New (to me) Fingerplays

Two Mother Pigs

Two mother pigs lived in a pen (show thumbs)

Each had 4 babies and that made 10 (show fingers and thumbs)

These 4 babies were black as night (hold up 1 hand, thumb in)

These 4 babies were black and white (hold up other hand, thumb in)

But all 8 babies loved to play (wiggle 8 fingers, thumbs in)

And they rolled and rolled in the mud all day (roll hand over each other)

At night with their mother, they curled in a heap (make fist, palm up)

And squealed and squealed ‘til they went to sleep.

Five Fat Peas

Five fat peas in a pod pressed (hold hand in fist)

One grew, two grew, and so did all the rest (put thumb and finger up one by one)

They grew and grew and did not stop (slowly raise hands into the air)

Until one day the pod went POP! (clap hands together)

Here is the Beehive

Here is the beehive, where are the bees? (make fist)

Hidden away where nobody sees

Watch and you’ll see them come out of their hive.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (slowly show finger and thumb)

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

This Little Finger

This little finger went to school in a car.
This little finger rode the bus.
This tall finger rode his bike.
And this one chose to walk.
This thumb lived s-o-o-o far away
It had to go up the hill and down
Up the hill and down
Up the hill and down
Up the hill and around (end between ring finger and little finger; as you say "around" quickly trace up and down the little finger then across the palm back to the child's thumb)
To get all the way inside the school.