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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.
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: “This Is the Way We Wash Our Faces”
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ELA Focus Skills: Phonological Awareness (Rhythm, Rhyme), Vocabulary
Invite children to sing a song about how we wash and get clean. Sing “This Is the Way We Wash Our Faces.” Then invite children to sing along with you.
- Since the song again and have children add additional verses (This is the way we wash our hands/This is the way we wash our toes/This is the way we brush our teeth, etc.)
- Encourage children to sing the song when they wash their hands or wash objects in the water table.
This Is the Way We Wash Our Faces
(sung to the tune of “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
This is the way we wash our faces,
Wash our faces, wash our faces,
This is the way we wash our faces
Until we’re squeaky clean.
Additional Verses
This is the way we wash our hands
This is the way we scrub our backs
This is the way we brush our teeth