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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).
Head Start Outcomes
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation: Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Logic and Reasoning/Reasoning and Problem Solving: Classifies, compares, and contrasts objects, events, and experiences.
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
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.
Sing Together: “What Aroma Do I Smell?”
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ELA Focus Skills: Active Listening, Phonological Awareness, (Rhythm and Repetition), Vocabulary
Remind children of what the little girl said in The Ugly Vegetables: “magical aroma filled the air,” and neighbors “took deep breaths of air, like they were trying to eat the smell.” Then remind children that the pigs in Chicks and Salsa were “overwhelmed by enticing aromas.” Ask children if there are any foods that have an aroma, or smell, that they love.
Then tell children you are going to teach them a song about aromas. Say, Each time we sing the song, I want one child to fill in the last line with some food that you love the aroma, or smell, of. Go around the circle and if a child cannot think of a food smell that they love, then ask them to name a food from one of the stories you read this week.
Sing through once and then have children join in.
What Aroma Do I Smell?
(sung to the tune of “London Bridge is Falling Down”)
What aroma do I smell?
Do I smell? Do I smell?
What aroma do I smell?
I smell !