- name cards
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).
Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.3.c: Recognize one’s own name and familiar common signs and labels (e.g., STOP).
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.
Literacy Knowledge/Print Concepts and Conventions: Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs.
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.
Greeting Song: “Good Morning” #4
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ELA Focus Skills: Name Recognition, Phonological Awareness, Name Recognition
Have children sit together in a circle as you sing “Good Morning.”
- Tell children you will hold up a name card as you sing “Good morning to...” and you want them to fill in their name.
- Complete the song, and then ask everyone to repeat the child’s name in the cheer, “Hooray <child’s name>! You’re here today!”
- Continue around the circle until each child has been acknowledged.
Good Morning
(sung to the tune of “Happy Birthday”)
Good morning to you,
Good morning to you,
Good morning dear <child’s name>
We’re glad you are here.
Together we’ll play,
Together we’ll learn,
And together we sing this
So your friends can all cheer!
(Cheer) Hooray <child’s name>! You’re here today!
Social Emotional Tip: Help to build a child’s self-confidence and sense of belonging by having everyone acknowledge that they are friends with that child.