How Do Fingerplays Help My Child?

Every wonder HOW and WHY Fingerplays are helpful to your child?

• It helps develop language skills

• It can provide engagement and entertainment anywhere/anytime

• It helps encourage hand-eye coordination and babies try to mimic your actions

• Children enjoy the rhythm and rhyme of fingerplay.

• The multisensory learning engages multiple senses, such as hearing plus movement

• Fingerplay helps create a stronger bond between the child and adult.

• Fingerplay helps develop body awareness and muscular coordination.

• Lessons are hidden within fingerplays, for example, counting (forwards and backwards!), colors, weather, memory, body parts.

• And of course, some are just silly. Giggles are GOOD for all of us!

Have fun memorizing some fingerplays to enjoy treasured time with your littles. 🧒👧🏻👦🏽