Dear Reader
My kids love finger Play Songs! I think (though I’m not in their heads) they like that they can follow along with something and be part of something even if they’re not super great at communicating, yet. They get so excited to know what to do in the song.
So far, our favorite finger play Songs are definitely Itsy Bitsy Spider and Pattycake, but some old classics that are super fun are Wind the Bobbin and Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
The interesting thing is how each of my babies (all of them, not just the two that came together) have loved a different part or action. The oldest loved to throw the cake in the oven, with big wide hand gestures. The middle child liked clapping. One twin likes to “roll it,” and waits to that part of the song to even act interested, though she is listening and waiting. The other twin likes to mark it with a B, although I have no idea why. I mean, I can see personalities in all the other choices, but why marking it with a B? We do a big trace of a B with our arms, so it kinda looks like a bunch of arm flaps. I wonder how that ties with personalities?
But, I’ve just gotta say, watching little fingers try to do Itsy Bitsy Spider is one of the cutest things ever!
