Animals fingerplay songs and rhymes will always entertain your baby. These fingerplays will help stir your child's creative imagination when remembering the animals mentioned in these preschool fingerplays and songs.

Little Robin Red Breast
(hold up thumb and baby finger, and curl down rest of fingers)
Little robin red breast, stay upon a rail
niddle, noodle went his head (wiggle thumb for head)
wibble, wobble went his tail (wiggle baby finger for tail)

--- Animal Fingerplay Songs & Rhymes ---

Little Turtle
There was a little turtle (Make fist like turtle)
That lived in a box (Draw a box in the air)
He swam through the puddles (Pretend to swim)
And climbed on the rocks (Walk finger's across child's hair)

He snapped at a mosquito (Make snapping motion)
He snapped at a flea (Make snapping motion)
He snapped at a minnow (Make snapping motion)
And he snapped at me (Snap at yourself)

He caught the mosquito (Tickle child)
He caught the flea (Tickle child again)
He caught the minnow (Tickle child yet again)
But he didn't catch me !!!!

--- Animal Fingerplay Songs & Rhymes ---

Round and Round the Garden
Round and round the garden like a teddy bear (swirl your index finger around palm of child's hand)
One step, Two step (walk fingers up child's arm)
Hidden under there! (tickle child's underarm)

--- Animal Fingerplay Songs & Rhymes ---

Roundabout Wee Mousey
Roundabout, roundabout, little wee mouse (swirl your index finger around palm of child's hand)
Up the tree, up the tree,(walk fingers up child's arm)
Into the housey!(tickle child's underarm)


Five Little Monkeys
(Begin with 5 fingers splayed and palm away from you, swinging hand to rhythm of verse...)
Five little monkeys swinging from a tree,
teasing mr. alligator, you can't catch me, you can't catch me.
(whisper) Along comes mr. alligator, (Put palms together and slither hands like an alligator)
quiet as can be, and
snapped that monkey right outta that tree! (louder, and clap hands with the word SNAP)
(Repeat with 4,3,2,1 monkeys)

--- Animal Fingerplay Songs & Rhymes ---

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
(Begin with 5 fingers splayed and palm away from you, bouncing hand to rhythm of verse...)

Five little monkeys
Jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head (hold up one finger, then rub head)
Mommy called the doctor
and the doctor said,
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED!"
(Index finger out, shaking in chastising manner)

Four little monkeys....

--- Animal Fingerplay Songs & Rhymes ---

Five Little Puppies
Five little puppies were playing in the sun. (hold up hands,fingers extended)
This one saw a rabbit, and he began to run. (bend down first finger)
This one saw a butterfly,and he began to race. (bend down secind finger)
This one saw a cat,and he began to chase. (bend down third finger)
This one tried to catch his tail,and he went round and round. (bend down fourth finger)
this one was so quiet,he never made a sound. (bend down thumb)


Three Little Hot Dogs
(Place 3 fingers from your right hand into the palm of your left, patting them up and down, saying...

Three little hot dogs frying in the pan,
the pan got hot and one (hold up 1 finger)
went BAM! (clap on "BAM")

(Place 2 fingers from your right hand into your left hand...)
Two little hot dogs frying in the pan,
the pan got hot and one (hold up 1 finger)
went BAM!(clap)

One little hot dog frying in the pan,
the pan got hot and one went
"'Wait, Wait! Put me on your plate and eat me!"

(If the child is in your lap this is your cue to pretend to "eat her up" and tickle.
Or, if the child doesn't like to be tickled she can pretend to "eat up" her finger in an exaggerated fashion.)

More animal fingerplays here