Thumbprint Cookies

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES:

VOCABULARY

• thumb
• index
• finger
• middle
• pointer
• ring
• little
• pinky
• knead
• roll
• coat

MATH

• Fingerprint Patterns (alternating colors)
• Supply alternating color patterns:
• Using a stamp pad and their own fingers, have children mimic the patterns laid out by you

• 10 Digit Math
• EXAMPLE:
• Hold up one finger
• Hold up two more
• Ask "How many fingers do I have up?"

SCIENCE

• Look at fingerprints with a magnifying glass
• Compare with friends
• Explain how no two are alike

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Have the children dictate a story about the imaginary creatures they create (see ART below)

• While the thumbprint cookies are baking in the oven, you can sing this song with your child: "Pointer and Pinky have come to play"
  "How many friends are here to play" (count each finger)
  "Thumbkin has also some to play"
  "How many friends are here to play" (count each finger)
  "Pinkie decided to go away"
  "How many friends are here to play" (count each finger)
  
• Make up your own combinations using one or both hands

ART

• Thumbprint Art
• Use stamp pads
• Have children turn their thumbprints into a menagerie of creatures

FINE MOTOR SKILLS

• While the cookies are baking in the oven, you can sing this song with your child:
  "Where is thumbkin" (hide your hands behind your back)
  "Where is thumbkin" (hide your hands behind your back)
  "Here I am" (hold up each thumb)
  "Here I am" (hold up each thumb)
  "How are you today sir?" (wiggle each thumb as though conversing wiht each other)
  "Very well I thank you" (continue wiggling)
  "Run away" (put your hands behind your back)
  "Run away"
  * Repeat with each finger