Five Little Men
Children will love to sing and dance along with this fun action song!
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Five Little Men Lyrics
Five little men in their flying saucers
flew around the world one day.
They looked left and right
but they didn't like the sight
so one of them flew away!
Four little men in their flying saucers
flew around the world one day.
They looked left and right
but they didn't like the sight
so one of them flew away!
Three little men in their flying saucers
flew around the world one day.
They looked left and right
but they didn't like the sight
so one of them flew away!
Two little men in their flying saucers
flew around the world one day.
They looked left and right
but they didn't like the sight
so one of them flew away!
One little man in his flying saucer
flew around the world one day.
He looked left and right
but he didn't like the sight
so he just flew away!
Five Little Men Learning Activities
Music
- Listen to the song. What instrument can you hear? Guitar. What instrument can you hear in between the verses? A slide whistle
- Make your own guitar out of a tissue box, card board roll and rubber bands and play along to the song.
Maths
- Count down from 5 e.g. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Ask what comes before 4? 3 What comes after 4? 5 What comes before 2? 1 What comes after 2? 3
Drama
- Mime the actions to the song with a cast of 5. What costumes or props can you make to enhance the performance? E.g. big floppy hats or big cardboard hats, capes etc.
Literacy
- Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning "Do it, see it and hear it!"
Print out the song PDF
- Read the song lyrics - ask children a variety of questions.
- Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
- Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. " " ! ? . ,
- Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
- Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
- Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.
