When I
presented my “Totally Math” workshop in CA last week I showed these visuals to
use with some of my finger plays.
A teacher requested that I share these on my blog.
Five
Little Hot Dogs
Five little
hotdogs frying in the pan. (Hold
up five fingers.)
The grease got
hot, and one went BAM! (Clap.)
Four little
hotdogs… (Four
fingers.)
Three… (Three
fingers.)
Two… (Two
fingers.)
One… (One
finger.)
No little hotdogs
frying in the pan. (Hold
up fist.)
The pan got hot
and it went BAM!
Cut hotdogs out of
paper and glue them to spring clothespins. Draw a pan similar to the one shown on a file folder and
make a slit along the middle of the pan.
Attach the hotdogs and remove one at a time as you say the rhyme. When the pan goes “Bam!” close the file
folder.
*Change the words
to: “Five little kernels sizzling
in the pot. When the oil got hot
one went ‘POP’!”
Five Little
Monkeys
Five little
monkeys jumping on the bed. (Hold
up 5 fingers.)
One fell off and
broke her head. (Touch palm to head.)
Momma called the
doctor, and the doctor said, (Hold
hand to ear.)
“That’s what you
get for jumping on the bed.”
(Point finger.)
Four…three…two…one…
No little monkeys
jumping on the bed. (Shake head “no.”)
They’re all sick
with broken heads! (Hold palms up in the
air.)
*Glue paper
monkeys (I found my on google images) to clothespins. Decorate a pocket folder to look like a bed. Remove one monkey at a time as you say
the rhyme.
*Glue children’s
photos to clothespins and insert their name in the chant:
“Jason, Jason,
jumping on the bed…”
You could use
photo clothespins for lots of other songs, transition activities, graphing,
etc.
