By Mitch Rice
Music has always been an effective teaching method for kids. It creates a fun and relaxed setting where they can learn educational concepts while enjoying the process. Songs are effective learning tools because they incorporate repetitions.
The more the kids repeat and dance to the song, the more they imbibe its ideas and concepts.
Teaching arithmetic concepts has gotten easier recently because of the introduction of music into the teaching concepts. Math for 2nd graders and younger students can become easier to understand when tutors teach the kids to sing a harmonious tune about the topics.
This article will teach you the lyrics to some of the most popular math songs for kids and how to organize your students to learn them.
Nine Math Songs For Kids
Ten In A Bed
Ten In A Bed is a subtraction math song that shows how many numbers are left when you remove specific numbers from others. The song goes thus:
“There were ten in a 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…”
Every time you take out one number, you continue in that sequence until the number gets to zero.
The Ants Go Marching
The Ants Go Marching is a song that teaches children to count. The first verse goes thus:
“The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah, Hurrah! (X2)
The ants go marching, and 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
The second verse goes, “The ants go marching two by two,” and they change the third line to “the little one stops to climb a tree.”
They continue like this till they get to the tenth number, changing the actions, and when it ends, they repeat the song. By the end, the kids would have inadvertently counted from 1 to 10.
I Ate and Ate
I Ate and Ate is a multiplication song that teaches kids to multiply single and double-digit numbers. However, note that this song only teaches kids to multiply a specific set of numbers. The song goes thus:
“I ate and ate and got sick on the floor
8 times 8 is 64!”
You can, however, be creative with this song because not everything has to rhyme. Pick other numbers from 2 to 10, which you can use to multiply.
Ten Green Bottles
We all know this song. This math song teaches subtraction and makes children start counting backward from 10 to 0. The song goes thus:
“Ten green bottles hanging on the wall (x2)
And if one green bottle accidentally falls, there’ll be nine green bottles hanging on the wall.”
Nine green bottles hanging on the wall(x2)
And if one green bottle accidentally falls, there’ll be eight green bottles hanging on the wall.”
You are to continue the song, taking away one bottle until you get to the last one. If you set subtraction assignments using printable math worksheets, a song like this will help them solve their questions more easily.
Rabbits
Rabbits is a counting song for kids who are in grade three. The song goes like this:
“Rabbits, Rabbits 123
Will you come and play with me?
Camels camels 456
Why do you have a hump like this?
Monkeys monkeys 789
Will you teach me how to climb?
When I have counted up to ten
The elephant says now start again.”
According to the last line, this song teaches kids to count as they sing it repeatedly.
One Two, Buckle My Shoe
One Two, Buckle My Shoe is among the most popular math songs teaching kids below 3 to count. It is fun, danceable, engaging, and easy to learn. It goes thus:
“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 again.”
You can repeat this song as often as necessary. Kids love it!
Ten Little Fingers
Ten Little fingers is a song that shows the numerical value of numbers in objects. It goes thus:
“Ten little fingers, ten little toes
Two little ears and one little nose
Two little eyes that shine so bad
And one little mouth to kiss mother goodbye”.
With this game, kids learn how many objects make up a number, thus making it a real-life representation of a standard math concept.
One Two Three Four Five
One Two Three Four Five is a counting math song that kids can enjoy and sing repeatedly. The song goes thus:
“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?”
You can sing this song when teaching the concept of counting.
Five Little Snowmen
Five little snowmen is a song that teaches subtraction. The song goes thus:
“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…”
You repeat the song until it reaches the last one, or zero.
Conclusion
Using songs to teach children math is a way to ensure that they learn math without seeing math as an uninteresting subject that they are forced to learn. The math songs we have listed cut across different basic math concepts. Try using them when teaching and see how well your students react to your new method.
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