Five Green and Speckled Frogs - Song

Lyrics: Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log

Eating some most delicious bugs -- YUM YUM!

One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool

Then there were four green and speckled frogs.

Glub, Glub!

Four green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log

Eating some most delicious bugs -- YUM YUM!

One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool

Then there were three green and speckled frogs.

Glub, Glub!

Three green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log

Eating some most delicious bugs -- YUM YUM!

One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool

Then there were two green and speckled frogs.

Glub, Glub!

Two green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log

Eating some most delicious bugs -- YUM YUM!

One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool

Then there was one green and speckled frogs.

Glub, Glub!

One green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log

Eating some most delicious bugs -- YUM YUM!

One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool

Then there were no green and speckled frogs.

Glub, Glub!

This song covers the following mathematical concepts:

• Counting backwards from 5-0

• Introduces subtraction, as between each verse one number is taken away

• Begins to introduce the concept of zero, after the last verse there are no more frogs left.

It can be beneficial to use visual aides such as puppets, stuffed animals, our fingers, or a video like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziGG_L9C12o