Fingerplays Index Page

Fingerplays are a fun way of introducing poetry to children. Fingerplays are also useful tools for practicing fine motor skills, following directions and introducing concepts. Actual fingerplays are stored here on a secondary server. Links will bring you back to the main page, however.

[ERIC References] [Fingerplays]

ERIC References

Strengthening Language Experiences for Children Through Fingerplays
Fingerplays: An Idea from the Past with Learning Opportunities for the Present and Future
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Fingerplays

Balls [Size, counting]
Grandmother's Glasses
Choo! Choo!
Two Little Blackbirds [counting]
Funny Bunny
Up, Up, Up [spatial concepts]
Jack in the Box [spatial concepts]
Unwind the Thread
Riding in a Wagon
Warm Kitty
Teatime
Shake Your Hands
A Teeny, Weeny Spider
Clap, Two, Three, Four!
The Bee Hive
Pat-a-cake
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Open, Shut Them
Halloween
The Teapot
Where Is Thumbkin?
Little Robin Redbreast
There Was a Little Turtle
Grand Old Duke of York
America the Beautiful

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