FingerplaysFingerplays
help children learn the fun of counting, repetition, and
rhyme! Fingerplays help a child develop their
memory and recall skills.
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Few of My Favorite Fingerplays
I
Wiggle
(great for starting Storytime)
I wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
my fingers, (wiggle fingers)
I wiggle, wiggle, wiggle my toes. (wiggle
toes)
I wiggle, wiggle, wiggle my shoulders, (wiggle
shoulders)
I wiggle, wiggle, wiggle my nose. (wiggle
nose)
Now no more wiggles are left in me, (shake
head)
So I will be as still as I can be. (sit still)
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Grey
Squirrel
Grey Squirrel, grey squirrel
Swish your bushy tail. (
have the children shake their imaginary tails)
Grey Squirrel, grey squirrel
Swish your bushy tail.
Wrinkle up your funny nose
(touch your nose with your finger and wriggle it)
Put a nut between your toes
(pretend to do so)
Grey squirrel, grey squirrel
Swish your bushy tail.
(Can be sung brown or black
squirrel too. Could substitute any color for fun
I suppose.)
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Funny Bunny
Here is a bunny (raise
two fingers)
With ears so funny
And here is a hole in the ground. (make hole
with fingers of other hand)
At the first sound she hears,
She pricks up her ears (straighten fingers)
And pops right into the ground. (put fingers
in hole)
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Amazing Fingers
I have ten fingers and they
all belong to me;
I can make them move - would you like to see?
I can shut them tight, I can open them wide,
I can put them together, I can make them hide,
I can make them jump high, I can make them jump
low,
I can fold them quietly and hold them just so
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Choo-o! Choo-o! Choo! Choo!
(run finger along arm to shoulder slowly) This
little train goes up the track,
Choo! Choo! Choo! Choo! (at
shoulder turn "train" and head down
arm)
But this little train comes
quickly back,
Choo-choo-choo-choo!
Choo-choo-choo-choo!
Choo-choo-choo-choo! (run
fingers down arm quickly)
Whoo-o! Whoo-w! Whoo-o-oo!
(imitate train whistle using right hand to pull
down “whistle” like conductor)
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Ten Little Fingers I
have ten little fingers (all fingers out,
wiggling)
And they all belong to me (make
all fingers touch chest)
I can do all kinds of things
with them (arms extend forward and outward,
palms open)
Would you like to see? (bring
fingers to eyes in shape of glasses)
I can shut them up tight (hands
in fist)
I can open them up wide (hands
splayed)
I can put them all together (hands
in prayer)
And I can make them all hide
(hands behind back)
I can raise them up high, (hands
over head)
I can put them down low (hands
to floor)
And I can fold them together
(fingers intertwined)
Just like so. (lower to
lap)
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| Up To The Ceiling Up
to the ceiling (raise hands up over your head)
Down to the floor (lower
hands to floor)
Back to the window (motion
hands forward from teacher, toward what is in
backward for the children; if window is on
children’s right, for example, say,
“Right to the window” and point with
left hand since you are mirroring them)
Front to the door (motion
hands toward front; if door is “back”
or “right” to the children, say that)
This is my right hand --
raise it up high (raise left hand, raise it over
head)
This is my left hand --
reach for the sky (raise right hand, raise it
over head)
Right hand, left hand (raise
left hand, raise right hand)
Twirl them around (spin
hands around each other)
Right hand, left hand (raise
left hand, raise right hand)
Pound, pound, pound! (pound
fist into open hand)
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Three Little Nickels
Three little nickels in a pocketbook new, (hold
up three fingers)
One bought a peppermint, and then there were two,
(bend down one finger)
Two Little nickels before the day was done,
One bought an ice cream come, and then there was
one (bend down another finger)
One little nickel I heard it plainly say,
"I'm going into the piggy bank for a rainy
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Here is a Beehive
Here is the beehive, where are the bees? (clench
fist and bring out fingers quickly one by one)
Hidden away were nobody sees
Watch and you will see them come out of their
hives,
One, two, three, four, five,
Buzz, buzz, buzz. |
SKUNK
SONG
Well I stuck my head in a
little skunk's hole
And the little skunk said "Gode bless your
soul"
Take it out(clap two times)
Take it out(clap two times)
Remove it! Well I didn't take it out And the
little skunk said
If you don't take it out
You'll wish you had
Take it out
Take it out
Pssssssss
I removed it to late!(holding nose)
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Ten
Red Apples Ten
red apples growing on a tree,
(hold hands up high)
Five for you and five for me.
(shake one hand, then the other)
Help me shake the tree just so,
(shake whole body)
And ten red apples fall down below.
(lower hands while fluttering fingers)
One, two, three, four, five,
(count fingers on one hand)
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
(count fingers on other hand)
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Good Morning Boogie Hello
Neighbor, what do you say?
(Children bow to each other)
It's going to be a happy day.
(Children clap hands together)
So greet your neighbor,
(Children give each other high fives)
And boogie on down.
(Children wiggle their hips)
Give 'em a bump,
(Children bump their hips together)
and turn around.
(Children turn around)
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