Make counting joyful and memorable with 123 Little Green Pea – a fun counting rhyme for early math and literacy!

This playful text gives students repeated practice with 1, 2, 3 while also encouraging language development, rhythm, and classroom engagement. Use it as a rhyming poem, a shared reading activity, or a classroom management tool that combines movement, math, and literacy.

What’s inside the resource:

• One-page color text of the rhyme to share with your class
• Blackline version for student copies or printing flexibility
• Digital slide for projecting and shared reading
• Cloze worksheet (cut-and-paste 4 missing words into the rhyme)
• Picture cards for puppets, visuals, or bulletin board displays
• Blackline picture cards for scissor skills and puppet-making
• Word cards to rebuild the rhyme in a pocket chart
• Tracing page for early writers
• Handwriting tracing page (jump pattern focus)
• Quick pea pod writing craft – draw or write, cut, and display
  

Why teachers love this counting rhyme:

• Embeds repeated counting (1, 2, 3) to build number fluency
• Creates natural links to skip counting and number pattern discussions
• Flexible – use for literacy, math, or movement breaks
• Engages the whole class in expressive, creative learning
• Provides hands-on follow-up with worksheets, crafts, and center activities
  

Teaching ideas and classroom tips:

• Use during morning literacy or math for shared reading and counting practice
• Project the digital slide as a “big book” for group discussion
• Have students perform the rhyme with actions for oral language and engagement
• Add the cloze worksheet and word cards to literacy centers
• Display finished pea pod crafts for a cheerful class bulletin board
  

Bonus digital version included!
Project the enlarged text in Easel by TpT for modeled reading, annotation, and word study. Students can also access it digitally for independent reading.

With 123 Little Green Pea, you’ll bring math and literacy together in a playful, creative way while helping students build essential counting and language foundations.

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