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Spend any amount of time in an early childhood classroom, and you'll quickly realize that it's only natural for young children to be active. Fingerplays and action rhymes captivate young students and help teachers channel their natural energy and enthusiasm into meaningful learning experiences. Fingerplays and action rhymes also help even beginning English language learners associate words and phrases with meaning.

		All By Myself
		actions; classroom routine; includes teaching strategies
		The Beehive
		the question "Where?"; number concepts (1-5); includes teaching strategies
		Circle Time Chant
		actions
		The Elephant
		physical descriptions; includes teaching strategies
		Five Little Fishies
		number concepts; actions; includes teaching strategies
		Five Little Monkeys
		number concepts (1-5); counting backwords
		Five Little Firefighters
		occupations; actions
		Grandma's Glasses
		accessories; differences; includes teaching strategies
		Home, Sweet Home
		animals; habitats; parts of a house
		Jack in the Box
		concepts of "in" and "out"
		Mix a Pancake
		simple actions; describing a process
		My Family
		immediate family relationships; includes teaching strategies
		Open Them, Shut Them
		open/shut/clap/fold; a good activity to prepare for a quiet story, teaching, or snack time
		Right Hand, Left Hand
		teaches right and left; includes teaching strategies
		Sleepy Caterpillars
		natural processes; vocabulary--caterpillar, cocoon, butterfly; includes teaching strategies
		Tall and Small
		adjectives; opposites
		Teatime
		simple actions; vocabulary--cup, pot, pour, drink; includes teaching strategies
		Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
		simple actions
		There Was a Little Turtle
		past tense; contrast; includes teaching strategies
		Three Balls
		shapes, sizes

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