Brother finger NOooooooo!

Do you know the finger family?  

They've got a hit song it's all over the YouTubes.  Go give it a listen but beware! You'll have it stuck in your head for days to come. 

I've been teaching the finger family song to Japanese kindergarten kids the past couple of weeks. I use homemade vocabulary picture cards to go over the words first.

Daddy
Mommy
Brother
Sister
Baby

The kids all know "baby" already, so it's just four new vocabulary words.  Most have them memorized lickity-split.  Then we get to the song.  It's really good for English intonation and rhythm, as well for learning the phrases:
 "Where are you" 
and 
"Here I am"

I drew pictures on my fingers before going to the kindergarten.  Once we start singing I hold up my hand palm facing the kids and wiggle my thumb as the song begins;
"Daddy finger daddy finger where are you"
The kids laugh. I love hearing the kids laugh. It's golden. 

The kids mimic me too. They hold up their hands and wiggle their thumbs, then forefinger, and on down the line just as I'm doing. 

For whatever reason last week I did something different in one class though.  It was a smaller group of kids at a private nursery school that we provide English instruction for.  All of the bigger schools have class sizes ranging from a dozen to over two dozen kids per class, so I'm constantly standing and on the move. There are only four to eight or ten kids per class at this one nursery school though, so I usually sit at the little kid sized table as I teach. 

I must've been reaching in my bag for something when the song began to play or what I don't know, but for some reason instead of holding my hand palm facing the kids I started singing with my hand up palm facing my own face.  I didn't even realize it at first as we all sat there singing;  

"Daddy finger daddy finger where are you?
Here I am, Here I am,How do you do

Mommy finger mommy finger where are you?
Here I am, Here I am, How do you do.

Brother finger brother finger where are you?
Here I am, Here I ...

Holy Sh%@!!!

There I sat with eight three and four year old  kids around the table.
All in song and a'smiling. 
All flipping me off!

I about busted something trying to hold in the laughter.  

Note to self. Keep all fingers extended and palm facing outward. 
Especially when you get to brother finger! 

Ah the joy of teaching little kids. 
 It never, ever, ever gets old.