Five Little Alligators

"Five Little Alligators" can be used with young students to practise counting backwards.
This song can be used to have students "crawl away" to line up at the door at the end of a lesson.
You can substitute the names of other animals that children might be studying in class (making this a useful improvisation game).

Loading preview...

Audio Player

Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.

Piano Melody Upright Piano Effect mp3 mp3

Kodály Analysis:

Five Little Alligators		Theme:	Animals	Games:	Action ; Improvisation
Partner:		Form:	Binary	Song Type:

Scale:

Major

CSP:

D - E

Age:

Early Childhood - Lower Primary

Tones:

s low

l low

ti low

d finalis

Rhythm:

;

;

Melodic:

s low

l low

ti low

l low

s low

;

s low

s low

;

l low

;

s low

s low

;

d finalis

Prep:

;

;

MC:

Prac:

;

;

Origin: Traditional

You might also be interested in...

	Alice The Camel This poor camel starts with 5 humps and ends up with none! What is a Camel called with no humps?
	more...

	Johnny Works With One Hammer (6-8) Use the actions of this energetic song to practise beat!
	more...

	One Potato Two Potato A great song for practising beat in 6/8 time!
	more...

Return to Browse all songs | Search for specific songs

Featured resources

... new search

About Us

Get Started

What's Happening?

Follow Us

© My Song File 2011

Web Design and SEO by MDA Studios; Database by IT Works