- paper towels (one wet and one dry)
- dry
- float
- sink
- wet
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: “Opposite Song”
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ELA Focus Skills: Compare and Contrast, Listening and Speaking, Phonological Awareness (Rhythm, Rhyme, and Repetition), Vocabulary
Review what children know about words that are opposites. Hold up a wet towel and a dry towel and ask children what the opposite of wet is. Say, The opposite of wet is dry. Who knows the opposite of the word float? (sink) Then tell children you are going to sing a song with them about opposites.
Sing the “Opposite Song.” On the second verse, say the first word in each opposite pair and prompt children to provide the opposite word. For example, say wet; children say dry. Encourage children to suggest other opposites to use.
Opposite Song
(sung to the tune of “Do You Know The Muffin Man?”)
Oh, do you know some opposites,
Some opposites,
Some opposites?
Oh, do you know some opposites?
Opposites are fun.
If I say wet,
Then you say (child says dry).
If I say up,
Then you say (child says down).
If I say float,
Then you say (child says sink).
Oh, opposites are fun.