Thursday, November 9, 2023

I KNOW ANOTHER OLD LADY!

YES! I do know another old lady that will make number recognition fun as children rhyme and sing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep0LneDIPmU

Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a One
(Tune: “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly”)
I know an old lady who swallowed a one. (Hold up 1 finger.)
She said it was fun to swallow a one.
She’s just begun.

I know an old lady who swallowed a two— (Hold up 2 fingers.)
What a thing to do, to swallow a two!
She swallowed the two right after the one;
What number fun!

I know an old lady who swallowed a three; (Hold up 3 fingers.)
By gosh, golly, gee, she swallowed a three!
She swallowed the three right after the two—
She swallowed the two right after the one.
What number fun!

I know an old lady who swallowed a four; (Hold up 4 fingers.)
Her throat got sore from sharp-cornered four.
She swallowed the four right after the three…

I know an old lady who swallowed a five; (Hold up 5 fingers.)
That jumped and jived and did a dive.
She swallowed the five right after the four…

I know an old lady who swallowed a six. (Hold up 6 fingers.)
I think she’s sick; she swallowed a six.
She swallowed the six right after the five…

I know an old lady who swallowed a seven. (Hold up 7 fingers.)
It wasn’t an eight, nine, ten, or eleven.
She swallowed the seven right after the six…

I know an old lady who swallowed an eight. (Hold up 8 fingers.)
She cleaned her plate and ate all of eight.
She swallowed the eight right after the seven…

I know an old lady who swallowed a nine. (Hold up 9 fingers.)
I don’t think she’s fine—she swallowed a nine.
She swallowed the nine right after the eight…

I know an old lady who swallowed a ten. (Hold up 10 fingers.)
She giggled and grinned and swallowed a ten.
And that’s the end. 

You'll definitely want to let your children make this visual for the "Old Lady Who Swallowed Numbers."
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1SnEagA4jljV29USGdlMkJyb00/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-JXQPcEK5NKOOfP7C2j5e6w

 

Hint!  If the children each had their own they could use it for numeral recognition, “one more,” “one less,” story problems, and other math activities.