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Mother
Goose Fingerplays
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The Snow This is the way the snow comes down,
Lines 1 & 2: flutter fingers
down from arms raised position until arms are lowered.
— Author
Unknown
— from Children's Counting-Out Rhymes, Fingerplays, Jump-Rope and Bounce-Ball Chants and Other Rhythms (McFarland Pub. 1983, 2006) by Gloria T. Delamar |
Roll a snowball round and round,
Lines 1 & 2: roll hands
around each other.
— Gloria
T. Delamar, Author
— from Children's Counting-Out Rhymes, Fingerplays, Jump-Rope and Bounce-Ball Chants and Other Rhythms (McFarland Pub. 1983, 2006) by Gloria T. Delamar |
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O, clap, clap the hands,
How swift o'er the snow
Our Stockings we'll hang,
He'll empty his pack,
Then clap, clap the hands!
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Verse 1 - All lines: clap
hands.
Verse 2 - All lines: lock
thumbs together and make walking motions with other fingers to indicate
reindeer and sleigh.
Verse 3 - Lines 1 & 2:
point down with four fingers of one hand.
Verse 4 - Lines 1 & 2:
raise thumb from upper fist as Santa Claus comes up chimney.
Verse 5 - All lines: clap hands. — Emilie
Poulsson, Author, 1893
— from Children's Counting-Out
Rhymes, Fingerplays, Jump-Rope and Bounce-Ball Chants and Other Rhythms
(McFarland Pub. 1983, 2006) by Gloria T. Delama |