Two Little Tweety Birds

Two little tweety birds sat upon a wall (place a finger on each shoulder),

One named Peter (raise the left finger)

And one named Paul (raise the right finger).

Fly away, Peter (place the left finger behind the back);

Fly away, Paul (place the right finger behind the back).

Come back, Peter (place the left finger on the shoulder again);

Come back, Paul (place the right finger on the shoulder again).

Butterfly Landed On You: fingerplay game

One little butterfly flew away

On a very bright, warm summer day.

It flew up in the sky so blue,

And when it landed, it landed on you!


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You can use this to pick someone to do something or in a circle like duck duck goose, etc.

Little Goldfish

My darling little goldfish hasn’t any toes (touch toes).

He swims around without a sound and bumps his hungry nose(point to nose).

He can’t get out to play with me, nor I get in to swim (make swimming motions).

And when I say, “Come out and play,”

He seems to say, “Come in” (motion “come in” with hand).

Little Turtle

I have a little turtle.

It lives in a box (cup hands).

It swims in the river (make swimming motions),

And climbs on the rocks (move fingers upward in a climbing motion).

It snapped at a minnow (clap hands).

It snapped at a flea (clap hands).

It snapped at a mosquito (clap hands),

And it snapped at me (clap hands)!

It caught the minnow (clap hands);

It caught the flea (clap hands);

It caught the mosquito (clap hands);

But it didn’t catch me!

Day and Night Fingerplay

This little fellow is going to bed (raise one finger).

Down on the pillow he lays his head (lay finger on palm of other hand).

Wraps himself in the blankets tight (close fingers over first finger),

And this is the way he sleeps all night.

Morning comes and he opens his eyes.

Back with a toss the cover flies (open hand to show finger resting).

Soon he is up and dressed and away (raise finger up),

Ready to smile and work and play.

Once I was a Baby

Once I was a baby, baby, baby, Once I was a baby, small, small, small. Now I’m growing bigger, bigger, bigger, Now I’m growing bigger, tall, tall, tall!

God's Creation Fingerplay

God’s Creation

God made the moon (make a circle with hands)

And winking stars (open and close hands)

And put them in the sky (reach up).

He made the sun (make a circle with arms overhead)

And trees (hold arms straight up)

And flowers (cup hands)

And little birds that fly (wave arms).

(From Fascinating Finger Fun by Eleanor Doan. © 1951.)