You know that there are many centers on the fingers and palms that are associated with speech and intellectual development. That is why finger games are so important for the timely mastering of the necessary skills.
It is also a great way to distract your child from whims, quickly switch the child's attention to something else.
Finger play is the simultaneous recitation of folk nursery rhymes, ditties or other nursery rhymes and "manipulation" with the child's hands:
The cat has a kitten (in turn, we bend the fingers on the handle to the child),
The duck has a duckling
The cow has a calf
The dog has a puppy
And mom has a son! (or - and mommy has a daughter! - show the baby)
Examples of finger games for different ages
Finger games for children from 4-5 months
Up to 4-5 months of finger play is, in fact, a simple massage of the fingers, stroking, straightening the fingers.
Finger games for children from 6 months
Starting from six months, you can already include more complex games in your arsenal. For example, slide your finger across your child's palm, bending his fingers.
At the same time, you can sentence the following rhyme:
Finger boy
Where have you been?
- With this brother
I went to the forest
With this brother
I cooked cabbage soup,
With this brother
I ate porridge,
With this brother
I sang songs
He sang and danced songs,
He amused his brothers.
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Finger games for children from 9 months
In the period from six months to a year, through finger games, we introduce the child to various life phenomena, for example, with the names of animals or with the names of body parts:
Tuki-tuki-tuki-tuki,
Hammers knocked (the kid hits the table with his handles),
Hammers pounded
Elbows played (shows elbows):
Knock-tok, knock-tok,
Soon Vanechka is one year old (pronounce the name of the child).
Finger games for children from 1 year old
If at first we, together with the baby, simply bend and unbend our fingers, clap our hands, knock on the table, then a growing baby can be offered games more difficult, rather, reminiscent of the beginning of a dance, where you need to portray more complex movements:
I pull (the child pulls),
I catch fish.
I put it in my wallet (shows how it puts it),
I'm bringing home:
Bee-eaters and heaps
Carpenters and polichki (bend our fingers).
One ruff -
And that one in the pot (bend the thumb).
I'll cook some cabbage soup (show how it cooks),
I'll feed Nicholas (substitute the child's name).
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