Macarena Count to 100
1 (Right arm out palm down.)
2 (Left arm out palm down.)
3 (Right palm up.)
4 (Left palm up.)
5 (Right hand on left shoulder.)
6 (Left hand on right shoulder.)
7 (Right hand behind head.)
8 (Left hand behind head.)
9 (Right hand on left hip.)
10 (Left hand on right hip.)
(Clap two times.)
That is one ten. (Hold up one finger.)
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (clap clap) That is two tens.
21-100
Activities: Skip count using the Macarena. Counting by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, etc. will help children with multiplication.
Do expanded notation with the body movements. Clap the ones, stomp the tens, and snap the hundreds.
Can children count backwards from 100??