ACTIVITY #6

by: CAMARENES, JANCY M.

1. What is finger play in preschool education?

Finger plays are musical experiences with hand movements that help your baby learn. Use
fingerplays to entertain your child at the playground, in the grocery store, while waiting for
dinner to cook, or just about anywhere!

Fingerplay, commonly seen in early childhood, is hand action or movement combined with
singing or spoken-words to engage the child's interest.

2. How do you perform finger play?

You will be using finger movements to get your baby’s attention when you sing or chant
rhymes, and that helps him learn to hear the different sounds in words.

As he watches you move your hands, the finger plays also encourage him to explore what his
hands and fingers can do.

You can also try to pat his hands together or touch and tickle his toes to encourage him to
move with the rhyme

3. Give examples of songs on finger play.

Shorter, simple rhymes work best. Here's one to try:

"The Beehive"

Here is the beehive.

(make a fist with one hand and cover it with your other hand)

Where are the bees?

(lift your hand off your fist as if you are looking for the bees)

Hiding inside where nobody sees

(wave your fist in front of your baby)

Here they come now, out of the hive: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

(raise one finger at a time from your fist as you count)

BUZZZZZZ! (wiggle your fingers and tickle your baby where he likes to be tickled)