🛑 Racism

Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree – and all its derivatives – appears on our list of Problematic Songs because of its racist history.

You can learn more about its history from these articles:

• Yes, White People Feeding Black Babies to Alligators Really Happened
• Holly Richardson: Old children’s rhyme has a horrible history

💚 Suggested replacement songs:

• Five Ants Marching Up a Tree (counts down from five)
• Five Little Pieces of Bubble Gum (counts down from five)
• Five Little Ducks (counts down from five)
• Five Green and Speckled Frogs (counts down from five)
• Count Our Numbers by Uncle Devon (goes up to 5 and back down)