A classic nursery rhyme encouraging counting. One, Two Buckle My Shoe is a wonderful rhyme for teaching children how to count. The repetitive structure and associated description have made this nursery rhyme a go to tool for helping children learn how to count to 20. Nursery rhymes offer numerous developmental benefits for young children from language and literacy skills to cognitive and social, emotional development. Repetition of these short little rhymes has big impacts on our little ones so no wonder they have stood the test of time.