fingerplay

The swans who don't conform, who throw punches; the uber-lipsticked prince who blankly gestures "huh?" when Swan Queen Odette unspools a sequence of nose-in-the-air fingerplay and arm-waving that approximates a 19th-century mime sequence carried out with 21st-century flimsiness.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Divas infuse humor, character in dances Sarah Kaufman 2010

His pelvic thrust is perfectly timed to the Peas '"and pump it" lyrics, while his fingerplay doesn't miss a beat when he turns his guitar 180-degrees to play it upside down.

Air Apparent: Lance Kasten won't stop rocking until he becomes national champion of the make-believe art of air guitar 2010

You know the old fingerplay: This is the church, this is the steeple, open the doors, but where are the people?

Archive 2009-01-01 Happy 2009

You know the old fingerplay: This is the church, this is the steeple, open the doors, but where are the people?

institutional whatnot Happy 2009

You know, it's taking longer to do prep as I don't have all those fingerplay, drawing story and craft books right at my fingertips anymore.

innovational librariane 2008

Some required precise fingerplay, some none at all.

Stormblade Berberick, Nancy Varian 1988

However, for some young children and second language learners, the combination of singing and doing the fingerplay can be a little intimidating.

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It has a great melody, and children love the fingerplay.

WN.com - Articles related to Children's poetry inspires Natalie Merchant's return 2010

However, for some young children and second language learners, the combination of singing and doing the fingerplay can be a little intimidating.

WN.com - Articles related to Children's poetry inspires Natalie Merchant's return 2010

It has a great melody, and children love the fingerplay.

WN.com - Articles related to Children's poetry inspires Natalie Merchant's return 2010