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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.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/Phonological Awareness: Identifies and discriminates between separate syllables in words.
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.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 8: Listen to, identify, and manipulate language sounds to develop auditory discrimination and phonemic awareness.
Greeting Song: “Sing, Sing, Sing with Me” #10
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ELA Focus Skills: Name Recognition, Phonological Awareness (Segmenting; Rhythm, Rhyme, and Repetition)
Tell children that today, as you sing “Sing, Sing, Sing with Me,” you will hold up a name card. Say, If I hold up your name, stand, say your name and clap your name parts.
- Demonstrate the routine with a volunteer. As you sing the last line of the song, hold up a child’s name. Have the child stand, say his or her name, and clap out the word parts, for example, Al-ex-an-der.
- Ask, How many word parts are in Alexander’s name? Let’s all clap his name. Have the children say and clap the name.
- Repeat the routine until all children have recognized, said, and clapped their names.
Sing, Sing, Sing with Me
(sung to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Sing, sing, sing with me,
Sing out loud and clear.
Happily, happily, happily, happily,
We’re glad that <child’s name> is here.
Adaptation: Continue to support those who still do not recognize their names in print. Put stickers on those name cards—use a sticker showing something that has the same beginning sound.
Social Emotional Tip: Recognition by others helps children build positive relationships.