S207 Rock Scissors Paper Fingerplay #1

Rock Scissors Paper Finger play # 1 Rock scissors paper [make rock, scissors, and paper gestures with your hands] Rock scissors paper [make rock, scissors, and paper gestures with your hands] One, two, three [count to three with your fingers] Play with me [point to your chest with your thumbs] Right hand PAPER! [place your right hand out flat] Left hand PAPER! [place your left hand out flat] (playful music) [connect your thumbs together and make a butterfly] It's a BUTTERFLY! [fly your butterfly up and down and all around…if you like, pause the music here and spend some time flying around the room!] Rock scissors paper Rock scissors paper One, two, three Play with me?Right hand ROCK! Left hand SCISSORS!(playful music) [Place the rock on top of the scissors , the rock becomes a snail shell and the scissors become the snail's antennae.] It's a SNAIL! [Again, pause the music here if you like…have the snails crawl around the room and talk to each other…talk with your kids about snails!] Rock scissors paper Rock scissors paper?One, two, three Play with me?Right hand SCISSORS! Left hand SCISSORS!?(playful music) [The scissors become a crab's pinchers. Hold them up to the side of your face and open and close your pinchers] It's a CRAB! [Hold your pinchers up and walk around the room sideways!] Rock scissors paper Rock scissors paper One, two, three Play with me Right hand PAPER! Left hand PAPER! (playful music) [Place both hands on either sides of the face to simulate a lion's mane] Oh no! It's a LION! [Growl and stalk around the room!]