- name cards
- zip
- zoom
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).
Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.3.c: Recognize one’s own name and familiar common signs and labels (e.g., STOP).
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.
Literacy Knowledge/Phonological Awarene: Identifies and discriminates between separate syllables in words.
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: “I Have a Good Friend” #2
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ELA Focus Skills: Follow Directions, Gross Motor Skills, Speaking and Listening
Have children sit in a circle and recite the greeting chant along with you.
Explain to children that as they recite “I Have a Good Friend,” you will hold up a name card. Say,
- If I hold up your name card, I want you to zoom into the center of the circle and say your name out loud. Then zip back to your seat.
- Repeat until all children have had a turn in the center of the circle.
I Have a Good Friend
I have a good friend,
A good friend,
A good friend,
I have a good friend,
And his/her name is . (hold up child’s name card)
Adaptation: You may want to add a different photo or sticker to each name card and distribute a matching photo or sticker to each child to help very young children recognize their own name cards.
Social Emotional Tip: Encourage all children to chant along as recognizing their names, both spoken and in print, helps children become aware of their own uniqueness and that of others.