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Five Little Ducks (video)

Song type: Actions, Active, Counting, Finger play
Language: English
Genre: Animals, Maths
Age group: 0-2, 3-5
Audience: Baby, Children, Pre-school, Toddler
Topics: Bookbug

How to use this song with babies

Hold your baby so that you have one hand free for actions. It’s best if your baby can see you.

How to use this song with toddlers

Encourage toddlers to join in with the actions and the sounds. They’ll love saying 'quack, quack, quack'.

How to use this song with 3 to 5-year olds

Let the children take turns to be one of the five little ducks or the mummy/daddy duck. At the end of each verse, one ‘little duck’ can sit down and the other children can count how many are left.

Five Little Ducks lyrics

Five little ducks

Went swimming one day,

Over the hills and far away.

Mummy duck said

"Quack, quack, quack, quack"

Only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks

Went swimming one day,

Over the hills and far away.

Mummy duck said

"Quack, quack, quack, quack"

Only three little ducks came back.

Three little ducks

Went swimming one day,

Over the hills and far away.

Mummy duck said

"Quack, quack, quack, quack"

Only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks

Went swimming one day,

Over the hills and far away.

Mummy duck said

"Quack, quack, quack, quack"

Only one little duck came back.

One little duck

Went swimming one day,

Over the hills and far away.

Mummy duck said

"Quack, quack, quack, quack"

And all five little ducks swam back.