Five Little Ducks
Ages 2–5
Channel info
Channel: Super Simple Songs
Accent: American
Why we picked it: Founded by two former ESL teachers, but it's since grown into a full production studio (Skyship Entertainment) with 46 million subscribers and a Warner Music publishing deal — a genuine monolith in this space now. That said, the actual content and vibe haven't changed: still calm, low-stimulation pacing by design, and still the kind of channel real classroom teachers reach for as a curriculum supplement.
Learning focus: Counting down from five, past-tense narrative ("went over the hill"), and a repeated question-response pattern.
Tip: watch it through once together before trying the activity below.
Sing along
Five little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away.
Mother duck said, quack, quack, quack, quack,
But only four little ducks came back.
Four little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away.
Mother duck said, quack, quack, quack, quack,
But only three little ducks came back.
Three little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away.
Mother duck said, quack, quack, quack, quack,
But only two little ducks came back.
Two little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away.
Mother duck said, quack, quack, quack, quack,
But only one little duck came back.
One little duck went out one day, over the hills and far away.
Mother duck said, quack, quack, quack, quack,
But none of the five little ducks came back.
Sad mother duck went out one day, over the hills and far away.
Mother duck said, quack, quack, quack, quack,
And all of the five little ducks came back.
Five little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away.
Mother duck said, quack, quack, quack, quack,
And all of the five little ducks came back.
NOW TRY THIS
Tap the word that finishes each line.
Not reading yet? Read the choices out loud and let your child point — you tap it for them.
Reading on their own? Let them try it solo.
1. "Five little ducks went out one _______."
That's right! One day!Not quite — try again!
2. "Mother duck said, _______, quack, quack, quack."
That's right! Quack!Not quite — try again!
3. "But only four little _______ came back."
That's right! Ducks came back!Not quite — try again!
4. "Sad mother duck went out one day, over the hills and far _______."
That's right! Far away!Not quite — try again!
BACK TO SONGS
Did you know?
Like Five Little Speckled Frogs, this is a counting-down song — a gentle, repetitive way to practise numbers backwards from five.
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