Ma is white

Ma is white, whero is red, kakariki green,

Pango is black, pangu is too, A E I O U.

 

Kowhai yellow, pakaka brown, kikorangi blue,

Parakaraka is our orange, A E I O U.

 

Wera is hot, maku wet, makariri cold,

Ua is rain, mahana warm, A E I O U.

 

Tahi is one, rua is two, toru number three,

Wha is four, rima is five – 1 2 3 4 5

 

Ono is six, whitu is seven, waru number eight,

iwa is nine, tekau is ten – 6 7 8 9 10

 

Teaching ideas

• Cut pieces of card in each of the colours and attach them to ice-block sticks. As you are singing get the kids to hold up the cards. You could also do cards with numbers on them and ones with pictures for hot, wet ect.