The Ants Go Marching
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck his thumb
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching two by two,
The little one stops to tie his shoe
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching three by three,
The little one stops to climb a tree
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching four by four,
The little one stops to shut the door
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching five by five,
The little one stops to take a dive
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching six by six,
The little one stops to pick up sticks
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching seven by seven,
The little one stops to pray to heaven
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching eight by eight,
The little one stops to shut the gate
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching nine by nine,
The little one stops to check the time
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching ten by ten,
The little one stops to say "THE END"
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Ant Song
(She'll be comin round the Mountain)
Oh, the ants are busy, busy as can be.
Oh, the ants are busy, busy as can be.
See them dig and dig and dig, lots of tunnels oh, so big.
Oh, the ants are busy, busy as can be.
Ants
The following many ideas were Submitted by Kim
Cut a giant ant hill shape out of brown butcher paper and place it
on the floor. Help the children draw rooms and tunnels all over the
and hill. Let them add ant prints as described below. Set out several
ink pads and give each child a new unsharpened pencil. To make an
ant print, have each child press the eraser end of his pencil on
the ink pad, then make three prints in a row on the ant hill shapes.
Let the children make as many ant prints as they like. Help them
use black felt-tip markers to add six legs to each ant.
Ants In Nests
Number the bottoms of six paper baking cups from 1 to 6 and place them
in a 6 cup muffin tin. Give the children 21 raisins or small black
buttons to use for ants. Let them place the appropriate number of
ants in each paper baking cup "nest."
Using "The Ants go Marching One by One"
Take the children on a search for ants to observe them in their natural
habitat. Ants tend to make nests under boards, rocks or leaves. Be
sure not to disturb the nests. Children are less likely to destroy
a nest after watching how diligently the ants work to build it. If
you can't go to the ants, try making them come to you by placing
a juicy piece of fruit outside as bait. Return to the fruit an hour
or so later with the children to watch the ants that have found it
Place a tiny piece of the fruit a short distance away and you may
have a chance to see two ants working together to carry it to their
nest.
Let the children help make "logs" by filling celery sticks with
peanut butter. Then give them each three or four raisin "ants" to
place on top of their logs. VARIATION: For a different kind
of stuffing, have the children mix together equal portions of peanut
butter, grated carrots and crushed shredded wheat. Let them press
the mixture into celery sticks and then place raisins on top.
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