five little monkeys

Counting rhyme characters

Five Little Monkeys is a children's counting rhyme and picture book series about monkeys jumping on a bed, falling off one by one, and a doctor's repeated warning: No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

The phrase evokes chaotic kid energy or repetitive misbehavior despite consequences.

Parents invoke it when children won't settle down at bedtime.

Related
  • jumpingPropelling oneself airborne
  • bedFurniture for slumber
  • bumpSlight collision or protrusion
  • headUppermost body part
  • doctorLicensed medical healer

nursery · nursery rhyme · rhyme · children's song · counting · bouncing · mama · bedtime · bedtime story · falling · fell off · silly · playful · giggling · swinging · tree · bananas · mischief

Categories
Opposites
children's literature tone

five little monkeysGoodnight Moon

Rhyming bedtime picture book

Pat the Bunny

behavioral model

five little monkeysMadeline

French female name

narrative structure

five little monkeysThis Old Man

Cumulative counting nursery rhyme

Family

fives, fifths, fifteen, fifteenth, fiftieth, fifties, little, littler, littlest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G