Thanksgiving Turkey Count & Subitize Song

I wrote this or my k-3 math classes to help them count and subitize with a fun Thanksgiving theme! Have them look for familiar groupings as they count their thanksgiving turkeys! LYRICS: Last Thanksgiving day, My mom and dad did say, Go and count our turkeys quick, We’ll eat one today I went out to the tree, Some turkeys looked at me, My friends, the turkeys, yes indeed, How many turkeys did I see? Turkey –turkey- turkey peek a boo Turkey-turkey-turkey I see you How many turkeys up in the tree, How many turkeys can you see? How many turkeys up in the tree, How many turkeys did you see? I told 4 turkeys to run away So they wouldn’t be dinner on Thanksgiving day! Last Thanksgiving day, My mom and dad did say, Go and count our turkeys quick, We’ll eat one today I went out to the tree, Some turkeys looked at me, My friends, the turkeys, yes indeed, How many turkeys did I see? Turkey –turkey- turkey peek a boo Turkey-turkey-turkey I see you How many turkeys up in the tree, How many turkeys can you see? How many turkeys up in the tree, How many turkeys did you see? I told 6 turkeys to run away So they wouldn’t be dinner on Thanksgiving day! Last Thanksgiving day, My mom and dad did say, Go and count our turkeys quick, We’ll eat one today I went out to the tree, Some turkeys looked at me, My friends, the turkeys, yes indeed, How many turkeys did I see? Turkey –turkey- turkey peek a boo Turkey-turkey-turkey I see you How many turkeys up in the tree, How many turkeys can you see? How many turkeys up in the tree, How many turkeys did you see? I told 9 turkeys to run away So they wouldn’t be dinner on Thanksgiving day! Last Thanksgiving day, My mom and dad did say, Go and count our turkeys quick, We’ll eat one today I went out to the tree, Some turkeys looked at me, My friends, the turkeys, yes indeed, How many turkeys did I see? Turkey –turkey- turkey peek a boo Turkey-turkey-turkey I see you How many turkeys up in the tree, How many turkeys can you see? How many turkeys up in the tree, How many turkeys did you see? I told 8 turkeys to run away So they wouldn’t be dinner on Thanksgiving day! Last Thanksgiving day, My mom and dad did say, Go and count our turkeys quick, We’ll eat one today I went out to the tree, Some turkeys looked at me, My friends, the turkeys, yes indeed, How many turkeys did I see? Turkey –turkey- turkey peek a boo Turkey-turkey-turkey I see you How many turkeys up in the tree, How many turkeys can you see? How many turkeys up in the tree, How many turkeys did you see? I told 10 turkeys to run away So they wouldn’t be dinner on Thanksgiving day! Last Thanksgiving day, My mom and dad did say, Go and count our turkeys quick, We’ll eat one today I went out to the tree, Some turkeys looked at me, My friends, the turkeys, yes indeed, How many turkeys did I see? Turkey –turkey- turkey peek a boo Turkey-turkey-turkey I see you How many turkeys up in the tree, How many turkeys can you see? How many turkeys up in the tree, How many turkeys did you see? I told 12 turkeys to run away So they wouldn’t be dinner on Thanksgiving day! Last Thanksgiving day, My mom and dad did say, What happened to our turkeys, son? You scared them all away The turkeys had gone east, I’d saved their lives at least, Thanksgiving now had different food, Like pizza for our feast!