Ten Little Fingers - from Math Arts By using prints of fingers
or toes in an art design, young learners explore their most
reliable and accessible counting materials - their own fingers
and toes! fingers and toes (hands or feet) crayons, markers,
paints and brushes towels to clean fingers and toes 1. Decide to
make prints from either fingers or toes. Fingers are the easiest
to start with but either choice is fun. 2. Press fingertips, all
five from one hand, on the ink pad. Then press them on a sheet
of paper, making a print of five fingertips all at once. 3.
Repeat the printing of fingertips with the other hand. Now there
should be ten dots or fingerprints on the paper. 4. The rest of
the activity is freeform, although a few suggestions are given
below: - cut, paste, glue, draw and decorate the ten
fingerprints - draw details to make the ten prints into ten
little creatures, bugs or animals - the prints could be parts of
flowers created from paper scraps and glued on - red
fingerprints could be berries or che