number rhymes?

Question

I am looking for rhymes that help preschool children learn how to write their numbers.

I am looking for rhymes/poems/sayings that teach children how to write their numbers. I've seen this before and they are little rhymes that are a fun way to teach the children how to form the numbers.

Answer 1

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems72.html
Has exactly what you are looking for...plus more...but here are the number poems/chants:

Number 1
is like a stick
A straight line down
that's very quick!

For number 2
go right around
Then make a line
across the ground!

Go right around
What will it be?
Go round again
to make a 3!

Down and over
and down some more
That's the way
to make a 4!

Go down and around
Then you stop
Finish the 5
with a line on top!

Make a curve
Then a loop
There are no tricks
to making a 6!

Across the sky
and down from heaven
That's the way
to make a 7!

Make a "S"
And then don't wait
Climb up again
to make an 8!

Make a loop
And then a line
That's the way
to make a 9!

http://www.hwtears.com is a handwriting program, and in the preschool workbook she has instructions for making numbers...it's not really a poem/chant, but mostly verbal clues for children who are familiar with the program.
Just another thought.

Answer 2

Im not sure about rhymes but maybe comparing them to different things, like animals? 5 looks like a snake? 1 is a stick?

Answer 3

Check out Dr Suess's (sp?) book, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish...

Answer 4

One run, two shoe, three tree, four door, five hive, six sticks, seven heaven, eight gate, nine dine, ten wren

Answer 5

Check out these websites and see if they have any ideas. (Try looking under music and fingerplays).

Answer 6

go to an educational bookstore, there are plenty of resources available there

Answer 7

1,2 buckle my shoe, 3,4 shut the door, 5,6 pick up sticks 7,8 lay them straight, 9,10 BIG FAT HEN!!!

Answer 8

Try this nursery rhyme "This old man". It is fun with music too.

This old man, he played one;
He played knick-knack on my thumb.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played two;
He played knick-knack on my shoe.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played three;
He played knick-knack on my knee.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played four;
He played knick-knack on my door.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played five;
He played knick-knack on my hive.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played six;
He played knick-knack on my sticks.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played seven;
He played knick-knack up in heaven.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played eight;
He played knick-knack on my gate.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played nine;
He played knick-knack on my spine.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played ten;
He played knick-knack once again.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone;
This old man came rolling home.

Answer 9

http://kids.scintro.com

Answer 10

www.rhymezone.com

just type in one, two, etc.