Fingerplay, commonly seen in early childhood, is hand action or movement combined with singing or spoken-words to engage the child's interest. According to Erikson, many children develop autonomy and "want to learn and imitate the activities and behavior of others". According to Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, "gestures precedes speech and in this way a child communicates satisfactorily". From all ages children become active listeners and can control their eyes, body, and attention on the teacher. Some chants or nursery rhymes that incorporate fingerplay include the "Itsy Bitsy Spider", "Round and round the garden", and "This Little Piggy". The gestural components of the rhymes serve to attract the child's attention, and reciting chants or stories can help a child to develop an ear for sounds, and discover that they can be manipulated and changed. They can also help children develop such skills as fine motor co-ordination and following directions. An example of a fingerplay poem is "Five Little Monkeys": Five little monkeys (five fingers)Jumping on the bed—(rest elbow on other hand, jump arm up and down)One fell off, (hold up one finger, bring down as if falling)And bumped his head. (hand to head) (Wikipedia).
Finger magic trick revealed! (tutorial)
This magic trick is one of the most astounding ones. Revealed for the first time on the Internet.
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1 quick super finger board trick. Slow motion!
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Another silly game, filmed with Cambridge jugglers - hence the unicycle and stilts going on around us.
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Draw Perfect Freehand Circles!
Super simple idea that allows you to draw a perfect freehand circle. Use it to win bets, or just impress your friends!
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My Powtoons Just Because I wanted to PLAY.
Quick and easy - you could get good at this quite quickly. There is very little for free though.
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How do mathematicians tie their shoes?
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A fun rubber-band challenge along with an explanation of how real mathematics is about abstraction, patterns, and relationships. Mathematicians find structure in everything around them, even these simple finger motions, and love to generalize, even when twiddling their thumbs.
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How to count to 1000 on two hands
Typically when we think of counting on two hands, we count up to 10, but fingers can contain much more information than that! This video shows how to think about counting in binary.
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In this video, I have fun composing the digits of the square root of 2 into a song
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