- loud
- soft
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/Energy 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: “Try, Try, Try To Sing” #1
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STEM Key Concepts: Sounds vary in volume (loud or soft)
ELA Focus Skills: Speaking and Listening, Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary
Tell children to listen very carefully to the sound of your voice as you sing a song.
- Sing “Try, Try, Try to Sing” once. Then sing it a second time and change the volume of your voice for each verse.
- Ask children what was different about the way you sang the song the first time and the way you sang it the second time.
Have children join you as you sing the song again. Say, Try to make your voice loud and soft along with me. Have children sing with you as you repeat the song, changing the volume of your voice with each verse.
Try, Try, Try to Sing
(sung to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Try, try, try to sing,
Try and try again.
If at first you don’t succeed,
Wish and try again.
Try, try, try to sing,
Practice every day.
If at first you don’t succeed,
Keep trying and you may.