When I hear, I forget.
When I see, I remember.
When I do, I learn
--Old Chinese Proverb
No one walks the way I walk.
No one talks the way I talk.
No one plays the way I play.
No one says the things I say.
No one looks the way I do.
I’ve noticed that it’s true.
I am SPECIAL.
I am ME.
There’s no one
I would rather be.
Fee-fie-foe-fum
See my fingers, (point to fingers)
See my thumb.
Fee-fie-foe-fum
Fingers are gone (hide in fist)
So is thumb.
10 Little fingers standing in a row.
Wiggle them high, wiggle them low.
Shake them fast, shake them slow.
Put them behind your back.
Where did they all go?
Growing up can be such fun,
If you stop and use your head.
Just be fair, use common sense,
It’ll help you all you need.
Hey, diddle-diddle,
We’re fit as a fiddle;
We can jump over the moon.
So if you eat right,
And sleep well at night,
You can jump just as high soon.
There was once a hand
It could do lots of things.
It could count,
It could point
But it couldn't make a sound.
Then, it met another hand.
And discovered it could make a sound.
It takes two to CLAP!
Let's (clap) our (hands) together,
Together, together,
Let’s ____ our ____ together,
Because it’s fun to do.
Right hand, left hand,
Put them on my head.
Right hand, left hand,
Put them all to bed.
Right hand, left hand,
Put them on your chest.
Right hand, left hand,
Put them all to rest.
You twiddle your thumbs, and clap your hands,
And then, you stamp your feet.
You turn to the left, you turn to the right,
Then make your fingers meet.
You make a bridge, you make an arch,
And give just ONE more clap.
Wave your hands, fold your hands, and put them in your lap
Two little eyes looked around,
Two little ears to hear each sound,
One little nose to smell what’s sweet,
One little mouth that likes to eat.
My Face Can Say
I’m tired
What a surprise
I’m mad
That smells good
I’m afraid
That smells awful
I’m sad
That tastes yummy
My Hands Can Say:
Hello Stop
Come here I’m cold
I’m mad Go away
I’m scared Naughty, naughty
Goodbye Yea!
Two hands have I to hold in sight.
One is the left, the other the right,
Five busy fingers I have on each,
Just made to hold a plum or a peach.
Made to pound, and made to clap,
And made to fold onto my lap.
--Children's Rhymes and Rhythms
A mouth to eat and talk,
Two feet to run and walk.
Ears to hear and eyes to see,
They're all a part of me!
Two elbows I can bend,
Two arms to hug my friend.
Ears to hear and eyes to see,
They're all a part of me!
I wash my face,
I brush my teeth.
I eat good foods each day.
I sleep all night,
And when I wake,
I stretch and stretch this way.
I stretch and stretch this way.
--Elizabeth McKinnon
BUSY BEES, TOTLINE
I can make myself real big
By standing up straight and tall.
But when I’m tired of being big,
I can make myself get small.
--COMPLETE BOOK OF …
Silberg
Flop your arms, flop your feet.
Let your hand go free.
You’re the floppiest rag doll
I am ever going to see.
Magic feet, magic feet,
Where can you go with your magic feet?
What can you do with your magic feet?
You can...stomp, stomp, stomp--
*You can twirl, twirl, twirl...
*You can jump, jump, jump...
Here's your hands, clap, clap, clap, (repeat)
Here's your lap, pat, pat, pat. (repeat)
Clap-pat, clap-pat, clap-pat--
Shake your arms about!
Here's your eyes, blink, blink, blink, (repeat)
Here's your brain, think, think, think.
Blink-think, blink-think, blink-think--
Clap-pat, clap-pat, clap-pat--
Shake your arms about!
Shake your arms, up and down, (repeat)
Shake your arms, all around. (repeat)
Up, down, all around--
Blink-think, blink-think--
Clap-pat, clap-pat--
Shake your arms about!
I've got 10 little fingers, (wiggle fingers)
And 10 little toes. (wiggle toes)
Two little eyes, (point to eyes)
A mouth, (point to mouth)
And a nose. (point to nose)
Put them all together, (place hands on hips)
And what have you got?
You've got me, my friend,
And t a lot! (hug self)
There's no one who's quite like me.
No one knows just how to be
Me, when I am mad or sad.
Me, when I am very glad.
There's no one who's quite like me.
I am proud that me is me!
Songs:
Flour on my Fingers see: Cooking and Baking
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Extras: Gingerbread Man -- Ellison Die
Books:
Hands Can, Cheryl Willis Hudson, c.2003
These Hands, Hope Lynne Price, c.1999
Lucy's Picture, Nicola Moon, c.1995