Greeting Song: “Hickety, Pickety, Bumblebee” #2

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).

MA Draft STE Standards:

Physical Sciences/Matter and Its Interactions/PS4.B: Apply their understanding in their play of how to change volume and pitch of some sounds.

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: “Hickety, Pickety, Bumblebee” #2

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STEM Key Concepts: Sounds have a source; Sounds vary in three ways: volume, pitch, and timbre; 

ELA Focus Skills: Follow Directions, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary

Sing “Hickety, Pickety, Bumblebee” with children. Explain to children that when it is their turn to sing their name, you want them to sing it in a loud voice.

  • First demonstrate for children, then say, When it’s time to sing your name, sing it in a very loud voice!

Hickety, Pickety, Bumblebee
Won’t you say your name for me? (child says his or her name)
Let’s all whisper it. (all children whisper it)
Let’s all stomp it. (all children stomp it)
Let’s all clap it. (all children clap the syllables)
Let’s all shout it! (all children shout it)

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