- name cards
- pictures of fruits and vegetables
- small suitcase
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).
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” #2
© Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Early Education and Care (Jennifer Waddell photographer). All rights reserved.
ELA Focus Skills: Phonological Awareness (Segmenting); Name Recognition
Tell children you are going to sing the song “Hello, Hello, Everyone” again. Hold up the suitcase and tell children their name cards are in the suitcase.
- Say, I will open the suitcase and pull out a name and sing to the child whose name is on the card. If it is your name, after I sing, I want you to stand up and say your name and then say the name of a favorite fruit or vegetable. Prompt children to look at and point to the pictures of a fruit and vegetable if they have trouble naming one.
- Then say, Then we will all clap the parts of the name of the fruit or vegetable. Demonstrate by pulling a card with your name. Stand up and say, Mrs. Sanders. I like broccoli. Let’s clap how many parts are in the word broc-co-li.
- Have children say how many parts. (three) Pull a name and repeat until all children have had a turn.
Hello, Hello, Everyone
(sing 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.
Teacher Tip: If any children do not recognize their name in print, you may need to give clues or identify the child after you pull the name card. For example, say, Whose name begins with the /s/ sound and rhymes with “carry?” or Sari, you’re next!