Counting Songs
Numbers, counting, and the joy of learning. Songs that make maths feel like music.
23 songs
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One Finger, One Thumb
Keep moving! The happiest cumulative action song in the nursery
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Five Little Ducks
The gentle countdown song about a mother duck whose ducklings swim further and further away
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Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
The irresistible bedtime countdown with bouncing monkeys and a very patient doctor
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Counting from buckled shoes to big fat hens and back again
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One, Two, Three, Four, Five
Once I caught a fish alive — the small cost of letting go
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Ten Green Bottles
Hanging on the wall, and accidentally falling one by one
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Ten Green Speckled Frogs
One by one they jump into the cool pool — then there were none
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Three Blind Mice
The three blind mice who ran after the farmer's wife — two versions in one
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One Man Went to Mow
A counting meadow song that builds from one man to ten
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Three Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree
Three monkeys taunt Mr Alligator and pay the price one by one
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Two Fat Gentlemen
A finger play song with fat gentlemen, thin ladies, tall policemen and little babies
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Five Currant Buns
The classic countdown counting song set in a baker's shop
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Five Fat Sausages
The satisfyingly explosive counting-down song with a sizzle and a bang
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Five Little Frogs on a Lily
A splashy counting-down song about five frogs diving one by one into a pond
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Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer
A cosmic counting-down song about five tiny aliens who don't like what they see
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Inchworm
Two and two are four — counting marigolds while missing their beauty
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Number Bonds to Ten
Zero and ten, one and nine — learning to add up to ten through song
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One Potato, Two Potato
A medley of counting rhymes and playground dips
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Peter Hammers
Hammering along with Peter, one hammer at a time
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Six Little Ducks
The one with the feather on his back leads the quacking
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Ten Little Indians
Counting up to ten and counting back again
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There Were Ten in a Bed
Ten in a bed and the little one says roll over — until there's just one left
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Three Wise Men of Gotham
Three wise men sail to sea in a bowl — and the bowl was not strong enough