Five Little Ducks – Silicone Touch & Feel Counting Board Book | Ages 0+

Five little ducks went swimming one day...

You already know the song. You've probably already got it stuck in your head. And now there are five squidgy silicone ducks to press, poke and prod your way through it.

Each duck is die-cut right through to the cover, so little fingers can find them, feel them and — page by page — watch them disappear. Five, four, three, two, one. Cue the world's most satisfying countdown.

Why babies are transfixed

The silicone touches are the magic bit. They're soft, squishy and completely unlike anything else in a book, which makes them irresistible to a baby who's still working out what the world feels like. Grabbing, tracing and pressing those little wings is proper sensory exploration.

Then the ducks start vanishing, and suddenly there's a game as well as a story. Where did that one go? How many are left? It's counting, but nobody's calling it maths.

Built for actual babies

Sturdy board pages that survive enthusiastic handling. Cut-through pages that are easy for small hands to turn. Bright, cheerful illustrations from Scott Barker on every spread. Suitable from birth, and still going strong when they're old enough to shout the numbers back at you.

What sensory play is really doing

All that touching and exploring is building far more than you'd think. Sensory play helps little ones make sense of the world and their place in it — and it does the following along the way.

Brain and thinking skills

Creating new pathways in the brain, sharpening memory and focus, and laying early foundations for critical thinking and problem-solving.

Fine motor skills

Pressing, tracing and turning pages builds hand control and precision — the same skills that later become holding a spoon, then a crayon.

Language and communication

Rhymes are brilliantly sticky. Repeating them together grows vocabulary, rhythm and early number words without a single flashcard in sight.

Calm and connection

Quiet, tactile play helps babies learn to settle and self-regulate — which is exactly why this one earns its place in the changing bag.

Happy at home, brilliant on the go

Café queues, train journeys, waiting rooms, the fifteen minutes before dinner is ready. Five ducks and a countdown buys you more time than you'd expect.

The details

Product specification

• Format: board book with cut-through pages
• 5 textured silicone touches, die-cut through to the cover
• 14 pages
• Size: 210 x 176 x 15mm
• Suitable from birth (0+)
• Part of the Touch and Explore collection

About the creators

Written by Lucy Waterhouse and illustrated by Scott Barker — warm, bold artwork with plenty for little eyes to linger on.

A lovely new baby gift, a first counting book, and a very good reason to sing the duck song forty times in a row.