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title: "Reception Maths - Learning About The Composition of Five With The Song \"Five Little Speckled Frogs.\""
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# Reception Maths - Learning About The Composition of Five With The Song "Five Little Speckled Frogs."

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Reception_maths_5.jpg)   13 November 2024

Today the children enjoyed using the song "Five Little Speckled Frogs" to learn about the composition of five.  With the use of a five frame and frog counters they began to talk about how many were needed to make up the whole.

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