Nursery
number favourites to 10 T-Z
Ten
fat sausages
Ten
fat turkeys
Ten
fluffy chickens
Ten
galloping horses
Ten
in the bed
Ten
little bubbles
Ten
little fairies
Ten
little goblins
Ten
little pumpkins
Ten
little tadpoles
Ten small fingers
Ten yellow chicks
The
ants go marching
These
two rabbits
Two
little chickens
Under
a web
Uno,
dos, tres
Who
gives a hoot?
Last updated: 6/19/2023
10:32 AM
The songs below are compiled, illustrated and
sometimes adapted
by
Dany Rosevear
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Ten fat turkeys 🔊
A hand play
for Thanksgiving. Learn about to differentiate ‘left’ and ‘right’. 1. Hold up ten fingers. 2. Spread fingers . 3. Move fingers
to the left and right . 4. Open and close beak. 5. Form sun. |
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Ten fat turkeys standing
in a row, They spread their feathers
and tails like so. They strut to the left, They strut to the right. They say “Gobble, gobble,
gobble!” In the bright sunlight. |
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Can you count in twos to
ten? This song helps you subtract two each time and understand the concept of
two less.
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Ten fluffy chickens O
A number song for
Easter. Tune by Dany Rosevear. |
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Five eggs and five eggs, Hold up both hands That makes ten. Sitting on top is the
Mother Hen. Close one hand; fold other hand over it Crackle, crackle, crackle,
crackle, Wiggle fingers What do I see? Put hands to eyes Ten fluffy chickens Put up fingers As yellow as can be! Throw out hands |
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Learn how ten is made of two
fives in this lap bouncing baby song. Bounce baby in the direction indicated
by the words of the song. The game below is for older toddlers. 1.
Make a galloping motion with hands on the knees 2. With fingers still
indicate one hand then the other. 3. Move one hand up and the other down. 4.
Make hands gallop to the left and then the right and then behind your back.
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Learn to count back from ten
in this bedtime song This is another great
favourite for coach journeys when there is plenty of time to sing. Put one finger down in sequence for each number.
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Ten little bubbles 🔊
A number song
for Spring cleaning or outdoor play. Put a finger up for each number, clap for each ‘pop!’ Catch bubbles. |
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One little, two little,
three little bubbles, Four little, five little,
six little bubbles, Seven little, eight
little, nine little bubbles, Ten little bubbles go pop,
pop, pop! Pop, pop, pop! Can you
catch those bubbles? Pop, pop, pop! Can you
catch those bubbles? Pop, pop, pop! Can you
catch those bubbles? Ten little bubbles go pop,
pop, pop! |
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Ten little fairies
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A whimsical number rhyme and hand play set to music by Dany Rosevear. |
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Ten little fairies stand up
straight, Ten
little fairies make a gate, Ten
little fairies bow to the King, Ten
little fairies make a ring, Ten little
fairies dance and play,and Ten
little fairies fly away, Ten
little fairies hide away. |
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Ten little goblins 🔊
A number rhyme, subtraction song and hand play set to music by Dany
Rosevear. Choose a different number out of 10 to be touched each time. 1. Raise ten fingers, make them dance. 2. Look scary, shake finger. 3.
Wave wand. 4. Touch number of fingers. 5. As before. 6. Show how many are
left. |
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Ten little goblins dancing in the glen, Frightening the fairies - naughty little
men. Here comes the Fairy Queen, a magic wand has
she, Ev'ry one she touches will turn into a tree. Ten little goblins dancing in the glen, But two are turned to oak trees leaving
eight little men. |
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Learn to count to ten and
back again.
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Be careful who you go off with however enticing it might be! A poem by Rose Fyleman set to music. |
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Ten little tadpoles playing in a pool, "Come," said the water-rat,
"Come along to school. Come and say your tables, sitting in a
row," And all the little tadpoles said, “No, no,
no!” Ten
little tadpoles swimming in and out, Racing
and diving and turning round about, "Come," said
their mother: “Dinner time I guess” And all the little tadpoles cried “Yes, yes,
yes!” |
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Ten small fingers 🔊
A baby / toddler / older child play rhyme. Older children can use mirrors to look at the colour of their eyes or
in pairs look at each others eye colour. Repeat verse with brown / grey /
green eyes. Traditional rhyme set to music by Dany Rosevear. With your toddler on your
lap wiggle fingers and toes then touch face parts. Clap hands and bounce feet
on knees. Older children do this
independently showing fingers, touching toes, pointing to face parts,
clapping hands and stamping feet. |
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Ten small fingers, ten small toes Two blue eyes, and a dear little nose. Ears to hear with, lips to talk Hands to feel and feet to walk. |
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Ten yellow chicks 🔊
Easter finger play number
for the very young, How many eggs, how many chicks? Addition and doubling of
numbers and conservation of number. From ‘Singing fun’
published in 1962. Written by Lucille F. Wood and Louise B. Scott. Before finding the
original version I wrote a new tune some time ago for the words and recorded
it, (see above): Ten fluffy chickens
- a number song for Easter - YouTube It is always
important to recognise the original authors. 1. Show five
fingers on one hand then five on the other. 2. Place fist on cupped hand. 3.
