This Halloween counting song is simple and easy for toddlers and preschoolers to learn. Children can use their fingers as they say each verse and also include actions of what each monster says. 

This star counting song encourages children to count backwards from 5 to 1. Children can use their hands to complete the actions for each verse of the song. This star song is easy for toddlers and preschoolers to learn. 

This counting astronaut rhyme song teaches the concept of ordinal numbers to children. Children can use their fingers to count for each verse and it's a catchy little fingerplay song as it rhymes.

Five cranky crabs were digging on the shore.
One swam into a net and then there were four.

Four cranky crabs were floating in the sea.
One got tangled up in seaweed then there were three.

Three cranky crabs were wondering what to do.
One dug a deep, deep hole. Then there were two.

Two cranky crabs were warming in the sun.
One got scooped up in a cup. Then there was one.

One cranky crab was smarter than his friends.
He hid between the jagged rocks.
That's how the story ends.

Hints and Tips: 

• Use felt board, puppets, images when singing this song. 

A whale is not as small as us,
Most whales are bigger than a bus.

A whale is not a fish in the sea,
A whale breathes air like you and me.

A whale can’t walk upon the ground,
A whale must swim to get around. 

A whale is a mammal like you and me,
But his home is in the deep blue sea. 

Hints and Tips: 

• Learn actions to the rhyme: 

A whale is not as small as us (shake head and finger)
Most whales are bigger than a bus (stretch arms out wide)
A whale is not a fish in the sea (shake head and finger)
A whale breathes air like you and me (take a deep breath)
A whale can’t walk upon the ground (shake head and finger)
A whale must swim to get around (make a swimming motion)
A whale is a mammal like you and me (nod head and point to self and others)
But his home is in the deep blue sea. (make wave motion)

Five Easter eggs in a chocolate shop
Round and yummy with a bow on the top
Along came (child’s name) with a penny one day
Bought an Easter egg and took it away

Four Easter eggs in a chocolate shop
Round and yummy with a bow on the top
Along came (child’s name) with a penny one day
Bought an Easter egg and took it away

Three Easter eggs in a chocolate shop
Round and yummy with a bow on the top
Along came (child’s name) with a penny one day
Bought an Easter egg and took it away

Two Easter eggs in a chocolate shop
Round and yummy with a bow on the top
Along came (child’s name) with a penny one day
Bought an Easter egg and took it away

One Easter eggs in a chocolate shop
Round and yummy with a bow on the top
Along came (child’s name) with a penny one day
Bought an Easter egg and took it away.

Hints and Tips:

• Great counting song for toddlers and preschoolers. 
• Use felts/puppets

Reference:
Music Bus

Hints and Tips: 

• Actions To The Song: 
  Won't you bee my Valentine? (point to friend)
  And buzz away with me? (pretend to buzz around)
  We'll bumble along together
  Because your my honey bee! (blow kisses)
  BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

This is a catchy fingerplay counting song about caterpillars falling asleep and then waking up into a beautiful butterfly. This song can be used for toddlers and preschoolers during group time. 

I have ten little fingers, 
And they all belong to me. 
I can make them do things,
Do you want to see? 

I can close them uptight,
I can open them wide.
I can put them together
I can make them hide. 

I can make them fly high, 
I can make them go low. 
I can fold them like this and hold them just so.

Hints and Tips:

• Do the actions for each line. 

Ten little firefighters
Sleeping in their beds.

"Ding" went the bell,
And down the pole, they slid

They raced to the fire,
And put out all the flames.

Then the 10 little firefighters
Went to bed again.

Hints and Tips:

• Do actions for each verse
  Use felts for each line.