- Between the Lions "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" poem chart
- library
MA Standards:
Literature/RL.PK.MA.8.A: Respond with movement or clapping to a regular beat in poetry or song.
Language/L.PK.MA.1: Demonstrate use of oral language in informal everyday activities.
Head Start Outcomes:
Logic & Reasoning/Problem Solving 4: Uses past knowledge to build new knowledge.
Language Development/Receptive Language 1: Attends to language during conversation, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
English Language Arts/Language: 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).
EEC:
PW50: The older toddler engages in a variety of physical activities.
Sing Together: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
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Educator Prep: Print out the Between the Lions “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” song chart or copy the words onto chart paper.
Tell children you are going to teach them the song Lola sings at the library. Ask children if they remember the song or if they know the song.
Remind them that Lola knows all the words and hand motions to “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and that they will learn them, too.
Track the words as you sing the song slowly. For the second singing, do the hand motions as you sing. Then invite children to sing and do the motions with you.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, (open and close fingers with each word)
How I wonder what you are. (look up and tap head with a finger)
Up above the world so high, (reach up to the sky)
Like a diamond in the sky. (make a diamond shape with your hands)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star (open and close fingers with each word)
How I wonder what you are. (look up and tap head with a finger)