finger faces

It doesn’t get much simpler (or more fun) than this….

Draw simple faces with a ballpoint pen on the tip of everyone’s index finger.  Try some songs like, One Little Finger, Where is Thumbkin, etc.

Also, have some fun talking which each other fingers.  I spent the whole class yesterday doing everything through little finger people and the kids really enjoyed it!  Some students who rarely speak up were letting their fingers do more talking than they ever have.

You could also talk about emotions and draw happy, sad, surprised, scared, sleepy, etc. faces on each of your fingers as well.

For older students who are able to control their thumb movement, painting faces on the top of your fist can also be fun.  Move your thumb to open and close the mouth.

And finally, from a student’s mom…make a fist and draw the lines of an elephant’s trunk down your middle finger (depending on what country you are in, you may want to use the index finger-though it isn’t as effective!) and eyes at the top,  Then, extend the finger out like an elephant.  Great fun playing with this!