Ten Little Fingers

Songs and Rhymes - Baby Board Books

by Annie Kubler & Sarah Dellow

A great introduction to books through well-known nursery rhymes and interactive text. Singing songs and rhymes is the perfect way to bond with your baby and share quality time. It also aids language development by introducing them to the natural sounds and patterns of speech. Combining these with actions also stimulates the brain and helps muscle development.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Music, Storytime, Kids

12 pages, Board Book

First published April 1, 2003

Reviews

[OxoNewbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this with my 16-month old baby. The illustrations by Annie Kubler work so well for this book. I do the hand actions and my baby has started copying it so a tick for the educational/learning aspect. I also appreciate the diversity of the illustrations, including babies from different ethnicities. Finally, I really like the sheet music on the back (sadly, the library has stickered over part of it so I can't quite make out all the notes).

5 stars.

[Saske · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love that this book is bilingual. The song is a favorite during library baby circle time, so it was nice to be able to do it at home with the pictures to go with it. But, something about the book is slightly underwhelming. If you cant read music to follow the notes in the back, or you dont know the song its not a great read but my son enjoys it nonetheless.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Smiling youngsters show off their ten digits and all the things they can do in this charming little book perfect for sharing with little ones. Adults and caregivers can easily demonstrate the same movements so that their own offspring can mimic them and recite or sing along. This book is part of an appealing series that focuses on various nursery rhymes, one line at a time.

[Bailey Winter]

This book is a modern nursery rhyme. It is a picture book that is a celebration of baby fingers, baby toes, and the joy they bring to everyone all over the world. This would be a good book to teach your readers/listeners about their body and their use of all of those.

[Jesse · Rating 5 out of 5]

I actually had never heard this nursery rhyme before and so was glad to be introduced in such a cute way!

[Catherine Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was so much fun to read with my baby! We really had fun reading this together!

[Savannah Domeyer]

This book is about how a child has 10 fingers and some things they are able to do with them. There are also pictures to go along with the book of what the child can be doing with their hands.

[Joe Ball]

I think ten little fingers was good because it was shosing how to use your fingers

[Heather]

I would use this book in understanding verbs and their actions of what a child can do with their hands (shut/open/hide/high/low etc)

[Pamela Rabon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kids will like this one.

[Emily Knickerbocker]

It talks about having ten little fingers, and it teaches kids to shutting them and opening them. I would have my students describe the motion of opening and closing their hands.

[Andrés · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a rare story that rhymes in both English and Spanish. Babies and readers can mimic the actions of the soft, precious babies illustrated in the book.

[Libby]

The Early Literacy Phonological Awareness Skill is promoted in Ten Little Fingers = Tengo Diez Deditos, a bilingual board book appropriate to children from 0-12 months. As a song book, the practice of singing, talking and playing foster print motivation by creating a shared experience where song and play are incorporated to compliment developmental milestones unique to a child at this time. Developmentally, babies at this stage are reaching and grabbing objects, and playing with their hands. By making this shared story fun and one where the baby can relate to it through movement, the positive associations the baby identifies with reading will only work to deepen the child’s print motivation skill.

[Karawan · Rating 4 out of 5]

We've been enjoying this whole series to introduce Gavin to some of the classic songs and finger plays. I wasn't familiar with this particular rhyme, but it was a big hit! It's easy to act out with my own fingers while I read, and he's starting to follow along himself. For the first time I noticed that the back covers of these books have the music written out so you could play the tune on the piano. That was particularly helpful for this one because, since it was an unfamiliar rhyme, I didn't know the tune at all. Now we can sing it as well as reading.

[Milo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got to choose a free book from the library this summer for doing summer reading. I selected this book. I love it because you can read the words or sing the words in a song. While my Mama does not know the tune for the song, she tries to sing it anyway. I love this. When she tries to read the words, I tell her to "Sing the words, Mama." We do the actions together, by copying the pictures in the book. I really like the pictures and think that this is a fun book to "sing" together with Mama.

[Jazmin Palma]

Great book to read to babies and toddlers. With this book you can show them to count up to 10 using their fingers but also different gestures they can do with their fingers. And it is also a song. I would use sing it to get the children to calm down and to come together and it can also be sang or read during quite or rest time. It would be great to have the children do the hands gestures as you do them to, while reading or singing this short little story.

[Libby · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked that this book can be sung (and the notes are written on the back of the book) and it incorporates actions. The pictures are ok- nothing especially interesting about them. For whatever reason, my 11-mo-old son wasn't that interested in this book though, so I guess it only deserves 3 stars.

[Vivian · Rating 3 out of 5]

An activity song in a book. Pictured are babies doing the actions

I have ten little fingers
And they all belong to me,

I can make them do things,
Would you like to see?

I can shut them up tight...
Or open them wide,

I can put them together...
Or make them all hide.

I can make them jump high...
Or make them go low,

I can fold them quietly..
And hold them just so.

[Joanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it a lot. I was surprised Salo didn't like it more. The back cover has the sheet music. I have never heard this as a song. My husband is going to play this on guitar and see if Salo has a different response when paired with music.

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

The illustrations are pretty cute. But unless I missed this song as a "nursery rhyme" sort of song, I played the notes on the piano and it just sounded weird! So I say better to just enjoy the words/pictures and not try to sing the song because unless I was totally off it was funky to me.

[Destiny Dawn Long · Rating 3 out of 5]

My daughter was really enthusiastic about doing the actions with the babies in the illustrations. I don't know the tune for the song--but it worked fine as a rhyme. As usual, I enjoy the illustrations in this series--nice diverse group of children and all so chubby and cute.

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I use this book to start every one of my story times, ages 3 months through 3 years.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tells babies/young kids some of the things they can do with their 10 little fingers. ie: put them together or make them hide.

[Jennifer]

Used as Read-Together for Babies Everywhere baby storytime November 2009.

[Oliver · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of the first action rhymes that you could do. First was shut them up, and put them together. Then came open them wide. Hiding them was a tricky part.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another book where it is more fun to have Melanie copy what the pictures are doing than actually read.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh... not much more to say. Worth getting from the library once, but not worth buying.

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read through once and then do all the actions with babytimers!

[Elle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great finger play directions within book making it good for storytime.

[Spike Cooper · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kubler’s studio must look like a soul sucking nightmare of pastels and fat baby mannequins.