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Here's a Ball

Song type: Actions, Finger play, Rhymes
Audience: Baby, Families, 3-5, Toddler

How to share this rhyme with babies

Hold your baby on your lap or in your arms. Trace a circle on baby’s tummy with your finger for ‘here’s a ball’. Give baby some tickles as you count ‘1, 2, 3’!

How to share this rhyme with toddlers

Facing your toddler, encourage them to make circles in the air with both hands, especially when we say ‘great big ball’! Pause between each number – toddlers love anticipation!

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

Watch this video for some tips from Lucinda on some fun finger play for 3-5 year olds! As well as being fun, finger play is great for children’s development.

Here's a Ball lyrics

Here’s a ball and here’s a ball

A great big ball I see.

Can you help me count them?

1, 2, 3!

Performed by Lucinda Geoghegan, National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS)