Fingerplays for Young Children
Building Oral Language Facility

 

An Introduction to Fingerplays and Action Verses
     Ruth I. Dowell
The Many Educational Benefits of Play with Finger Puppets
     Lynda Roberts

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      All the Fish Are Swimming in the Water -- Teaches "Big" and "Little" *
      April Clouds -- Teaching about Weather *
      The Beaver Call * -- With action photographs. *
      Birthday Candles -- A Counting Fingerplay *
      A Chubby Little Snowman * -- Fingerplay with illustrated directions. *
      Do Your Ears Hang Low? -- Body Awareness and Silly Fun! *
      The Eensy Weensy Spider (or The Itsy-Bitsy Spider) *
      The Elephant Goes -- Teaching Body Awareness
      Five Big Dinosaurs * -- Jack Hartmann *
      Five Little Speckled Frogs *
                (5 Green and Speckled Frogs) -- Teaching Counting
      Finger People -- Fun for Building Oral Language Facility *
      Five Little Seashells * -- Fingerplay with illustrated directions. *
      The Grand Old Duke of York * -- With action photographs. *
      Grandmother's Glasses *
           Children enjoy varying the pitch of their voices with this classic.
      Here is a Bunny * -- With action photographs. *
      Little Girl, Ready for Bed * -- With action photographs. *
      I'm a Nut * -- With action photographs. *
      The Little Turtle *-- With action photographs. *
      Martin Luther King * -- An action song about Dr. King's march on Washington, D.C. *
      Mr. O'Malley and Mrs. O'Malley (Fingerplay and Action Verse) *
      Open, Shut Them -- Teaching Awareness of Body Parts *
      Standing on the Sidewalk -- An Action Chant to Teach Safety *
      Sticky Bubble Gum * -- With photographs of motions and directions. *
      Ten Fluffy Chickens -- A Fingerplay with Numbers
      Ten Puppies (Diez Perritos) * -- Jim Rule*
      Ten Red Apples -- A Nursery School Counting Fingerplay *
      Tommy Thumb * -- This Preschool Classic Teaches Finger Names *
      This Old Man * -- Thematic Connections for an Old Favorite *
      Twiddle Your Thumbs -- A Great Transition to Help Kids Settle Down *
      Two Little Blackbirds -- An Early Childhood Classic Fingerplay *
      Whoops, Johnny, Whoops! -- A Favorite for Babies and Toddlers *

 

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