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Counting Finger Plays
Do finger plays and sing songs with the children that introduce counting words.
Here are two simple ones:
Here is the Bee Hive
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“Here is the bee hive, (hold out one hand)
Where are the bees? (make a fist)
Hiding out where nobody sees - (put fist behind your back)
They are coming out now, (bring fist back around)
They are all alive: (open fist and wiggle fingers)
One, two, three, four, five.” (put up one finger at a time)
Five Little Ducks
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“Five little ducks went out to play, (hold up hand with 5 fingers extended)
·Over the hill and far away, (put hand behind your back)
·The mother duck said, ‘Quack, quack, quack’
·And four little ducks came waddling back.” (show hand with 4 fingers extended)
·Continue with 3, 2, and 1 little duck.
Funny Flannel Faces
Cut out a large and a small circle from the same color flannel.
Cut out a set of large eyes and a set of small eyes, a large and small nose, a large
and small mouth, and a large and small hat. Each set should be the same color
flannel.
Put the large pieces in one basket or envelope and the small pieces in another.
Using a flannel board, help the children assemble the faces.
Help the children decide which pieces go with the “bigger” face and which ones
go with the “smaller” one.
Put the pieces back in their container so the children can play with them later on
their own.
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