If you take a job overseas as a teacher of English, or want to teach some English to children, songs are useful. My favourites poems, rhymes and songs are:
1 One, two, buckle my shoe
2 Ten Green Bottles hanging on the wall
3 On the first day of Christmas
4 One, two, three, four, five
5 Thirty days hath September
Full text of songs
Numbers 1-10
1 One, two, buckle my shoe, three four, knock at the door, five six, pick up sticks, number seven, go to heaven, number eight, knock at the gate, nine and ten, start again.
Numbers 1-10
2 Ten Green Bottles (song)
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall, ten green bottles hanging on the wall, but if one green bottle should accidentally fall, there'd be nine green bottles hanging on the wall. (Repeat with nine, eight seven six, five, four, three, two. The last verse goes, one green bottle hanging on the wall, one green bottle hanging on the wall, but if one green bottle should accidentally fall, there's be no green bottles hanging on the wall.
Numbers 1-12
3 On the first day of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
One the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. (And so on.)
This song teaches the numbers one to twelve but also first, second and so on.
The last verse goes: on the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me:
It is a cumulative song.
twelve drummers drumming
eleven pipers piping
ten lords a leaping
nine ladies dancing
eight maids a milking
seven swans a swimming
six geese a laying
five gold rings
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree.
Various parodies of this exist.
I suggest you make up your own version using words which are easiest to remember of most useful.
My draft versions would go:
On the first day of Christmas my mother gave to me, one cup of herbal tea:
A pigeon in a pear tree?
An apple from an apple tree.
One packet of tea.
One chocolate box. Eggs in a box.
One long scarf. Two books that made me laugh.
One box of toffee, two jars of coffee.
on the second day of Christmas my mother gave to me:
2 pairs of socks
3 odd gloves
4 funny things
5 pretty rings
6 matching mugs
7 matching rugs
8 jars of honey
9 lots of money
10 eggs
11 folding crates
12 matching plates
You could also make up:
all foods, fruits and healthy vegetables, tickets to events, sports, clothes, books, stationery, perfumes, wines, spirits, cities, parts of cars, claws and dinosaurs, computer parts and accessories (for a rhyme on an emailed Xmas card). You have plenty of time to rhyme and revise if you start well before Christmas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)
Numbers 1-10
4 One, two, three, four, five, once I saw a fish alive; six seven, eight, nine. ten, then I let him go again.
Number of Days In A Month
5 Thirty days hath September, April, June and November, all the rest have thirty one, except for February which has 28 days clear, and 29 in each leap year.
Angela Lansbury, BA Hons, CL, ACG, English teacher and tutor, language evaluator at Toastmasters International speakers club meetings.
1 One, two, buckle my shoe
2 Ten Green Bottles hanging on the wall
3 On the first day of Christmas
4 One, two, three, four, five
5 Thirty days hath September
Full text of songs
Numbers 1-10
1 One, two, buckle my shoe, three four, knock at the door, five six, pick up sticks, number seven, go to heaven, number eight, knock at the gate, nine and ten, start again.
Numbers 1-10
2 Ten Green Bottles (song)
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall, ten green bottles hanging on the wall, but if one green bottle should accidentally fall, there'd be nine green bottles hanging on the wall. (Repeat with nine, eight seven six, five, four, three, two. The last verse goes, one green bottle hanging on the wall, one green bottle hanging on the wall, but if one green bottle should accidentally fall, there's be no green bottles hanging on the wall.
Numbers 1-12
3 On the first day of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
One the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. (And so on.)
This song teaches the numbers one to twelve but also first, second and so on.
The last verse goes: on the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me:
- 4 Calling Birds
- 5 Gold Rings
- 6 Geese a-Laying
- 7 Swans a-Swimming
- 8 Maids a-Milking
- 9 Ladies Dancing
- 10 Lords a-Leaping
- 11 Pipers Piping
- 12 Drummers Drumming
eleven pipers piping
ten lords a leaping
nine ladies dancing
eight maids a milking
seven swans a swimming
six geese a laying
five gold rings
four calling birds
three French hens
two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree.
Various parodies of this exist.
I suggest you make up your own version using words which are easiest to remember of most useful.
My draft versions would go:
On the first day of Christmas my mother gave to me, one cup of herbal tea:
A pigeon in a pear tree?
An apple from an apple tree.
One packet of tea.
One chocolate box. Eggs in a box.
One long scarf. Two books that made me laugh.
One box of toffee, two jars of coffee.
on the second day of Christmas my mother gave to me:
2 pairs of socks
3 odd gloves
4 funny things
5 pretty rings
6 matching mugs
7 matching rugs
8 jars of honey
9 lots of money
10 eggs
11 folding crates
12 matching plates
You could also make up:
all foods, fruits and healthy vegetables, tickets to events, sports, clothes, books, stationery, perfumes, wines, spirits, cities, parts of cars, claws and dinosaurs, computer parts and accessories (for a rhyme on an emailed Xmas card). You have plenty of time to rhyme and revise if you start well before Christmas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)
Numbers 1-10
4 One, two, three, four, five, once I saw a fish alive; six seven, eight, nine. ten, then I let him go again.
Number of Days In A Month
5 Thirty days hath September, April, June and November, all the rest have thirty one, except for February which has 28 days clear, and 29 in each leap year.
Angela Lansbury, BA Hons, CL, ACG, English teacher and tutor, language evaluator at Toastmasters International speakers club meetings.
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