Farm Fingerplays

Two Mother Pigs
Two mother pigs lived in a pen,
Two thumbs up.

Each had four babies and that made ten
Wiggle four fingers on each hand.

These four babies were black and white.
Wiggle four fingers of one hand.

These four babies were black as night.
Wiggle four fingers of other hand.

All eight babies loved to play.
Wiggle eight fingers.

And they rolled and they rolled in the mud all day.
Roll hands.

At night, with their mother,
They curled up in a heap,
Make fists, palms up.

And squealed and squealed
‘Til they went to sleep.
Tuck thumbs under fingers.

- From I’m a Little Teapot! Compile by Jane Cobb Five Little Farmers

Five little Farmers
Fingers of one hand are closed over thumb.
Woke up with the sun.
Open hand.

For it was early morning
When chores must be done.
The first little farmer
Point to first finger.

Went to milk the cow.
Make milking motion.
The second little farmer
Point to second finger, and so on . . .

Thought he’d better plow.
Hold plow; move hand to the right and left.

The third little farmer
Fed the hungry hens.
Hold feed in left hand, toss with right.

The fourth little farmer
Mended broken pens.
Make hammer in left hand and pound.

The fourth little farmer
Took his vegetables to town.
Riding motion.

Baskets filled with cabbages
Make fists.

And sweet potatoes, brown.
Straighten out fingers.

- From I’m a Little Teapot! Compile by Jane Cobb

Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen
Hickety, Pickety, my black hen,
She lays eggs for the gentlemen;
Gentlemen come every day
To see what my black hen doth lay;
Sometimes nine and sometimes ten,
Hickety, Pickety, my black hen.
- Traditional

Little Boy Blue
Little Boy Blue,
Come blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow,
The cow's in the corn;
Where is that boy
Who looks after the sheep?
Under the haystack
Fast asleep.
Will you wake him?
Oh no, not I,
For if I do
He will surely cry.
Traditional

Farm Songs to Sing:
Down on Grandpa’s Farm
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
The Farmer in the Dell
My Little Rooster