Childcare: Recommended Halloween fingerplay. Pumpkins, ghosts, and witches [Part 2]
Speaking of October, Halloween is coming! I imagine both the children and the teachers are excitedly getting ready for the big day.
Costumes and dances are fun parts of Halloween, but kids also love hand games with a Halloween twist! In this article, I’d like to introduce some hand games that are perfect for Halloween.
I’ll share a variety, including fun twists on games children already play and lively ones featuring lots of characters, so try them out to suit different moments!
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[Childcare] Recommended fingerplay for Halloween: Pumpkins, Ghosts, and Witches [Part 2] (11–20)
Halloween Ghost Party
This is a fun, ghost-themed hand play that’s perfect for the Halloween season.
It progresses like choreography set to music, with light, rhythmic movements being the key.
Ghosts appear one by one throughout the song, and their characteristics are expressed through body movements.
It’s enjoyable just to recreate the movements, but adding vocalizations while portraying the ghosts makes it even more fun.
You can do it while seated, so it’s an easy activity anyone can enjoy.
In conclusion
We’ve introduced lots of fun finger-play activities.
As Halloween approaches, each one is a great way to build excitement, so learn plenty of them and have a blast playing together with the kids! Be sure to use them during free moments in your activities or as an introduction to picture books, too.