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Ten Red Apples (baby video)

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

How to use this song with babies

Cuddle up with your baby, and sing the song. Babies love hearing your voice, so sing it a few times. If baby is on your lap, you can do simple actions with both hands

How to use this song with toddlers

Facing your child with him/her on your lap, try using your fingers as the ‘apples’ then encourage your little one to use his/her hands too

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

Introduce the concept of louder and quieter by singing softer and softer as an apple falls below

Ten Red Apples lyrics

Ten red apples grow on a tree (both hands high)

Five for you and five for me (dangle one hand and then the other)

Let us shake the tree just so (shake body)

And ten red apples will fall below (hands fall)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!