Family

 Lyrics:

Daddy finger, daddy finger, where are you?

Here I am, here I am, how do you do?

Mommy finger, mommy finger, where are you?

Here I am, here I am, how do you do?

Brother finger, brother finger, where are you?

Here I am, here I am, how do you do?

Sister finger, sister finger, where are you?

Here I am, here I am, how do you do?

Baby finger, baby finger, where are you?

Here I am, here I am, how do you do?

Game movements - Procedure:

Each member of the family is represented by a finger, like the pictures

below:

Daddy

Mommy

Baby

Brother

Sister

The first time, the teacher sings the song to teach the vocabulary to the

kids. This variation can be made for 1-2 aged children.

To help to learn the vocabulary, in a previous lesson, the teacher has

explained the children who the members of a family are with flash cards

and other pictures, and with the photos of the children with their own

family.

At the time the teacher is singing the song “Finger family”, she shows the

named finger with a finger puppet that represents the faces of the different

members.

After she has sung the first time, the children can imitate the teacher and

repeat the lyrics as well as the gestures.

Variations:

For older children, 3-5 aged, we can make it more difficult.

These kids know who the family members are, so the first time the teacher

sings the song around the formed Assembly (everyone is sitting down), she

shows the named finger and repeats the song twice, and after the children

have learned the song, the teacher makes 5 groups.

Each group will represent a family member. When the song says “daddy”,

“Mommy”, “brother” and so on, each group has to stand up and dance

moving their entire body, until the next family member is named and

sung.

The last time the song is sung, everybody is singing, but when the song

names “daddy”, mommy”, “brother” and so on, the teacher gives anyone an

object (tie for daddy, a handbag for mummy, a cap for the brother, a

hairband for the sister, and a rattle for the baby). At the time the child is

receiving the object, he/she has to stand up and dance imitating a daddy,

mommy, brother and so on, depending on the case.

Materials:

5 finger puppets representing each member of the family. With children

older than 3, they can previously make a workshop to make some finger

puppets with cards and cryons. In groups, each of them will create one

member of the family.

Objectives:

_ To work Finger psychomotricity

_ To learn the family members

_ To represent the family members (symbolic image)

_ To learn to work in groups

_ To coordinate the dance in groups Finger Puppets

When and where:

The workshop can be made before the break or after lunch, because it's a

relaxing activity that doesn´t require much concentration. The workshop

is indicated for children over 3 years, and in spite of that, the teacher has

to help them to stick the face and clothes. The teacher can also draw the

face and body of the finger family and the kids only have to colour the

drawing with the colours indicated by the teacher. With this option, we

can reforce another aknowledgement about the colours, too.

 For example:

“the daddy finger has to be coloured with a blue pen, the mommy´s finger

has to be coloured with the green pen...” and so on.

The song can be taught and sung in the Assembly or after the Assembly,

but it's important to get the attention of the children, that they are sitting

down in half a circle.

Sources:

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjFcrv6Lfx8