Nursery rhymes with lyrics
Classic nursery rhymes with the full words, a sing-along video, the actions to do with your hands, and what each one teaches. For toddlers and children up to about seven.
Once I Caught a Fish Alive lyrics
One, two, three, four, five,Once I caught a fish alive.…
- Counting from 1 to 10 in order
- Matching numbers to fingers
- Question and answer, and taking turns
- Left and right (which finger was it?)
Itsy Bitsy Spider lyrics
The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.Down came the rain and washed the spider out.…
- Fine motor skills from the finger actions
- Weather words: rain and sun
- Up and down, and the order of events
- Trying again when things go wrong
5 Little Ducks lyrics
Five little ducks went out one day,Over the hills and far away.…
- Counting backwards from 5 to 0
- Taking one away (early subtraction)
- Predicting what comes next in a pattern
- A happy ending after a sad moment
Questions parents ask
- Why are nursery rhymes good for children?
- The rhythm and rhyme help children hear the sounds inside words, which supports learning to read later. Counting rhymes practise numbers, and action rhymes build coordination and listening.
- What age are nursery rhymes for?
- From babies to about seven. Babies enjoy the rhythm and your voice, toddlers join in with the actions and the last word of each line, and children of 4 to 6 can sing the whole rhyme and use it to count.
- Is it Itsy Bitsy Spider or Incy Wincy Spider?
- Both. Itsy Bitsy Spider is the usual name in the US and Incy Wincy Spider in the UK and Australia. The words and the finger actions are almost the same.
More songs on Kids TV
The ABC song, counting songs, animal and vegetable names, and short bedtime stories, all free to watch.