For Grades 2-3 download the Worksheet.

Counting from 1 to 5!

Sing along

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7VuCLO35jFg

Count using your fingers

1-2-3-4-5

5-4-3-2-1

Poem – 5 Brown Coconuts

Use this poem in a call and response rhythm, allowing your child to answer the question at the end of each verse before moving on to the next verse

brown coconuts swinging in the breeze

Kito looked up and what did he see?

One brown coconut about to fall down

The wind blew again and it fell to the ground

Kito picked it up for his mommy to make sugar cake!

How many coconuts are left on the tree?

brown coconuts swinging in the breeze

Dalila looked up and what did she see?

One brown coconut hanging so low

She climbed up the tree as far as she could go

Dalila picked the coconut off the tree for her dad to make coconut tarts!

How many coconuts are left in the tree?

brown coconuts swinging in the breeze 

Nicholas looked up and what did he see?

One brown coconut about to fall on his head

He put his bucket down and it fell inside instead.

Nicholas took the coconut home for his granny to make coconut dumplings!

How many coconuts are left in the tree?

brown coconuts swinging in the breeze

Bobby looked up and what did he see?

One brown coconut perfect for drops

He got his machete and cut it off with a chop

Bobby took the coconut home and made coconut drops

How many coconuts are left in the tree?

brown coconut swinging in the breeze

Carol looked up and what did she see?

One lonely brown coconut, about to fall down

She waited a little while and it fell to the ground

How many coconuts are left in the tree?

ZERO. NOTHING. NONE AT ALL!

But what did Carol do with the coconut after its fall?

Carol took the coconut home and

…she used the fiber to help make a broom

… she used the meat to make coconut milk and coconut oil

… she used half of the shell to make a bowl

… and she painted the other half shell, making art of her own.

This is number 5

Count to 5 on your fingers 3 times.

1-2-3-4-5

1-2-3-4-5

1-2-3-4-5

CREDITS

^{Poem 5 brown coconuts by Willa Liburd-Tavernier licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA.}

Image credits

_{King coconuts on the branch by awpasindu https://pixabay.com/images/id-4431486/} 

^{Coconut image by Coleur https://pixabay.com/images/id-2637727/}

^{“old broom – 3/365” by come from away is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0}

^{Painted coconut bowl by TuendeBede https://pixabay.com/images/id-2727235/}

^{Coconut pasture at Dieppe Bay by Willa Liburd Tavernier is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA.}

^{5- “jenis” is licensed under CC0 1.0}