Good morning!
Today’s post is all about hands!
- Look closely at your hands. What do you see? Describe them to someone. Think about lines, colours, bumps, scratches, spots… Do you know words like knuckle, palm, pinky and fist? Why don’t you look at your adults hands now? What’s the same and what’s different?
2. Do you have some finger or hand puppets you haven’t played with for a while? Perhaps you made a sock puppet last week. Why don’t you get them out for some imaginative play or action rhymes like this one?
3. Your adults will have told you that we have not been at nursery as usual because of Corona Virus, something that can make people ill when germs are spread. One of the best ways to stop germs, and one that we always practise at nursery, is handwashing. Sometimes we are in a rush to play or have something to eat and we don’t really wash our hands properly. Do you know how to wash your hands well? Watch this video as a reminder.
4. Play some number games with your fingers:
- Say ‘Show me…’ and state number of fingers the other person has to show. See if they can make the same number but with their fingers in a different pattern
- Show your fingers and the other person has to say how many
- Use number cards, a dice or dominoes and match the number of fingers you show to the number displayed
- Make it tricky by showing one more/less than a given number
5. Use your hands and imagination for some art activities.
6. Many of you love stories (such as Supertato) by the author Sue Hendra. One of her books is called Barry, The Fish with Fingers. If you have it at home why don’t you read it together? In the video below Sue Hendra reads her own story.
7. Do you like to eat fish fingers? Why do you think they are called that? Could you help to make some fish fingers for dinner this week?
Sometimes adults call little snacks that you can pop into your mouth finger food. Why don’t you make some?
8. Develop the muscles in your hands and fine motor skills by doing some things from the list below.
- Build a Lego model
- Thread beads or pasta onto straws or laces
- Manipulate some playdough or clay
- Pick out small items using tongs or tweezers
9. Play some throwing, bouncing, rolling and catching games with a big ball. What if you try to to the same with a small ball?
10. Make a list of all the amazing things you can do with your hands. How many did you find?
