- name cards
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/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).
English Language Arts/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/Print Concepts and Conventions: Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs.
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: “The More We Get Together” #3
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ELA Focus Skills: Follow Directions, Name Recognition, Phonological Awareness, Speaking and Listening, Vocabulary
Have children sit in a circle. Place the name cards face down in the middle of the circle. Tell children you are going to sing the song and when you get to the third verse you are going to turn over two name cards. Say, Then together we will all sing the last two lines to those two children.
- Then have the two children whose names were pulled come to the middle of the circle and turn over one name each.
- Sing to those two children and continue until all children have had a chance to turn over a name card.
The More We Get Together
(sung to the tune of “Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?”)
The more we get together,
Together, together.
The more we get together,
The happier we’ll be.
For your friends are my friends,
And my friends are your friends.
The more we get together,
The happier we’ll be.
Here’s <child’s name> and <child’s name>,
And <child’s name> and <child’s name>,
Here’s <child’s name> and <child’s name>,
And <child’s name> and <child’s name>.
The more we get together,
The happier we’ll be.