Lil Caddie Club · Sing-along

Nine Little Holes

A golf counting song for two to five year olds. Walk round a nine-hole course and count what you find at every hole, from one red flag to nine friends in a line.

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What it teaches

Counting from one to nine. At each hole the things arrive one at a time, each with its number, so children can count along with their fingers.
Each number is a set. Three is three sheep, not just a word, and the chime climbs one step higher with every hole.
A course has nine holes, or eighteen. Playing nine is a real round, and every hole has its number on the flag.

Singing it together

Hold up a finger for each thing as it pops up.
Shout the number in the gap after each hole: "Three!"
In the refrain, count all nine together, faster each time.

Who is in it

Finn, Rosie, Nia and Theo take turns to putt, with a grown-up along for the walk, and Bran, Sula, Pim and Rua come out for the ninth hole.

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When the song is over, take it off the screen and play it for real: a rolled-up sock for a ball, a cup on its side for a hole.

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