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4 days ago
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13 CoComelon Songs That Teach Kids All About Counting
CoComelon is so much more than an animated sing-along show. The creators have spent almost twenty years perfecting their YouTube videos to not only engage new generations of kids, but also teach them many of the tools they'll need to thrive as they grow up. From learning to understand life's firsts to gaining confidence during potty training, there's no shortage of CoComelon videos that help your child learn. For younger toddlers who haven't quite hit preschool yet, there's even a collection of counting videos that use rhymes and adorable animals to explain the basics of their 1, 2, 3s. Below, we rounded up 13 Cocomelon videos that help teach your child how to count. Numbers Song with Little Chicks With over 168 million views and counting, this CoComelon video follows JJ and his friends as they count the ten adorable baby chicks. The video starts with the baby chickens in their eggs before showing them hatching, chirping, and playing at Melon Patch Academy. With lyrics like 'We have 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, still there's more, 7 and 8, 9 and then, This little one makes 10,' and '10 little eggs in a row, Count them while they're cozy,' this song can be a helpful tool as your toddler is learning their first numbers. Numbers Song 1-100 Kids learn to count all the way to a hundred with this 10-minute video that follows tiny tadpoles hatching in a pond. As each tadpole hatches, a big red number appears on the screen to help children visualize exactly how that number looks in the real world. Your toddler might not be able to count to 100 quite yet, but this video will help them put down the foundation to recognize each number in the future. Five Little Ducks This classic nursery rhyme gets a CoComelon twist. It takes place in a tranquil pond where a mama duck and her ducklings live. One morning, the family goes swimming but, as the day progresses, the ducklings venture off on their own, one by one, until eventually it's just the mama duck alone. But don't worry, as soon as the count down makes it to zero all the ducks come back home safe and sound. Numbers Song with Nina and Ms. Appleberry At Melon Patch Academy, Nina and Ms. Appleberry—the beloved teacher who makes occasional appearances in the CoComelon universe—learns to identify numbers using classroom toys. The pair sing a song together counting all the way up 10. It's a short 3-minute video that's perfect for young kids who still have a short attention span but whose parents still want them to be exposed to music with a learning element. There's also a similar version with Cody. Ten Little Piggies This video might be twelve years old, but it's still an excellent option to help your child learn how to count. One of the staple of kids' entertainment seems to be farm animals, and this song is no different. Kids can count the adorable piglets as they take turns going down the slide at the playground—all the way from one to 10. Dinosaur T-Rex Number Song If there is one creature that seems to effortlessly capture kids' attention, it's a dinosaur. And when they are singing and dancing? Even better. In this video, kids can count along as the colorful T-Rex dinosaurs jump rope, balance on a beam, do the vault, and try out many more acrobatic skills in a gym. Ten Little Dinos This four-minute video takes kids deep into the prehistoric jungle where ten colorful eggs are cozy in their nest. One by one, each of the eggs begin to hatch. Together, the baby dinos stretch, roar, and play together—all while helping kids learn to count. Ten Little Duckies Perhaps one of the catchiest counting songs on the list, this CoComelon song follows ten adorable ducklings as they follow JJ (who is dressed like a duck) around the park. They eventually take turns going down the slide and hopping along lily pads on the playground. Five Little Speckled Frogs Kids can have a ton of fun learning how to count with this video, which features five speckled frogs sitting on a log. One by one, they take turns jumping into the cool pond water from a diving board after snacking on some yummy bugs. The visuals are as much about confidence trying new things as it is numbers. Ten in the Bed A fun, animated take on the classic nursery rhyme, this video shows JJ and ten critters (including an elephant, panda, and a bunny) asleep in bed. One by one, each of them is forced to roll over until there's just one left in bed. Don't worry, it has a super sweet ending with all the creatures kicked out of bed napping under a makeshift tent on the floor. What sets this counting song apart? It teaches your little one to count down from ten. 12345 Once I Caught A Fish Alive Down at the pond, TomTom and Yoyo meet Boba the brown teddy bear. Together, the three begin fishing with the bear talking about his past fishing adventures using the numbers one through ten. Five Little Penguins Jumping on the Bed A modern take on the classic 'Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed,' this CoComelon video follows the same structure as the older song, but recreates it with baby penguins. One by one, the hatchlings fall off the ice and are forced to visit the doctor after bumping their heads. The video also acts as a reminder for kids to be extra careful when they play or else they'll end up with bandages on their boo-boos too. Five Little Pandas Jumping on the Bed Deep in a bamboo forest, a mama panda puts her kids to bed, but after she leaves, the baby pandas stand up and start jumping on the bed. Like the penguin video above, this leads each of them to fall off, landing on fruit, and having to be seen by the doctor for bumps on the head. In addition to learning to counting to five what's the lesson here? Don't jump on your bed, kids! Read the original article on Parents Solve the daily Crossword
Associated Press
02-07-2025
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- Associated Press
Count on Adventure While Learning to Count in New Children's Book DR. TOAD COUNTS TO TWELVE
