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Numeracy through singing

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Introduction

This lesson idea uses singing to support numeracy in Early Years settings.  You can download them as backing tracks to play in your setting or use the video’s on iPads and Smartboards.

There are three songs counting to Five and one counting to Ten. Whilst singing might not be possible due to current restrictions the songs can still be played and the videos watched to reinforce learning.

Here are two of the videos and the other versions of the song can be viewed on our YMI Borders YouTube Channel Early Years playlist

 

MP3 Tracks 

 

Vocal – Ten Little Raindrops

Learning Resources

To download files right click on the links and then select either:‘

    • Save Target As’ (PC)
    • ‘Download Linked File’ (Mac)

 

 

Mp3 Backing tracks

 

Five Little Acorns backing

Five Little Acorns vocal

 

Five Little Seeds backing

Five Little Seeds vocal

On the YMI Resource Page you can find songsheets, MP3 tracks and worksheets for all our Blog posts. 

 

For teacher and school staff with access to GLOW more Early Years information and all the files can be downloaded from our YMI Making Music team pages and from our YMI Sharepoint.  Use the code wjimn8l to join the team if you are not already a member. 

 

Creativity Week

Examples

Trinity Primary School in Hawick decided to run a Creativity Week; how did it go and what free the challenges?

They set up  a small planning group to discuss the idea and decided to explore the theme of ‘The future’ They planned to work across the year groups and classes, taking account of Building the Curriculum 3 (BtC3)

‘The curriculum should include space for learning beyond subject boundaries, so that children and young people can make connections between different areas of learning. Interdisciplinary studies, based upon groupings of experiences and outcomes from within and across curriculum areas, can provide relevant, challenging and enjoyable learning experiences and stimulating contexts to meet the varied needs of children and young people’