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What you need
Your lovely singing voices and some space to move around.
Benefits
- Language development and increased vocabulary
- Early maths and counting skills
The experience
The song ‘Five Currant Buns’ is a great song to enjoy together, with early counting actions and fun voices. Singing songs that have actions associated with the lyrics will help to develop vocabulary and increase your child’s understanding of language. The song ‘5 currant buns’ will also help to engage your child as the experience becomes physical and more interesting.
For this song you can use your 5 fingers to count the currant buns while following the lyrics.
Words to the song:
Five currant buns in a baker’s shop.
Big and round with a cherry on the top,
Along came a boy with a penny one day,
Bought a currant bun and took it away.
Four currant buns in a baker’s shop.
Big and round with a cherry on the top,
Along came a boy with a penny one day,
Bought a currant bun and took it away.
Three… Two… One…