I’ve been trying to come up with a funky dance routine to go with the “How many?” song. So far I haven’t found anything that could be called “Easy to Teach”. But today I came up with this idea.

1. 2 kids are at the front.
2. As everyone is singing “How many points do you have?” the 2 kids kids rush around the class collecting tokens from everyone.
3. They rush back to the front for the counting part and hold up one token at a a time as everyone counts along to the music.
4. Another 2 kids do the same for “pens” etc.
5. The fun part, of course, is the last line “How many friends do you have?” where they have to go round and collect 12 friends!

Just like the “Is it .. adjectives” game, the reason it works so well is that it’s basically a game but with a soundtrack. This adds a lot of tension and makes it like being in a movie!

You’ll need to practice a few times a cappella (without the music) first, but once the kids are up to speed you can play it again and again but each time call out a different item for them to collect, pencils, rulers, books, desks(!) etc.