- 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.3.c: Recognize one’s own name and familiar common signs and labels (e.g., STOP).
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.
Greeting Song: “Where Is?” #9
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ELA Focus Skills: Follow Directions, Name Recognition, Phonological Awareness, Speaking and Listening
Sing “Where Is?” and hold up a child's name card as you sing the first two lines to the child. Instruct the child to repond by singing “I’m here!” after you sing the first two lines.
- Demonstrate with one child and invite children to sing along with you.
Continue until each child has been called.
Where Is?
(sung to the tune of “Frère Jacques”)
Where is <child’s name>?
Where is <same child’s name>?
Here I am. (child sings)
Here I am. (same child sings)
We’re glad that you are with us,
So glad that you are with us,
Smile and wave.
And now sit down.