우리 쪼꼬미가 제일 처음으로 들은 영어 동요이며, 제일 신나게 듣는 영어 동요. Five little monkeys 다. 호주에서 아가들과 함께 부를 때에는 멜로디는 넣지 않고 동시를 읽듯이 리듬만 맞춰 아가들과 함께 하곤 했었다. 중간중간에 원숭이가 한명씩 사라질 때에는 "How many now?" 라고 물어 아가들이 숫자도 세어볼 수 있게 잠시의 시간을 주기도 했었다.
유튜브에서 찾을 수 있는 버전. 가사도 적어두자!
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor,
And the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed
Four little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed
Three little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed
Two little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed
One little monkey jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
Put those monkeys right to bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor,
And the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed
Four little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed
Three little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed
Two little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed
One little monkey jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
Put those monkeys right to bed
동요에 등장하는 원숭이들이 다 떨어질때까지 계속 반복, 반복하기 때문에 반복학습이 된다는 점, (또 아가들은 반복을 상당히 좋아한다) 셈공부까지 할 수 있다는 점에서 괜찮은 동요인듯!