Clap hands for each crackle. 4. Ring eyes with thumbs and foref ingers. Hold
up ten fingers. |
Five eggs and five eggs, that
makes ten.
Sitting on top is a mother
hen.
Crackle, crackle, crackle,
What do I see?
Ten yellow chickens, as
fluffy as can be!
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A traditional number song to
the tune of ‘When Johnny comes marching home’. Children can march together
in lines of the number mentioned in each verse. Organising selves into these
groups will take some thought even with help and become increasingly
difficult as the numbers increase!
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These two rabbits 🔊
How many rabbits?
Count in twos. Set to music by Dany
Rosevear. Raise thumbs, forefingers
to little fingers each time. 1. Hold up
forefinger and second finger on each hand to make rabbit head, thumb and
other fingers make face. 2. Circle eyes with thumbs and forefingers. 3. Brush
cheeks with back of hands. 4. Wriggle nose and point. 5. Curl fingers on
hands up. |
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These two rabbits Have ears so tall; These two rabbits Have eyes so small; These two rabbits Have whiskers that wiggle; These two rabbits Have noses that that wriggle These two rabbits are the smallest of all |
They curl up tightly in a
round furry ball.
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Two little chickens O
Count in twos
to ten. I found this
song in a pre-school playgroup pamphlet from the 1970s. Music by Dany
Rosevear. |
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Two little chickens
looking for some more, Along came another two and
they make four. Run to the haystack, Run to the pen, Run little chickens, Back to Mother Hen. Four little chickens
getting in a fix, Along came another two and
they make six… Six little chickens
perching on a gate, Along came another two and
they make eight… Eight little chickens run
to Mother Hen, Along came another two and
they make ten… |
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Under a web O
A traditional
rhyme with music by Hugo Shortcombe. Sort pictures
of creatures (Venn or other diagrams) or toys animals (sand or water play)
according to their number of legs. |
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Under a web beside our
gate A spider hangs his legs
are eight. Above him flies the busy
bee, Six black and furry legs
has she. A tabby cat goes leaping
past, Her four legs carry her so
fast. I’ve only two, that isn’t
many, But Mr. Worm, he hasn’t
any. |
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Uno,
dos, tres 🔊
Another Spanish counting rhyme and action game. A bilingual counting song in both Spanish and
English. I. Raise a finger each time a number is sung, clap
three times. 2. Count as before, touch toes. 3. Count as before, stay very
still. 4. Raise finger for ten, jump up and down. |
Uno, dos, tres, aplaudamos a la vez.
Cuatro, cinco, seis, toquemos nuestros pies.
Siete, ocho, nueve, nadie se mueve.
Y diez, saltemos todos a la vez.
One, two, three, Can you clap along with me?
Four, five, six, Let’s touch our feet like this.
Seven, eight and nine, Don’t move ‘til it’s time,
Then next comes ten, Jump up then jump again.
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Who gives a hoot?
A number number hand play. Count up, count down. A
number rhyme by Dany Rosevear. 1. Put up one finger at a time. 2. Place thumb and forefinger round
eyes, use forefingers to make beak. 3. As before. 4. Throw out hands, cross
hands at wrists and flap. 5. Starting with eight fingers up fold one finger
down at a time. 6. Flap hands, fingers run. 7. As before. 8. Shake head and
form sun with hands. 9. Put hand to mouth, make fingers scoot. |
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One hoot, two hoots three hoots, four, Round eyes, sharp beak and mice grabbing claws. Five hoots, six hoots, seven hoots, eight, Who gives a hoot? It’s owl out late. Too-whit too-whoo! Eight hoots, seven hoots, six hoots, five, Owl’s out hunting, run for your lives! Four hoots, three hoots, two hoots, one, We don’t give a hoot for day has come! Too-whit too-whoo! Oh dear!! RUN! |
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