- books
MA Standards:
Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.1a: Handle books respectfully and appropriately, holding them right-side-up and turning pages one at a time from front to back.
Literature/RL.PK.MA.8.A: Respond with movement or clapping to a regular beat in poetry or song.
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversation, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
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).
Sing Together: “This Is the Way We Hold Our Books”
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Distribute a book to each child. Tell them you are going to sing a song as you teach them how to hold a book as they read.
Have them watch your motions and listen as you sing “This Is the Way We Hold Our Books” the first time. Then have children repeat the motions after you as you sing again.
This Is the Way We Hold Our Books
(sung to the tune of Lazy Mary)
This is the way we hold our books,
Hold our books, hold our books.
This is way we hold our books
When we are busy reading.
This is the way we open our books,
Open our books, open our books.
This is the way we open our books
When we are busy reading.
This is the way we turn a page,
Turn a page, turn a page.
This is the way we turn a page
When we are busy reading.