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Chocoholics©
This is a really fun song – you’ll hardly notice you’re doing number work at all!
Words and Music by Maurice Walsh
Song Lyrics View: Normal
My gran gave me a big bar of chocolate
Twenty-four pieces! Wow!
Now, I’m a chocoholic so I shared it with myself,
Twenty-four pieces! Wow!
Twenty-four shared by one is twenty-four.
Then up comes Lewis, ‘I just LOVE chocolate,
Twenty-four pieces! Wow!’
That’s two chocoholics, twenty-four pieces,
How many pieces each now?
Twenty-four shared by two is twelve.
Then up comes Laxmi, ‘I just LOVE chocolate,
Twenty-four pieces! Wow!’
That’s three chocoholics, twenty-four pieces,
How many pieces each now?
Twenty-four shared by three is eight.
Then up comes Luke, ‘I just LOVE chocolate,
Twenty-four pieces! Wow!’
That’s four chocoholics, twenty-four pieces,
How many pieces each now?
Twenty-four shared by four is six.
Then up comes Leah, ‘I just LOVE chocolate,
Twenty-four pieces! Wow!’
That’s five chocoholics, twenty-four pieces,
How many pieces each now?
Twenty-four shared by five is four remainder four.
Then up comes Lee, ‘I just LOVE chocolate,
Twenty-four pieces! Wow!’
That’s six chocoholics, twenty-four pieces,
How many pieces each now?
Twenty-four shared by six is four.
Then up comes Lara, ‘I just LOVE chocolate,
Twenty-four pieces! Wow!’
That’s seven chocoholics, twenty-four pieces,
How many pieces each now?
Twenty-four shared by seven is three remainder three.
Then up comes Leroy, ‘I just LOVE chocolate,
Twenty-four pieces! Wow!’
That’s eight chocoholics, twenty-four pieces,
How many pieces each now?
Twenty-four shared by eight is three.
My gran gave me a big bar of chocolate
Twenty-four pieces! Wow!
Song Information
This is a really fun song – you’ll hardly notice you’re doing number work at all!
Accompaniment Accompanied
Vocal range an 8ve
Musical feature major key, speech
Subject Mathematics
Style Other
Accessibility/SEN Signed video
Vocal format Unison
Lyrics/Song Sheets
Teaching Song Guides
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Song Writer Biography
Maurice Walsh
Maurice Walsh first sang along to steam radio programmes like Workers’ Playtime, ITMA and The Happidrome. Then in the scouts, the school G&S and, for a while, on a daily diet of plainsong and polyphony. He studied singing with Freddie Cox on the opera course at the RNCM (Max Mayer Prize) and ran a Manchester folk club.
After working in Paris for an International Student Movement and in Deptford as a class teacher, he went into the theatre (for West End musicals, Shakespeare, music hall, end of pier, panto and revue) and back into schools as class teacher, Director of Music, Artistic Director. He is now Senior Vocal Tutor with Manchester Music Service, author and director of The Singing School and season card holder for Manchester City FC.
Publication information
The Singing School (Year 4)
by Maurice Walsh
Manchester Music Service
In The Singing School series Maurice Walsh has assembled a lively mixture of original and well-known songs for the primary school classroom. There are fun songs and chants and material for singing at particular moments in the day, along with songs suitable for literacy and numeracy lessons.
Audio and copyright information
Audio information
The audio tracks were recorded specially for the Sing Up programme by Fulham Prep School Chamber Choir and the Academy of Contemporary Music, mixed and mastered by Ron Knights at mediagrove.com. The backing track was created specially for the Sing Up programme by Erwin Keiles.
Copyright information
All copyright music in the Sing Up programme is used by permission. The songwriters and/or copyright holders have been remunerated under due licensing arrangements. Find out more about copyright by visiting the UK Music and Sound Rights websites.
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Miss Smart Report this comment
Posted 23rd Jul 2010 12:47
Where is the signed video?
Miss Hogan Report this comment
Posted 11th Jun 2010 09:44
my child loves this song she knows it off by heart 8)
Miss Baker Report this comment
Posted 4th Jun 2010 10:35
A great song and a fun way to introduce problem solving :0)
Miss Perschky Report this comment
Posted 14th Mar 2010 10:13
This is a good song because I am a chocoholic!!!
Miss Reeve Report this comment
Posted 1st Mar 2010 09:25
My class adore this song - and so do I! Thanks :-)
Miss Swanton Report this comment
Posted 12th Jan 2010 06:33
i love this song its great
Miss Andrew Report this comment
Posted 5th Oct 2009 05:11
i love that song!!!!(because i love chocolate).
Miss Williams Report this comment
Posted 1st Oct 2009 03:25
I LIKE THAT SONG IT REALLY DOES GET YOUR HEART PUMPING!!! GOOD JOB!