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The Eentsy, Weentsy Spider: Fingerplays and Action Rhymes Review


The Eentsy, Weentsy Spider: Fingerplays and Action Rhymes  Manufacturer: HarperTrophy
Author(s): Joanna Cole, Stephanie Calmenson

ISBN: 0688108059    EAN: 9780688108052
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool

Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

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A companion to the best-selling Anna Banana: 101 Jump-Rope Rhymes, here is a collection of nearly forty fingerplays and action rhymes that have been chanted, sung, and enjoyed for generations. Children and their parents can join the eentsy, weentsy spider in its climb up the waterspout, pretend to pound in a nail while singing "The Hammer Song," and tip their bodies over for "I'm a Little Teapot."

Included are such favorites as "The Wheels on the Bus," "This Old Man," "This Is the Church," and "Where Is Thumbkin?" as well as such lesser-known rhymes as "My Hat" and "Birthday Cake." So say them, sing them, act them out -- action rhymes are fun for everyone!




User Submitted The Eentsy, Weentsy Spider: Fingerplays and Action Rhymes Reviews


February 23, 2006
great
this book is just what I was looking for. the songs and poems are short and easy. lots of old favorites and new ones, too.

January 17, 2004
nice book of fingerplays
This book contains 38 finger plays, from the well-known (I'm a Little Teapot) to ones I've never heard of (Here are Mother's Knives and Forks). Each is in big type with large illustrations to show you how to do the fingerplay. For those that are sung, musical arrangements are at the back of the book, along with a bibliography and index.

Excellent resource for the fingerplay challenged!

June 10, 2000
Joanna Cole succeeds again
As someone with training in folklore, I always trust a book with Joanna Cole's name on it. This book does a very good job of showing (rather than desscribing) the actions and provides the words and music. As it is folklore, you will find some of the fingerplays or action rhymes from your childhood as well as new additions to your repetoire. As I have come to expect, I believe that the publishing company has underestimated the age range for which the book is appropriate ... listen to your young friends after their first camping trip with the cub scouts, bluebirds etc. and you will find that even at that ages children are teaching children some of these plays.

June 3, 2000
Fantastic book to keep kids entertained
I love this book! I use it all the time when I want to keep kids up to 6 years old busy. I have kids who visit who beg me to bring out the book to do the finger plays. I recommend it highly.


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