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Musical Maths, Episode 8: Five Little Men 🛸 musical maths Jun 20, 2022

In this series of Musical Moments, Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children’s numeracy development.

This storybook works really well with children aged three and over.

Just like Five Little Ducks, it helps children count forward and backwards from five...

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Musical Maths, Episode 7: My Hat 🎓 musical maths Jun 13, 2022

In this series of Musical Moments, Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children’s numeracy development.

This is a great song to use with your pre-schoolers. You can talk about geometric shapes, especially the triangle, with its three sides and three corners....

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Musical Maths, Episode 6: Three Cheeky Monkeys 🐒🐒🐒 musical maths Jun 06, 2022

In this series of Musical Moments, "Musical Maths",  Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children's numeracy development.

In this episode, we count backwards from three. We also work on positional concepts and pitch - low, middle and high. Watch out for anoth...

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Musical Maths, Episode 5: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe 👞 musical maths May 30, 2022

In this series of Musical Moments, "Musical Maths",  Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children's numeracy development.

This week, we have another classic counting rhyme. It works on counting to ten and even finishes with a hilarious joke, that the children...

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Musical Maths, Episode 4: Six Fat Sausages 🌭 musical maths May 23, 2022

In this series of Musical Moments, "Musical Maths",  Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children's numeracy development.

This chant works on counting backwards, by twos, from whatever number you choose to start. I like to use my musical sticks (made from dow...

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Musical Maths, Episode 3: Johnny Works ... 🔨 musical maths May 16, 2022

In this series of Musical Moments, "Musical Maths",  Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children's numeracy development.

This old classic has been brought back to life by the Wiggles in recent years. It works on counting to five and is heaps of fun! 😃

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Musical Maths, Episode 2: One Little, Two Little ... 🤚✋ musical maths May 09, 2022

In this series of Musical Moments, "Musical Maths",  Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children's numeracy development.

This song uses a tune some grown-ups will be familiar with. We’ll count our fingers and toes, up to ten! 🖐🖐

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Musical Maths, Episode 1: Five Little Ducks 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 musical maths May 02, 2022

In our new series of Musical Moments, "Musical Maths",  Rainbow Fluff 🌈 and I share songs and musical activities that support young children's numeracy development.

In this week's episode, we sing one of our all-time favourites - "Five Little Ducks". 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆

This song is wonderful for helping childr...

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