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).

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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

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