Language focus: Body parts (finger, head, nose, chin, arm, leg, foot). Up and down.

Classroom benefits: One Little Finger is great for warming-up, stretching, and introducing/reviewing parts of the body.

Lyrics & Gestures

One little finger, one little finger, one little finger. (Hold up your index finger and bend it up and down.)
Tap tap tap. (Tap your finger against your other INDEX FINGER 3 times.)
Point your finger up. (Point up!)
Point your finger down. (Point down!)
Put it on your head. Head! (Put your finger on your head and say in a loud voice, “Head!”)

One little finger, one little finger, one little finger.
Tap tap tap. (Tap your finger against your HEAD 3 times.)
Point your finger up. (Point up!)
Point your finger down. (Point down!)
Put it on your nose. Nose! (Put your finger on your head and say in a loud voice, “Nose!”)

One little finger, one little finger, one little finger.
Tap tap tap. (Tap your finger against your NOSE 3 times.)
Point your finger up. (Point up!)
Point your finger down. (Point down!)
Put it on your chin. Chin! (Put your finger on your head and say in a loud voice, “Chin!”)

One little finger, one little finger, one little finger.
Tap tap tap. (Tap your finger against your CHIN 3 times.)
Point your finger up. (Point up!)
Point your finger down. (Point down!)
Put it on your arm. Arm! (Put your finger on your head and say in a loud voice, “Arm!”)

One little finger, one little finger, one little finger.
Tap tap tap. (Tap your finger against your ARM 3 times.)
Point your finger up. (Point up!)
Point your finger down. (Point down!)
Put it on your leg. Leg! (Put your finger on your head and say in a loud voice, “Leg!”)

One little finger, one little finger, one little finger.
Tap tap tap. (Tap your finger against your LEG 3 times.)
Point your finger up. (Point up!)
Point your finger down. (Point down!)
Put it on your foot. Foot! (Put your finger on your head and say in a loud voice, “Foot!”)

Put it on your leg. Leg! (Put your finger on your head and say in a loud voice, “Leg!”)

Put it on your arm. Arm! (Put your finger on your head and say in a loud voice, “Arm!”)

Put it on your chin. Chin! (Put your finger on your head and say in a loud voice, “Chin!”)

Put it on your nose. Nose! (Put your finger on your head and say in a loud voice, “Nose!”)

Put it on your head. Head! (Put your finger on your head and say in a loud voice, “Head!”)

Now let’s wave good-bye. Good-bye! (Wave good-bye with your index finger.)

Activity ideas:

When the children have learned the song well enough, sing without the music. A great way to use the song is to stand in a circle as you sing the song, and each child gets a chance to call out a body part. Everybody sings the song together until you reach the “Put it on your ________!” part of the song. One student says, “Put it on your head/elbow/knee/foot/etc.” and all the students put their finger on that body part and shout its name. It’s a great way to review body part names, and the teacher can introduce a new body part name each time you sing the song. The teacher simply calls out a new body part when it’s his/her turn and teaches it by pointing to it.

You can also practice some simple counting by changing the number of fingers each verse. "One little finger", "Two little fingers", "Five little fingers", etc.

This song is also great to sing with children under 2 years old. The caretaker can sing and point to all the parts of baby’s body.

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