Five Little Ducks - Song

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