Fun with Fingers! Activities, Apps, & Tools for Teaching Kids

<ul><li> Bit.ly/ELTLINKs Finger Fun! Learning Activities &amp; Ideas with Fingers ShellyTerrell.com </li> <li> Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning. ~ Fred Rogers Finger Puppets by Bart, Flickr </li> <li> hand action or movement combined with singing or spoken-words to engage ~ Wikipedia What is nger play? </li> <li> Use nger plays to Llama Finger Puppet by Ryan Hyde, Flickr Teach grammar Manage the class Support a story Teach vocabulary Transition to the next task </li> <li> Famous Finger Games Thumb War by Nate Swart, Flickr Finger soccer Thumb war 1,2,3 shoot Rock, paper, scissors </li> <li> Shadow Puppets! Blifaloo.com/shadow-puppets </li> <li> Famous Fingerplays http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy0KyiJJDyY Where is Thumbkin? Itsy, Bitsy Spider 5 Little Monkeys Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star </li> <li> Lets make characters! My Grandmas Finger Puppets by Nat Tung, Flickr Playdough Paper Draw them Felt Material </li> <li> Billybear4kids.com/FingerPuppets </li> <li> Enchantedlearning.com </li> <li> Teachingvillage.org/2010/06/09/digital-digits-creative-ideas-for-finger-plays-by-shelly-sanchez-terrell/ Draw them Use washable markers &amp; crayons Pick a friend &amp; draw on your friends fingers </li> <li> Cool Finger Faces Free IOS App https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cool-finger-faces/id492606918?mt=8 </li> <li> Draw &amp; color them </li> <li> Teachingvillage.org/2010/06/09/digital-digits-creative-ideas-for-finger- plays-by-shelly-sanchez-terrell/ Animate with Blabberize </li> <li> Spanish Storytime by Pioneer Library System, Flickr Demonstrate the gestures </li> <li> Put them in a Wiki Englishstorytime.pbworks.com/FingerPlays Video examples Gestures Lyrics </li> <li> Youtube.com/user/blueskygokids Introduce with a video </li> <li> Learn by video with Cullen! http://cullensabcs.com </li> <li> Cullens Fingerplay Free Videos IOS Apps http://cullensabcs.com/iphone-apps/ </li> <li> Character Sets for Story Time Kids have a set of characters &amp; objects Ask kids a question They choose the character to put on the glove http://youtu.be/weBVrb0SB5E </li> <li> Underwater Scene Feltboard by bengarrison, Flickr, CC 2.0 Follow-up with a felt board </li> <li> Tara and finger puppet theatre by Dimitrij Mlekuz, Flickr Throw a show </li> <li> Fingerplay Script by ESLDramaGames.com </li> <li> Dino Finger Puppets 05 by Lansing Library, Flickr Set the stage </li> <li> Cool Apps </li> <li> Finger Paint with Sound Free IOS/Android App </li> <li> Finger Measure Free IOS/Android App </li> <li> Horror Faces Free IOS App https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/horror-fingers-create-horror/id580288996?mt=8 Create horror faces with your ngers </li> <li> http://pear.ly/ckcPj </li> <li> ShellyTerrell.com Bit.ly/ELTLINKs Pear.ly/ckcPj </li> </ul>