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In all times and among all nations, finger-plays have been a delight of childhood. Countless babies have laughed and crowed over "Pat-a-cake" and other performances of the soft little hands; while children of whatever age never fail to find amusement in playing:

"Here is the church,
And here's the steeple,
Open the doors,
And here are the people!"

and others as well known.

What you will find on this page:

Video
Counting Lesson Fingerplays
Fingerplay books
Fingerplay Lyrics

Enjoy this fingerplays video, it has Dr Jean showing how to do some fingerplays.

The Counting Lesson Preschool Fingerplay below comes from a book called FINGER PLAYS FOR NURSERY AND KINDERGARTEN By Emilie Poulsson. If you like the fingerplay below then you can access Project Gutenberg and download the whole book here. There are 18 more fingerplays in the book

((Right hand.)
Here is the beehive. Where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Soon they come creeping out of the hive-
One!two!three! four! five!

(Left hand.)
Once I saw an ant-hill
With no ants about;
So I said, "Dear little ants,
Won't you please come out?"
Then as if the little ants
Had heard my call-
One! two! three! four! five came out!
And that was all!

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More preschool fingerplays and lyrics.

There Was a Little Turtle

There was a little turtle, (make a small circle with your hand?)
He lived in a box, )make box shape with hands)
He swam in a puddle (wiggle hands)
He climbed on the rocks. (stack hands one on top of the other)
He snapped at a mosquito, (clap hands)
He snapped at a flea, (clap hands)
He snapped at a minnow, (clap hands)
He snapped at me. (clap hands)
He caught the mosquito, (clap hands)
He caught the flea, (clap hands)
He caught the minnow, (clap hands)
But he didn't catch me! (shake index finger)

Miss Polly Had A Dolly

Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick (pretend to rock a baby)
So she called for the doctor to come quick, quick, quick(put hand to ear as though using the phone)
The doctor came with his bag and his hat (pretend you have a bag, touch hands to head to touch hat)
And he knocked on the door with a rat-a-tat-tat.(use fist to make a knocking motion)
He looked at the dolly and he shook his head (shake head)
And he said "Miss Polly, put her straight to bed!"(point finger and wag it)
He wrote on a paper for some pills, pills, pills (make a writing motion)
"I'll be back in the morning with my bill, bill, bill."(hold out an imaginary bill)

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These Are Grandma's Glasses

These are Grandma's glasses ( Make glasses over eyes with fingers)
This is Grandma's hat (Place hands close together over head)
And this is the way she folds her hands (Clasp hands together)
And lays them in her lap (Place hands in lap)

These are Grandpa's glasses (Make glasses over eyes with fingers)
This is Grandpa's hat (Place hands farther apart over head)
And this is the way he folds his arms (Cross arms)
And takes a little nap (Place head on arms, as if sleeping)

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