---
canonical: https://aderettherapy.com.au/resources/count-to-ten/
title: Count To Ten
slug: count-to-ten
date: 2026-09-03
type: song
status: published
image: hero.jpg
image_alt: Aderet Therapy Weekly video thumbnail for the original song 'Count To Ten', 3 September 2026
summary: A groovy funk-pop song about when a child needs more time to organise themselves to respond.
keywords: give them time, initiation of movement, wait for me, paediatric physiotherapy, paediatric physiotherapy Campbelltown, parenting podcast, original song, children's song, NDIS
youtube: https://youtu.be/3UeDvMfl2Po
---
A groovy funk-pop song about when a child needs more time to organise themselves to respond. It talks of waiting and providing space rather than jumping in quickly and not letting them speak. They have already decided their words to say, they just need more time to actually say it.

Aderet Therapy Weekly is a weekly paediatric physiotherapy podcast for parents of babies and young children, made by Aderet Therapy in Campbelltown, in the Macarthur region of NSW. Each episode mixes short talk segments with original songs written for the week's topic. This is a song from the episode "Why Is a Speech Therapist in the Physio Room?".

This has been created with the help of AI.

## Links
- [Aderet Therapy](https://aderettherapy.com.au)
- [Listen to the full episode (Aderet Therapy Weekly, 31 August 2026)](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3M54XMOdCIGivxoDIdUL70?si=ff_WST_DSHuSRoy8JKGqlA)

READ MORE FROM ADERET THERAPY
- [What is a Physiotherapist's role in non-verbal population?](https://aderettherapy.com.au/resources/physio-role-nonverbal/)

## Lyrics

**Verse**

You had chosen to speak  
a long moment before  
and the word was already yours  
on its way to the door  


**Chorus**

So I'll count to ten  
and I'll count again  
I won't fill it in  
until you say when  


**Verse**

And they said you were shy  
or that you didn't care  
but you had your answer ready  
and nobody was there  


**Chorus**

So I'll count to ten  
and I'll count again  
I won't fill it in  
until you say when  


**Bridge**

And the world moves too quick  
so you learn to stay small  
but a habit is only that  
and it isn't the wall  


**Chorus**

So I'll count to ten  
and I'll count again  
I won't fill it in  
until you say when  


**Outro**

I'll take ten with you  
until you say when  

## Disclaimer
This song and this video are general information. Every child is unique, and nothing here is medical advice or a substitute for a conversation with your GP, your child and family health nurse, or your physiotherapist. The episode this song comes from says what can and cannot be supported by evidence; the song does not make clinical claims.

## About Aderet Therapy
Paediatric physiotherapy for newborns to 18 years: gross motor development, assistive technology, communication physiotherapy, aquatic physiotherapy, key worker early intervention, school holiday programs, and the free Little Movers League community sessions. NDIS, Medicare and private health.
Suite 10, 261 Queen Street, Campbelltown NSW. Wheelchair accessible, free parking.
Phone 02 4949 7276 · info@aderettherapy.com.au · aderettherapy.com.au

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