fingerplays
Sung hand motions
Fingerplays are simple songs or rhymes accompanied by hand and finger movements, used to entertain young children and develop their motor skills. "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Where Is Thumbkin?" are classic examples.
The movements illustrate the words, helping children learn vocabulary and coordination: The toddlers loved doing fingerplays during circle time.
- actionsThings someone does
- pantomimeDrama through gesture alone
- signingInscribing one's name
- gesturesExpressive body movements
wiggling · pointing · clapping · snapping · tapping · pinching · waving · fists
Traditional poems for toddlers
- preschoolEarly childhood educational program
- early childhoodFirst years of life
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- toddlersVery young children
circle time · literacy · motor skills · alphabet · teacher · daycare · kindergarten · Montessori
Caregiver-descendant relation
- bondingForming close connections
- participationAct of taking part
- imitationCopy of the original
- call-and-responseAlternating musical exchange
group activity · face-to-face · giggling · anticipation · surprise · peek-a-boo · social skills · turn-taking
hand motions
gestures · wiggling · pointing · clapping · snapping · tapping · pinching · waving · fists · thumbs
nursery rhymes
Traditional poems for toddlers
- preschoolEarly childhood educational program
- early childhoodFirst years of life
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
toddlers · circle time · literacy · motor skills · alphabet · teacher · daycare · kindergarten · Montessori · curriculum
parent-child
Caregiver-descendant relation
- bondingForming close connections
- participationAct of taking part
- imitationCopy of the original
call-and-response · group activity · face-to-face · giggling · anticipation · surprise · peek-a-boo · social skills · turn-taking · eye contact
Tiny Tim
Sickly Victorian street urchin
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- rhymingSharing terminal sounds
- repetitionAct of redoing
- kids' songsnursery rhymes, alphabet songs, preschool songs, sing-alongs, action songs
- kindergartenkindergarten, kindergarten curriculum, kindergarten teachers, kindergarten enrollment, kindergarten readiness
- library servicesyouth services, bookmobiles, reference desk, reference librarian, mobile libraries
- storytimestorytime, bedtime story, story time, fairy tale, folktale
fingerplayssilent reading
Absorbing text without vocalizing
meditation · drawing · puzzles