,8 The more you clap, the more we 
See my fingers standing straight? count
So what will your count be? 
9 and 10 are my thumb men! 

1,2,3,4,5,6,7
The more you clap, the more we 
count
8,9,10,11 (Then clap)


Counting Can be So Much Fun Show Me One! (Skip to my Lou)

1,2,3,4,5 1,1 show me 1
6,7,8,9,10 1,1 show me 1
Counting can be so much fun! 1,1 show me 1
Let’s do it all again! Show me one right now!

(Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat!) (Use other numbers as desired)

Last:  “Now it’s time to end!”



Give it a Shakey-Shakey

You put 1 finger up You put two fingers up
You put one finger down You put two fingers down
You put one finger up You put two fingers up
And you shake it all around And you shake them all around
You give it a shakey-shakey You give them a shakey-shakey
And you turn it all about And you turn them  all about--
That’s how you learn to count! That’s how you learn to count!

Continue with as many verses as desired, up to 10.


4) Number Books
We do  number books--in October we do 5, in November 6, December 7 up to 10.
Topics go with the month OR theme we are working on.  For instance in Oct. we
do spiders in web, pumpkins on fence, apples in tree, leaves on tree.

Each page is a "number sentence".   For instance I see 5 spiders on the floor
and 0 spiders in the web.  Next page I see 4 spiders on the floor and 1
spider in the web. Etc.  I have the sentences across the top of the page and
a web drawn on the paper and the children draw the spiders where they belong.
In the apple and leave book I draw the tree and in the pumpkin book I draw
the fence. The first time we do this it takes lots of guidance but by the
time you get to the last month(10) the kids have it pretty well down pat.  We
always use the same sentence structure.  I see....
Nov. (6) pilgrims and indians(sometimes the kids draw them sometimes we have
clip art that they can color and cut out) feathers on the turkey(we put a
turkey with no feathers on and they add) corn on the table( we draw a table)

In January we do buttons on the snowman and I have used those cute snowman
notepads and they draw buttons on them.

These are class books that are rotated home on a daily basis and each child
has done at least one page in one book.