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Finger Rhyme (Ae finger, twa fingers, three fingers, fower…)

Song type: Actions, Counting, Finger play, Rhymes
Language: Scots
Age group: 0-2, 3-5
Audience: Baby, 3-5, Toddler

How to share this rhyme with babies

Let baby see your hands as you count and wiggle each finger.

How to share this rhyme with toddlers

Help your toddler understand the rhyme by counting and touching their fingers as you go along.

How to share this rhyme with 3 to 5-year olds

Encourage children to join in with the words and actions.

Song and rhyme words

Ae finger, twa fingers

Three fingers, fower.

Five maks a hale haun

An then we cross ower.

Six fingers, sivven fingers

Echt, nine, ten.

And back tae the beginning

To start all ower again.