Itsy Bitsy Spider

[JillnEmma]

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[Mom2ckc]

I have seen this signed and finger played so many ways.
I sign it now. But my kids do know it many ways too.
How are you signing it? What signs are you signing?

Mary mom to
Caitlyn 4yrs
Kyle 3yrs
Carmelle 17months

[dmmetler]

When I did High/Scope movement/dance training, one comment made was that the traditional way of having kids make the spider "Climb" was really very inappropriate for preschool children because it asked them to do things which are physically difficult at that level of fine motor, and therefore, it was best to encourage children to make any sort of crawling motion upward-and one suggestion was the ASL sign for SPIDER.

I sign LITTLE SPIDER with the sign moving up through the first phrase,

RAIN, SPIDER ALL DONE

SUN, DRY RAIN

LITTLE SPIDER (with the sign climbing up)

[andrealynnj]

In my Tiny Sign class and the teacher is Deaf, we sign

SPIDER (with hands moving up)

RAIN (hands coming back down) with both hands turnig and washing out at the bottom

SUNRISE SUNSHINE

RAIN then turn over hands and rub thumb across fingertips from fingertip to pointer as hands move outwards

SPIDER (with hands moving up)

AGAIN in the air at the top of the spout.

It seemed strange to me at first but now I like it.

[Antonia]

We sign
SPIDER and crawl it up
RAIN DOWN
SUN GOOD
SPIDER and crawl it up

in ASL signs - but that's pretty much like the fingerplay I know!

Antonia