How to use finger plays and action songs at preschool to build language, gross and fine motor skills, self regulation skills and to help manage classroom behaviour and transitions.
The rhymes in finger plays are simple and fun but did you realise just how many educational benefits there are doing finger plays with your children?
Using rhymes and songs are a fun way for children to learn language in early childhood. Add in movement in the form of finger plays and young children are hearing the rhythm of language, building large and fine motor skills whilst also learning the sounds in words making them one of the building blocks to reading success later.
Working at preschool, I'm always looking for new songs to do at circle or large group time - finger plays, action songs, that get everyone moving all at the same time because movement helps many children learn. It also helps get rid of those wriggles that set in when you sit there too long.
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