1. Fingerplays for Infants!
Stimulating Language Development

2. Fingerplay Significance
It is a must that every early childhood educator spends time learning and memorizing a wide variety of finger plays.
A fingerplay is a short poem or rhyme that is either spoken or sung and involves the use of hands and fingers to help “act” it all out

3. What is the purpose of a fingerplay?
Fingerplays serve a variety of purposes…
• They help capture a young child’s attention;
• They engage the child in the learning process;
• They promote the young child’s imagination and creativity;
• They increase a young child’s language, vocabulary, and listening skills;
• They involve and promote the development of fine motor skills;
• They help the teacher give directions and instruction.
• They provide entertainment for down time

4. Penguins

5. On the Farm

6. Yo Gabba Gabba

7. Monkeys

8. Dinosaurs

9. Alice in wonderland