Math Verses

The bright-eyed stars
The bright-eyed stars
Do in the numbers vest
And every one is blest:
By one when upright on earth we stand.
By two when lovingly we lift our hands.
By three when we wake or dream or sleep.
By four when the year its seasons keep.
By five when opens the summer’s rose.
By six when winter’s white snow blows.
By seven when a week its days does bring
Thus do the numbers through the great world ring.

Two are the eyes with which I see
Two are the eyes with which I see,
Two are the ears that hear;
Joy and sorrow both live in me,
And so do courage and fear.
Darkness and light must live together,
Night and day are sister and brother,
Two are the hands that give and receive,
Helping each other their best to achieve

Stepping stones
Note: Stepping stones are perfect for skip counting. You can use this to transition to a stepping stone activity.

Stepping over stepping stones 1,2,3… (or 2,4,6 or 3,6,9 etc.)
Stepping over stepping stones, come with me
The river’s very fast and the river’s very wide
So we’ll step across on stepping stones to reach the other side.

About Feet by Margaret Hillert
The centipede is not complete
Unless he has one hundred feet.
Spiders must have eight for speed,
And six is what all insects need.

Other creatures by the score
cannot do with less than four.
But two is quite enough, you know,
To take me where I want to go.