- high
- loud
- low
- pitch
- sound
- volume
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: “Welcome, Welcome” #5
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STEM Key Concepts: Sounds have a source; Different objects make different sounds; Sounds vary in three ways: volume, pitch, and timbre
ELA Focus Skills: Follow Directions, Gross Motor Skills, Phonological Awareness, Speaking and Listening
Sing “Welcome, Welcome” with children.
Tell children you will hold up a name card and you want that child to choose a high or low pitch or a loud or soft volume to use to say his or her name. Say, Then we will all sing in that voice.
Have a volunteer demonstrate each sound before beginning.
Assure children you will look directly in their eyes when you hold up their card so they will know whose name is on the card.
Welcome, Welcome
(sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
Welcome, welcome <name of a child>
Now you’re here,
We’ll have some fun.
First we’ll clap our hands just so,
Then we’ll bend and touch our toes.
Welcome, welcome <name of a child>
Now you’re here,
We’ll have some fun.