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1st Grade Counting Songs

44 1st grade counting songs. Teacher favorites: Counting By Fives Song (Original Music Video) and Counting By Twos Song (Original Music Video). How teachers use these

1st Grade Counting Songs

44 1st grade counting songs. Teacher favorites: Counting By Fives Song (Original Music Video) and Counting By Twos Song (Original Music Video). How teachers use these

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Song1st GradeCounting By Fives Song (Original Music Video)

Using the Counting By Fives Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 5s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!

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Song1st GradeCounting By Twos Song (Original Music Video)

Using the Counting By Twos Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 2s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!

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Song1st GradeCounting By Ones Song

Using the Counting By Ones Song, students practice counting by ones to fifty by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!

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Song1st GradeCounting By Ones Song (Original Music Video)

Using the Counting By Ones Song (Original Music Video), students practice counting by 1s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!

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Song1st GradeCounting Songs (MP3 Album)

Using the Counting Songs (MP3 Album), students practice skip counting by all of the numbers by singing and counting along to these thirteen songs.

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Song1st GradeCount to 100 Song (MP3)

Using theCount to 100 Song (MP3), students practice counting to 100 by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!

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Song1st GradeAdding 1 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 1 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 1 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 1.

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Song1st GradeAdding Songs (Lyric Video Collection)

Use the Adding Songs (Lyric Video Collection) to practice adding and addition facts by singing and adding these 15 addition songs. Great for addition facts!

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Song1st GradeAdding 8 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 8 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 8 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 8.

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Song1st GradeAdding 10 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 10 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 10 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 10.

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Song1st GradeCount to 120 Song (MP3)

Using the Count to 120 Song (MP3), students practice counting to 120 by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!

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Song1st GradeAdding 9 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 9 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 9 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 9.

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Song1st GradeCounting Down From Twenty Song (MP3)

Using the Counting Down From Twenty Song (MP3), students practice counting down from 20 by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!

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Song1st GradeAdding 3 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 3 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 3 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 3.

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Song1st GradeCounting By Tens Song (MP3)

Using the Counting By Tens Song (MP3), students practice skip counting by 10s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!

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Song1st GradeAdding 15 Song (MP3)

Using the Adding 15 Song (MP3), students sing and practice adding 15 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 15.

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Song1st GradeAdding 14 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 14 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 14 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 14.

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Song1st GradeAdding 6 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 6 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 6 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 6.

From our teachers' playbook

All the way to 120 and back!

What do 1st graders learn about counting?

First graders become counting champions. By the end of the year they count to 120, starting from any number, not just 1. They read and write numbers to 120 and skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s. They also learn that two-digit numbers are made of tens and ones, so 34 is 3 tens and 4 ones. Counting on becomes a strategy for adding: to solve 8 + 3, start at 8 and count "9, 10, 11." The click is when a child counts past 100 and realizes the pattern just keeps going!

Our favorite ways to teach counting in 1st grade

Counting in 1st grade is about patterns, not just numbers in a row. These moves help kids see them.

Skip count with a song

Play a counting by fives song while kids jump on every number. Then turn the music off and see if they can keep going. Songs give kids a rhythm to hang skip counting on, and they will be singing it all day.

Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).

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Bundle it into tens

Give kids a pile of straws and have them bundle groups of ten with a rubber band. Then count the bundles and the extras: "3 tens and 4 ones is 34." Making the tens themselves shows kids why counting by tens works.

Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.

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Count a little every day

Count to 100 or 120 as a class every morning, starting from a different number each day. A two-minute count, every day, all year, builds number sense better than a single counting unit.

Why it works: short practice spread over several days beats one long session, according to a large review of learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

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Questions parents and teachers ask about 1st grade counting

How high should a 1st grader count?

By the end of 1st grade, kids should count to 120, starting from any number. They should also read and write numbers to 120.

What is skip counting?

Skip counting means counting by a number other than 1, like 2, 4, 6, 8 or 5, 10, 15, 20. It builds the foundation for multiplication later on.

How can I help my child count past 100?

Point out that the pattern repeats: after 100 comes 101, 102 and so on, just like 1, 2, 3 with a 1 in front. A hundreds chart that goes to 120 makes the pattern easy to see.

Why does my child skip numbers when counting?

It is very common, especially around tricky spots like 13, 15, 19 and the jump to the next ten. Practice counting together slowly and point to each number on a chart as you say it.