- name chart
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” #5
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ELA Focus Skills: Name Recognition, Phonological Awareness
Tell children you are going to sing the “Good Morning” song to them again.
- Explain that this time when you say their name you want them to point to their name on the name chart.
- Have the group repeat the child’s name for the cheer at the end.
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!