Let’s Do Finger Plays
Grayson
1962
A colleague was cleaning out the youth storytime collection when she ran across this little blast from the past. Of course we both knew immediately that we were looking at an antique given the “attractive” library binding. I recognized quite a few rhymes that are still going strong at storytimes. It’s a weeder since the librarian who found it buried in the collection had been here 12 years and was sure no one had needed it (or even knew it existed). Despite having a few redeeming qualities, it just needed to go for the casual racism and rather crunchy pages.
Mary
The Texas State Library refers to one of the fingerplays in a lesson plan on its website now. https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ld/projects/trc/2004/manual/internal_chapters/toddler_ribbons.html
(But the same Google search turned up several used copies available.)
The Windshield Wipers assume you are driving a car built, at the latest, in 1972.
But the book was published in 1962!
Exactly. Someone reported (below) the last model to have vacuum-powered wipers was a 1972. So in 1962 they would have been known about by many children from riding in even older year cars their parents, etc. had.
Built in1972 at the earliest. I remember that happening on car trips.
Maybe I’m being obtuse, but why would the windshield wipers go more slowly going uphill and then speed up going downhill?
This is referring to vacuum powered wipers! When the engine has to work harder, going up a hill or if you really out your foot down, the wipers get less power and slow down.
https://itstillruns.com/vacuum-windshield-wipers-work-5010098.html
Interesting! I had never heard of those before. ALB is educational!
Gee, what’s more wholesome than a finger play about boiling and shooting Native American children? Yikes!
And don’t forget the finger play about hitchhiking!
Why would you pour water into a car to get it to start?