Pop It
Materials: bubble wrap or pop its, fingers Directions: Set out your popping material (pop its or bubble wrap of varying sizes). Invite children over to explore and play. Encourage them to use their fingers to pop the different “bubbles”. Try popping with just one finger at a time. Add in two fingers, then three, four, […]
Finger Lifts
Materials: your hand/fingers Directions: Invite children to lay their hand flat on a surface. One by one lift each finger up as high as they can while still leaving their hand flat on the surface. Try each finger and then switch hands and play again!
Count with me
Materials: your hand/fingers Directions: Have children hold one hand out in front of them and make it a fist (tucking all fingers away). Slowly begin to count out loud together. With each number you put up a finger (“one” – put up one finger, “two” – put up another finger, etc.) until all five fingers […]
Where is Thumbkin?
Materials: your hands/fingers Directions: Play this childhood favorite game as you sing along together with your children. Use these lyrics and directions below: (Start with hands behind back) Where is thumbkin? Where is thumbkin? Here I am. (Bring right hand to front, with thumb up) Here I am. (Bring left hand to front, with thumb […]
Elephant Toothpaste
Ingredients: 3 % household Hydrogen Peroxide · *NOTE: It is important that this is the ONLY hydrogen peroxide used as it makes it kid-friendly and safe to touch and work with during the experiment* 1-2 packets of dry yeast Liquid dishwashing detergent Water Food coloring Empty plastic 2L soda bottle Cookie sheet or pan to […]
Pat a Cake
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker’s manBake me a cake as fast as you canPat it and roll it and mark it with a “b“And put it in the oven for [CHILD’S NAME] and me Patty cake, patty cake, baker’s man.Bake me a cake as fast as you can;Roll it up, roll it up;And throw it in a […]
Miss Mary Mack
Miss Mary Mack, Mack, MackAll dressed in black, black, blackWith silver buttons, buttons, buttonsAll down her back, back, back She asked her mother, mother, motherFor fifty cents, cents, centsTo see the elephants, elephants, elephants (or hippos or cows)Jump the fence, fence, fence. They jumped so high, high, highThey reached the sky, sky, skyAnd didn’t (or […]
Double, Double
Double, double, this, this,Double, double, that, that,Double this, double that,Double, double, this, that. Directions for Play: This cool hand game is played with the fists and different parts of your hands. You use both hands at the same time. This is done with a partner. The goal is to try to go as fast as […]
Lemonade, Crunchy Ice
LemonadeCrunchy iceSip it once Sip it twice Lemonade Crunchy ice Made it once Made it twice Turn around (Turn around here)Touch the ground (Touch the ground here)FREEZE Directions for Play: For each verse, you will use the up and down clap method. One hand is flipped upward while the other is downward. You do this hand-clapping rhyme with […]
Concentration
Concentration (clap, clap, clap)Sixty-four (clap, clap, clap)No repeats (clap, clap, clap)Or hesitations (clap, clap, clap)I’ll go first (clap, clap, clap)You’ll go last (clap, clap, clap)Category is: (clap, clap, clap) Directions for Play: For each verse, you will use the up and down clap method followed by clapping your hands together 3x). One hand is […]