Using the Counting Songs (Classic Video Collection), students practice skip counting by all of the numbers by singing and counting along to these thirteen videos.
Using the Counting By Fours Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 4s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!
Using the Counting By Threes Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 3s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!
Using the Counting By Sixes Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 6s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging 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!
Using the Counting By Nines Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 9s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging 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!
Using the Counting By Tens Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 10s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!
Using the Counting Down From Twenty Song (Original Music Video), students practice counting down from 20 by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!
Using the Counting By Eights Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 8s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!
Using the Counting By Sevens Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 7s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!
Using the Counting By Twelves Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 12s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!
Using the Counting By Elevens Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 11s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!
Using the Counting By Nines Song (MP3), students practice skip counting by 9s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!
Using the Counting By Fours Song (MP3), students practice skip counting by 4s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!
Using the Counting By Sevens Song (MP3), students practice skip counting by 7s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!
Using the Counting By Twelves Song (MP3), students practice skip counting by 12s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!
Using the Counting By Twos Song (MP3), students practice skip counting by 2s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!
Using the Counting By Eights Song (MP3), students practice skip counting by 8s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging song!
Skip count your way to fast facts!
In 4th grade, counting means skip counting to master multiplication and division facts. Kids count by 3s, 4s, 6s, 7s, 8s and 9s and use those patterns to find multiples and factors: 7, 14, 21, 28, 35. Skip counting also helps with multi-digit multiplication and finding patterns. The click moment comes when a student hears the 8s song and realizes they know 8 × 6 = 48 just by singing.
Songs turn skip counting into something kids actually want to practice. Here's how we use them.
Play the counting by 4s song once, then have kids sing it again while showing each multiple on their fingers. When they're stuck on 4 × 7, they can count fingers and sing up to the answer.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withCounting By Fours Song (Original Music Video)SongsOpen it →Focus on one skip counting song per week and sing it daily during transitions. By the end of the term, kids have all the tough facts. Short daily practice beats one marathon fact session.
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).
Try it withCounting By Sevens Song (Original Music Video)SongsOpen it →Play the nines video and write the multiples on the board. Ask kids what they notice about the digits. They discover that the tens go up and the ones go down, a pattern they'll never forget.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withCounting By Nines Song (Original Music Video)VideosOpen it →Counting songs are perfect for movement breaks and quick games.
VideosDance to the 6s song and freeze on a multiple. Call out the fact that matches!
Open Counting By Sixes Song (Original Music Video) →
VideosTeams take turns writing the next multiple of 8 while the song plays.
Open Counting By Eights Song (Original Music Video) →
VideosSing the 12s song and try to keep up. Can you make it to 144?
Open Counting By Twelves Song (Original Music Video) →Teacher favorites right now: Counting Songs (Classic Video Collection), Counting By Fours Song (Original Music Video) and Counting By Threes Song (Original Music Video).
Skip counting builds multiplication and division fluency. By 4th grade, kids use it to find multiples and factors and to work with larger numbers.
Sevens and eights are usually the toughest because the patterns are less obvious. Songs and daily practice help a lot.
Each song runs through a set of multiples in order. Kids can sing up to the fact they need, and with practice they start remembering the answers directly.
Sing counting songs in the car, count by 4s or 6s while climbing stairs, or play catch and say the next multiple with each throw.
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