Emilie Poulsson

“ A baby-friend, ten months old, plays “All for Baby” throughout, pounding and clapping gleefully with all his might—while children seven or eight years of age play and sing “The Caterpillar,” “How the 6Corn Grew” and others with very evident enjoyment.
With a little study of the charming and expressive pictures with which the artist, Mr. L.J. Bridgman, has so sympathetically illustrated the rhymes, mothers and kindergartners have easily understood what motions were intended. ”

“ The eighteen finger-plays contained in this book have already, through publication in Babyland, been introduced to their especial public, and have been much used in homes, though perhaps more in kindergartens. It will readily be seen that while some of the plays are for the babies in the nursery, others are more suitable for older children. ”

“ During the singing of the first verse, the children look about in every direction for the “little men,” but keep the hands hidden. At the beginning of the second verse, raise both hands to full view with fingers outspread and quiet. At the words, “The first to come,” etc., let the thumbs be shown alone, then the others as named in turn, till all are again outspread as at the beginning of the second verse. ”

“ The Feeble Man doth linger;
And last of all,
So fair and small,
The baby—Little Finger.
Yes! here are the merry, merry Little Men
To join us in our play;
And here are the busy, busy Little Men
To help us work to-day.
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THE MERRY LITTLE MEN. [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
Emilie Poulsson. Cornelia C. Roeske.
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II.—THE LAMBS.
This is the meadow where all the long day
Ten little frolicsome lambs are at play.
These are the measures the good farmer brings
Salt in, or cornmeal, and other good things.
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These are the big shears to shear the old sheep ”

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CONTENTS
FINGER PLAYS FOR NURSERY AND KINDERGARTEN By
Emilie Poulsson Music By
Cornelia C. Roeske Illustrations By L.J. Bridgman [D. Lothrop Company, Boston, 1893]
“WHAT THE CHILD IMITATES, HE BEGINS TO UNDERSTAND.”—Froebel. ”