Color Fingerplay
Memorization of "Way Up High In The Apple Tree" and target word high
Month 3 · Activity 26 · Surprise
Instructions
- Teach this fingerplay: "Way Up High in The Apple Tree" or watch video here
Way up high in the apple tree
Two little apples smiled at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could
Down came the apples
Mmmmmm they were good.
Simplify
Write the fingerplay on an index card and keep a file of fingerplays ready to share with a child. Fingerplays help a child learn to be creative, social, develop motor skills, learn language development, body awareness, etc. They are a fun multi-sensory learning tool that helps to bond an adult and child.
Extend
Chat with a child about other fruits that grow on trees and adapt the fingerplay to that fruit. For example, Way Up High in a Coconut Tree...Way Up High in a Banana Tree... Way Up High in a Pear Tree, etc. Memorization is an important learning skill and fingerplays are a fun way to practice the skill.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Pretend you are a tree and tell me about your life.
Can you share with me something you have memorized - a joke, poem, fingerplay, or song?
Video Demo:
Materials
- Fingerplay "Way Up High in The Apple Tree"
Language Skills
Motor Skills
Social Skills
On the Go Activity