- chart paper
- marker
- friend
MA Standards:
Social Emotional/Mental Health 5.3: Define character traits such as honesty, trustworthiness, self-discipline, respectfulness, and kindness and describe their contribution to identity, self-concept, decision-making, and interpersonal relationships.
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversation, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Language Development/ Expressive Language: Uses language to express ideas and needs.
Language Development/ Expressive Language: Engages in conversations with peers and adults.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Sing Together: “What Makes Me a Good Friend”
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Educator Prep: Before the activity, prepare a song chart by writing the words to the song “What Makes Me a Good Friend” on chart paper.
Direct children's attention to the song chart and tell them you are going to teach them a song about things that make a person a good friend.
Point to the title and track the words as you read "What Makes Me a Good Friend." Then point to the words as you sing the song. Sing the song a second time and invite children to join you.
After you sing the song a few times, have children tell you some other qualities that make someone a good friend. Record responses on the “Being a Good Friend” chart.
What Makes Me a Good Friend
(sung to the tune of “Farmer in the Dell”)
I am a good friend,
I am a good friend,
I help and share and play and care,
That makes me a good friend.
Adaptation: For younger children, you can suggest or role-play an action (such as sharing a toy vs. not sharing a toy) and then ask the children if that is something that a good friend might do.