Families
Celebrate families of all kinds with these stories, rhymes, and fingerplays.
Babies
| Rhyme: "Families" | |
| Some families are large. | (spread arms out wide) |
| Some families are small, | (bring arms close together) |
| But I love my family | (cross arms over chest) |
| Best of all! | |
Toddlers
Grandpa and Me
by Karen Katz
ISBN: 0689866445
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by J.D. Lester, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata
ISBN: 9780375859045
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| Fingerplay: "Three in a Family" | |
| This fingerplay is easily adapted to the configuration of your family. | |
| Here is Daddy | (point to thumb) |
| Here is Mommy | (point to index finger) |
| Here I am for three | (point to pinky) |
| Together we're a family | |
| As happy as can be! | (clap) |
Preschoolers
The Fathers are Coming Home
by Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Stephen Savage
ISBN: 978068983345
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| Tommy Thumb is up. | (hold both thumbs up) |
| Tommy Thumb is down. | (hold both thumbs down) |
| Tommy Thumb is dancing, dancing all around. |
(Make thumbs dance all round.) |
| He's dancing on my shoulders, he's dancing on my head. |
(Place thumbs on a on shoulders and then on your head.) |
| He's dancing on my tummy and the he goes to bed. |
(Place thumbs on tummy and then place one thumb in the other hand as if to go to sleep) |
| Peter Pointers up. | (Hold both index fingers up.) |
| Peter Pointers down. | (Point both index fingers down.) |
| Peter Pointers dancing, dancing all around. |
(Make index fingers dance.) |
| He's dancing on my shoulders, he's dancing on my head. |
(Place index fingers on shoulders and then on top of your head.) |
| He's dancing on my tummy and then he goes to bed. |
(Place index fingers on your tummy and then place the other index finger in the other hand as if it is going to sleep.) |
| Middle Twins are up. | (Point middle finger and index finger up) |
| Middle Twins are down. | (Point middle finger and index finger down) |
| Middle Twins are dancing, dancing all around. |
(Pretend that the middle finger and ring finger are dancing) |
| They're dancing on my shoulders, they are dancing on my head. |
(Place middle and ring finger on your shoulders and on your head.) |
| They're dancing on my tummy and then they go to bed. |
(Place middle and ring finger on your tummy. Then take the middle and ring finger and place them in one hand as if they are going to sleep.) |
| Patty Pinky's up. | (Hold your pinky up.) |
| Patty Pinky's down. | (Point your pinky down.) |
| Patty Pinky's dancing, dancing all around. |
(Pretend that your pinky is dancing.) |
| She's dancing on my shoulders. She's dancing on my head. |
(Place pinky on your shoulders and on your head.) |
| She's dancing on my stomach and then she goes to bed. |
(Place your pinky on your stomach then place it in your other hand as if it were going to go to sleep.) |
| The Finger Family's up. | (Hold all your fingers up.) |
| The Finger Family's down. | (Point all your fingers down.) |
| The Finger Family's dancing, dancing all around. |
(Pretend to make your fingers dance.) |
| They're dancing on my shoulder, they're dancing on my head. |
(Place fingers on your shoulder and then on your head.) |
| They're dancing on my stomach and then they go to bed. GOOD NIGHT!!! |
(Place fingers on your stomach and then in your other hand as if they were going to sleep.) |
Video: "Tommy Thumbs"
