- 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).
Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.2: With guidance and support, demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
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.
Literacy Knowledge/Phonological Awareness: Identifies and discriminates between separate syllables in words.
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).
strong>English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 8: Listen to, identify, and manipulate language sounds to develop auditory discrimination and phonemic awareness.
Greeting Song: “Hello, Hello, Everyone” #1
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ELA Focus Skills: Phonological Awareness (Segmenting); Name Recognition
Tell children you want them to join you in singing a song called “Hello, Hello, Everyone.”
- Place the name cards face down in a pile where everyone can reach them. Point to the pile of name cards and explain that you are going to turn over the top card. Say, When you see your name, I want you to stand and say your name out loud.
- Then explain that everyone will clap the parts of that child’s name together. Then you will sing the song together.
- Have a child turn over the next name card. Repeat the activity until every child has had a turn.
Hello, Hello, Everyone
(sung to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)
Hello, hello, everyone,
Let’s clap our names
And have some fun.
Say your name
And clap along.
It will sound just like a song.
Hello, hello, everyone,
Let’s clap our names
And have some fun.
Social Emotional Tip: Give children ample opportunities to say their names aloud, as this helps them build their concept of self.