There are four types of Number Fun songs:
“Interactive Songs” in which the song gives a fun structure to the Numeracy (e.g. Farmer Pete's Chicken Song, in SRP2)
“Memory Based Songs” where the song is designed to aid with recall. (e.g. Counting Time, in SPR1)
"Kinaesthetic Songs" where the song is designed to be sung whilst moving. (e.g. Compass Rock, in SRP3)
"General Teaching Songs" where the songs helps children find sense and meaning in a concept. (e.g. Wiggle, in SRP3)
You can download below one sample from each of the four Song Resource Packs. For each sample song you can listen to the track and read it's pair of pages from the Song Resource Pack book. This will give you first hand experience of why the Number Fun songs work so well.
There are two pages for each song. The first page contains: Mathematics Objective Links; Presentation and Prop Ideas; Adaptions and Extentions; Actions and Links to other songs. The second page contains the sheet music and the song words.
Song Resource Pack 1
Counting Time
Time Units
This simple song has been written to help children remember the units of time and the relationship between each unit. The song works really well as a round and has proved extremely helpful for many children.
Song Resource Pack 2
Farmer Pete's Chicken Song
Addition Problem Solving
This is an addition problem solving song. Each day Farmer Pete counts the number of eggs laid by his chickens in the hen house, and how many have been laid in the barn. Ideally used in the classroom using the backing track version and/or the whiteboard file from Farmer Pete and Friends.
Song Resource Pack 3
Wiggle
9 Times Table
This is one of the special new songs that aim to help in the teaching of the Multiplication Tables. Each times-tables song covers both the Multiplication and Division Facts for a particular times-table. Wiggle practices the 9 times table using the classic “finger” method!
Song Resource Pack 4
Awesome Average Team
Averages
This 'country' song is designed to help the children understand and remember the characteristics of, and differences between, the Mode, Median and Mean. One child in a recent test, when asked about averages, said to her teacher, “I know the answer because it was in the song.” That's the whole idea!