I am writing today’s article as a continuation of the series of articles about finger games. It is a widely known fact that finger games contribute to the development of a child’s speech, so they occupy a significant place among other educational games. Finger games also have a beneficial effect on other areas of a child’s development; you can read more about their benefits in the article with games for babies from 6 months to 1 year (by the way, all the games in this article are also relevant for a one-year-old baby).
In any developmental activity, it is very important to maintain the baby’s interest. To do this, you need, firstly, to constantly add something new to your classes, and secondly, to gradually increase the difficulty of the added material. Therefore, I divided my entire collection of finger games into several stages in order of increasing difficulty. The breakdown by age (from 6 months, from 1 year, from 1 year 3 months, etc.), of course, is somewhat arbitrary, but it still helps the mother navigate the huge number of poems.
In this article you will find the simplest options for finger games. They are best suited for babies who have just turned 1 year old, or for those who are just starting to get acquainted with finger games. “Finger games for babies from 1 year to 3 months” are well suited for the next stage of classes.
Games for developing gross motor skills (gesture games)
Tasya, show me your hands (we stretch our hands forward)
And wave your hand. (we wave our hand)
Let's hide our fingers in a fist. (we clench our fingers into fists)
Let's put our fist on the side (we put our hands with clenched fists on our sides)
Let's stomp our feet, (stomp)
Let's clap our hands. (clap our hands)
Let's stomp with our right foot, (stomp with our right foot)
Let's shake our heads. (shaking head left and right)
We dance merrily (we make lanterns)
We dance together.
Music and song -
That's what Tasya needs.
***
So we stood on the floor,
We danced with Tasya.
We danced, we danced, (we put one leg forward, then the other)
The legs were exposed.
Clap your hands, (clap your hands)
They clapped a little.
We danced, we danced, (we put one leg forward, then the other)
The legs were exposed.
We raised our hands, (raise our hands)
They put it on the head. (put hands on head)
We danced, we danced, (we put one leg forward, then the other)
The legs were exposed.
***
So we stomp our feet (stomp our feet)
Top-top, top-top.
So we clap our hands (clap our hands)
Clap clap.
So we shake our heads. (shaking head left and right)
Oh-oh, oh-oh!
So we raise our hands, (raise our hands)
Higher, higher, higher.
So we give up, (give up)
Below, below, below.
This is how we hand out hands (we hold out hands to the baby)
So so so.
So we go round and round. (spinning in place)
So so so.
***
The bull walks, sways, (we walk on all fours)
Sighs as he walks: (sighs several times)
"Oh, the board is running out
Now I'm going to fall." (lie down on the floor)
Finger games for children 2 - 3 years old + Video (Part 1)
If you follow blog updates, you know that Taisiya and I are big fans of gesture and finger games. We started before we were a year old with stomps, slams and everyone’s favorite “ladushkas”, but now we have grown to more complex finger figures like squirrels and dogs. I consider finger gymnastics to be a simple and at the same time very useful tool for child development. It improves your mood, develops your memory, and your imagination. Well, the main thing (which is why finger games were invented) is that fine motor skills are developed. I think it’s no secret to anyone now that the level of development of fine motor skills is directly related to the baby’s speech.
A complete collection of exercises for finger gymnastics, divided by age, can be found in this section, and today I want to publish the rhymes that we played starting from 2 years old . This time I decided to try to change the usual article format by adding a video to the poems. Perhaps someone will find this option more convenient. Taisiya gladly agreed to help me in this endeavor. Only in the video, of course, she is no longer 2 years old, but 3.9
