FIRST GRADE HANDWORK VERSES 

OPENING

This is little Tommy Thumb -round and smooth like any plum
This is Peter Pointer, surely he's a double jointer 
This is mighty Toby Tall, he's the biggest of them all
This is dainty Ruby Ring, much too fine for many things 
This is little baby, so tiny and so shy
All the five we've counted now, busy fingers in a row 
Each one knows the way to go 
How to work and how to play
But together they work the best 
Each one helping all the rest 

Spider, Spider, what are you spinning? 

A cloak for the faeries, I'm just beginning

What is it made of...tell me true

Threads of moonshine and pearls of dew

When will the faeries be wearing it? 

Tonight when the glow-worm lamps are lit 

Can I see it if I come a peeping? 

All good children must then be sleeping 

CLEAN UP 

I heard a little gnomie say 

It's time to put your work away

Wind up your balls, pick up lost threads 

And quietly put your handwork to bed 

CLOSING

My fingers are so sleepy

It's time they went to bed 

First you you little baby 

Tuck in your tiny head 

Ruby Ring now your turn

Next comes Toby Great

Peter Pointer hurry

For now it's getting late 

Let's see if there all nestled

One more to come 

Move over fingers make room

For little Tommy Thumb 

Now it is time for my hands to rest 

They have done their work 

They have done their best 

Horse (and other 4-legged animals) tutorial

Casting off for first set of legs                                   Casting on for the second set of legs

Increasing at the nape of the neck  

       Increasing for the head                                          Last row of muzzle

Sewing up the legs

                         Sewing up the head                                                  Knitting the ears

Sewing on the ears                                          Finished Horse Project

Casting on and knitting

How to make a slip-knot

How to cast-on for knitting

Remembering how to knit

Easy chicken tutorial

 

Sewing up your chicken - part 1

Sewing up your chicken - part 2

Knitting an optional beak

Sewing on your beak 

How to pick up a dropped stitch

How to count your rows

Animal project examples

Flute case pattern

Easy - animal patterns

Intermediate - animal patterns

Difficult - animal patterns

Verses

Opening:

This is little Tommy Thumb, Round and smooth like any plum

This is Peter Pointer, Surely he's a double jointer

This is a mighty toby tall; He’s the biggest of them all

This is dainty Ruby Ring, Much too fine for many things.

This is little baby, so tiny and so shy,

All the five we’ve counted now, busy fingers in a row

Each one knows the way to go

How to work and how to play

But together they work the best

Each one helping all the rest

Clean-up Song

I've heard a little gnomie say

 It's time to put your work away.

Wind up your balls, Pick up lost threa

And quietly put, Your handwork to bed

Closing: 

My fingers are so sleepy, 

It's time they went to bed.  

First you Little Baby, Tuck in your tiny head. 

Ruby Ring, now it's your turn. 

 Next comes Toby Great. 

 Peter Pointer hurry Because it's getting late.  

Let's see if they're all nestled,

 No! - there's just one more to come,  

 Move over please and make room For Mr. Tommy Thumb

Finger Knitting and casting on story

I have a stories that I tell my 1st grade handwork students that I adapted from Susan Perrows book "Healing stories for Challenging students."

Looking up something about Rahima Baldwin I stumbled across this video of a different finger knitting and casting on story.