Five Little Ducks - Song
- Maria Cushing-Daniels

- Mar 27, 2021
- 1 min read
Lyrics: Five little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack"
But only four little ducks came waddling back
One, two, three, four
Four little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack"
But only three little ducks came waddling back
One, two, three
Three little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack"
But only two little ducks came waddling back
One, two
Two little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack"
But only one little duck came waddling back
One
One little duck went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack"
But none of the five little ducks came back
Sad mother duck went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack"
And all of five little ducks came waddling back
Five little ducks went out to play
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack"
And all of the five little ducks came waddling back!

This song covers the following mathematical concepts:
Covers counting backwards
Introduces subtraction to children
Verse that covers no little ducks coming back introduces/reinforces the concept of 0 to children and this can be hard for them to wrap their heads around
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=pZw9veQ76fo

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