Children

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Childrens Literature

• Scene 1 Nursery rhymes
• ---finger play

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Nursery rhymes and finger play

• Case study
• one finger one finger ,turn turn turn ,
• turn to a knife ,cut cut cut.
• two fingers two fingers ,turn turn turn ,
• turn to a rabbit ,jump jump ,jump.
• three fingers three fingers ,turn turn turn ,
• turn to a cat ,mew mew mew.
• four fingers four fingers ,turn turn turn ,
• turn to a fork ,cha cha cha.
• five fingers five fingers ,turn turn turn ,
• turn to a tiger,wa.wa wa

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Group discussion Find different ways to perform

• Two little black birds sitting on the hill,
• One named Jack, one named Jill
• Flies away Jack, flies away Jill
• Comes back Jack, comes back Jill

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• Five Fat Peas (A counting fingerplay)
• Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed
• (children hold hand in a fist)
• One grew, two grew, so did all the rest.
• (put thumb and fingers up one by one)
• They grew and grew
•  (raise hand in the air very slowly)
• And did not stop,
• Until one day
• The pod went POP!
• (children clap hands together)

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• Ten Fingers-- A fingerplay
• I have ten fingers   
• (hold up both hands, fingers spread)And they all
  belong to me, 
• (point to self)
• I can make them do things-
• Would you like to see?
• I can shut them up tight  
• (make fists)
• I can open them wide 
• (open hands)

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• I can put them together  
• (place palms together)
• I can make them all hide  
• (put hands behind back)
• I can make them jump high  
• (hands over head)
• I can make them jump low
• (   touch floor)
• I can fold them up quietly  
• (fold hands in lap?? )
• And hold them just so.

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• Playmates
• (Begin with closed fists)
• From a window in this house
• (open one fist, fingers point up)
• From a window in this house
•  (other fist open, fingers point up)
• Playmates wave at each other
•  (close fists, then thumbs wag at each other)
• They jump
• ( hands go up and down  quickly)
• And have such fun!
• (hands together and clap)

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• Homes Easy fingerplay
• This is a next for Mr. Bluebird 
• (cup both hands)
• This is a hive for Mrs. Bee
• (fists together)
• This is a hole for bunny rabbit 
• (fingers)
• And this is a house for me        
• (finger tips together for a roof peak) 

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• Grandmother's  Glasses
• These are Grandmother's glasses
• (make circles around each eye with fingers)
• This is Grandmother's cap
•  (hold fingers interlocked over head)
• This is the way she folds her hands
•  (fold hands)
• And lays them in her lap
•  (lay hands in lap)