MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening: SL.PK.MA.1a Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes:
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1 Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12 Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
EEC Infant and Toddler Guidelines:
PW.50 The older toddler engages in a variety of physical activities.
Greeting Song: “Jump In!” #1
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ELA Focus Skills: Gross Motor Skills, Phonological Awareness (Rhythm, Rhyme, and Repetition)
Have children stand in a circle. Tell them you are going to recite a rhyme. Explain that you are going to signal one child by “hammering” in front of them. Say, If I point my “hammer” at you, I want you to jump in the circle and say your name out loud as you “hammer” back at me.
Demonstrate for children how to “hammer” by placing the palm of one hand up and hammering it with the fist of the other hand.
Model the procedure. Recite the first line. Point your upright palm at a child and begin hammering. Have the child jump into the center of the circle.
- Recite the second line and have the child say his or her name as he or she hammers back in your direction.
- Ask the rest of the group to repeat the child’s name.
- Recite the last two lines.
- Repeat the process until everyone has jumped into the circle.
- Encourage children to recite the lines with you.
Jump In!
Jump in.
Say your name. (child says name, class repeats name)
We’re so happy
That you came.