The Ultimate Guide to Brain Breaks now has a baby sister. This Finger Play and Preschool Song card pack brings together the power of movement and singing in an easy-to-use format so that we can make the most of the precious toddler and preschool years with our children! And YOU don’t have to get distracted by the internet in search of things to do with your littles! Win-Win
Most people don’t realize the power tucked in these simple rhymes and songs. I explain more about each of these key early childhood developmental areas here!
Reading them in books is great. Repetition is even better. A while back I wrote about why we need to read children the same book over, and over, and over again. It’s critical in a young child’s development. Well, the same principle applies here. Learning is cemented through this kind of playful, fun repetition.
It’s crazy to think about how they learn counting, sequencing, and hone fine motor skills simply by singing “1, 2 Buckle My Shoe.” The “Eensy-Weensy Spider” is full of fun vocabulary and is crazy effective at developing fine-motor skills. They learn self-regulation by singing “Open, Shut Them,” when they have to strategically pause and hold their bodies completely still. As we sing out the rhyming words they are developing important phonemic skills that not only help them with speaking now, but also lay the foundation for learning how to read later. By moving their bodies, the brain is being wired to learn. As we’ve been using this over the last year and a half, I’ve realized that this really was a baby sister to my Brain Breaks book. Movement wires the brain to learn and in the early years movement, plus song packs a powerful punch in also developing oral and pre-reading skills! And I’m just loving the simplicity in embracing this form of vintage preschool prep!
So here you go… The benefits of repetition without the work of pulling it together. {You’re welcome!} This set of 30 cards comes professionally printed, hole-punched with a ring so you are ready to go! All of the words and motions right there at your fingertips. Here in our home, we pull this out every morning to give some focused attention to our youngest! You can see how she feels about her “school” time!