Fivefundamentalfeelingsasfivefingers

Hand with colorful patterns and a butterfly

The day my daughter turned three, I taught her the names of her fingers. That day for the first time ever before going to sleep we enumerated them all: thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger. My daughter repeated the sequence for several consecutive evenings, counting her own digits. Sometimes I think that’s the only thing I taught her.READ ON