These ‘Jingles’ are used to teach children the correct formation and orientation of numbers. This ensures that numbers are started and ended in the correct place. We teach the ‘Jingles’ early to avoid bad habits which are difficult to reverse. ‘The Jingles’ relate to the successful ‘Jolly Phonic’ letter formation actions and songs, providing the children with a pre-cursor and a friendly image to establish a familiar link.
| number | picture | jingle |
| 0 | orange | Zero – all around the orange we go
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| 1 | stick | One – like a stick, a straight line down nice and quick
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| 2 | train and track | Two – around and back on the railway track, two two, two two
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| 3 | bee | Three – buzz around and around like a bee, that’s the way we make a three
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| 4 | Door and floor | Four – down the door and across the floor, one more line for number four
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| 5 | chubby man and hat | Five – short neck, belly fat, number five wears a hat
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| 6 | aeroplane | Six – fly the plane, do some tricks make a loop it’s number six
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| 7 | clouds | Seven – across the sky and down from heaven that’s the way we make a seven
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| 8 | snake and arrow track | Eight – slither down the snake, back up and draw his mate
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| 9 | loop and line | Nine – A loop then a line makes a nine
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| 10
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stick and orange | Ten – one comes first, so draw the stick, then the orange again to make a ten |