Fingerplay: Little Turtle
Fingerplays help children develop narrative skills. Narratives are stories with a beginning, a middle and an end. Being familiar with narratives will help your child tell their own stories.
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
I Had a Little Turtle
I had a little turtle, (Make a fist with thumb sticking out)
He lived in a box. (Cup hands together for a box)
He swam in a puddle. (Wiggle hand for swimming)
He climbed on the rocks. (Fingers climb up other fist)
He snapped at a mosquito, (Snap fingers)
He snapped at a flea, (Snap)
He snapped at a minnow, (Snap)
And he snapped at me! (Snap)
He caught the mosquito, (Clap, gulp)
He caught the flea, (Clap, gulp)
He caught the minnow, (Clap, gulp)
But he didn’t catch me! (Wag pointer finger back and forth)