Charleston, SC, July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newcomer to the world of children's literature, Myra Wann fell in love with writing while in elementary school. But her story writing would take a back seat to her other great love – teaching. For twenty-five years, she taught in DeKalb, Newton and Rockdale County public school systems in Georgia. Instructing students in the subjects of English, language arts, math, science, social studies, computer skills and art, she was a devoted teacher right up until the day she retired. With newfound time, she returned to her passion for writing and began revising her stories for publication. And it seems even retirement can't keep her from continuing to help shape young minds. In her debut children's book, Ms. Wann introduces little children to the concept of counting with the help of a highly regarded doctor. In 'Dr. Toad Counts to Twelve,' readers are introduced to Dr. Toad, a caring amphibian doctor with a knack for spotting numbers in nature. From one big lily pad to twelve beautiful roses, Dr. Toad discovers just how fun counting can be while on his way to visit Mr. and Mrs. Rabbit and their new baby bunnies. With each number from one to twelve, a new adventure awaits, engaging children's intellectual curiosity and memory recall. The perfect interactive read-aloud for teachers and parents, 'Dr. Toad Counts to Twelve' makes learning numbers exciting for all. Complete with a matching game to help children recognize numbers and number words, this educational adventure is sure to delight fans of 'The Berenstain Bears' or books by Richard Scarry. 'Dr. Toad Counts to Twelve' is available for purchase on and About the Author: Myra D. Wann is a retired public school teacher. She holds a B.A. in English and secondary education, a M.A. in middle grades education, and an Ed.S. in middle grades education. After twenty-five years in the classroom, she rediscovered her passion for writing. When not revising a story, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, volunteering with a local Boy Scout Pack and Troop, and painting. She lives in Conyers, Georgia with her Australian Shepherd, Savannah, and her two cats, Lady Midnight and Simon Tiberius. Attachments Leah Joseph Palmetto Publishing [email protected]
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11-05-2025
- Science
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When was math invented?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Mathematics is the basis of all science and has come a long way since humans started counting. But when did people start doing math? The answer is complicated because abstract mathematics is thought to be different from counting — although counting is the foundation of math — and because many advanced types of mathematics, such as calculus, were developed only within the past few hundred years. Humans couldn't have mastered complex and abstract math without figuring out how to count first, and evidence suggests our species was counting tens of thousands of years ago. The Ishango bone from Africa's Congo region indicates that Homo sapiens have been making "tallies" — a kind of counting — for at least 20,000 years. The 4-inch-long (10 centimeters) bone, probably from a baboon or a bobcat, was found in the 1950s. Researchers think the dozens of parallel notches cut into its surface were a "tally" — a recorded count of some unknown item — and in 1970, archaeologist Alexander Marshack argued it was a six-month lunar calendar. There's also the Lebombo bone, which was unearthed in southern Africa in the 1970s and was made about 43,000 years ago. It, too, is covered with cut notches and may have been a tally for the 29 days of a lunar month or for a human menstrual cycle. Danish historian of mathematics Jens Høyrup told Live Science that the very ancient origins of counting could never be known but that it might have been inspired by observations of the night sky by early Homo sapiens, before our species left Africa. "There was no artificial light then, only the fires within caves," he said. "And when you have no light pollution, the moon and the stars are a wonder to look at." Related: When did humans discover how to use fire? The next major step in mathematics came with the ancient Sumerians, who are also credited — perhaps coincidently — with inventing cuneiform, the earliest known type of writing. The Sumerians were one of the first Mesopotamian civilizations, and their city-states thrived in what's now southern Iraq from about 4500 to 1900 B.C. Among their key contributions were numerals that could be written on clay tablets in cuneiform's wedge-shaped marks, and the sexagesimal number system, which is the traditional base-60 system still used today for trigonometry, navigation and timekeeping. Mathematics, as opposed to simple counting, is the study of patterns and relationships using logical reasoning and abstract concepts. The ancient Sumerians developed the concepts of arithmetic — including tables for multiplication and division — and algebra, where unknown quantities were represented by symbols. They also developed formulas to calculate the areas of triangles, rectangles and irregular shapes, with which they measured land and designed irrigation systems. St. Lawrence University mathematician Duncan Melville told Live Science these developments were driven by the growing Sumerian bureaucracy. "Record-keepers needed to know not just what came into or left their stores, but how much or how many," he said in an email. Different mathematical notations were used depending on what was measured, and Sumerian scribes converted between these systems in tasks such as finding the area of a field from its measurements. "In this way we see the beginnings of arithmetic and computational geometry," he said. In addition to the developments of the Sumerians and their Mesopotamian successors, especially the Babylonians, early mathematical expertise and innovations came from ancient Egypt, Greece, India and China, and later from the Islamic civilization. Mathematics flourished in early modern Europe, where two scientists both claimed to have invented calculus — a way to determine the geometric area enclosed by any curve and an important advance in mathematics that underpins much of modern engineering and science. RELATED MYSTERIES —What was the longest-lasting civilization? —What was the first alphabet in the world? —When was steel invented? One was Isaac Newton, who said he'd invented calculus for his 1687 work "Principia Mathematica" (although he called his calculus "the method of fluxions"), and the other was the German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who had published a mathematical system of differentials and integrals a few years earlier. (His notation is still used today.) The two men and their supporters engaged in a bitter dispute about who deserved recognition for the invention, which included allegations that Leibniz had snuck a look at Newton's unpublished manuscript. But historians now think Newton and Leibniz developed calculus independently of each other.
