- dark
- light
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).
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.
Sing Together: “Farmer Wore a Blue Hat”
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STEM Key Concepts: There are many different colors; A color can have many different shades (from very light to very dark)
ELA Focus Skills: Color Recognition, Vocabulary, Active Listening, Follow Directions
Teach children a song about a farmer and his hat. Ask children to share what they know about farmers.
Tell children they are going to sing the song "Farmer Wore a Blue Hat" in two parts. Divide children into two groups.
- Point to one group and say, This group is the light blue hat group. Have them repeat their group color a few times. Then repeat with the second group as the dark blue hat group.
- Sing the song once and point to each group as you sing their part. Tell children they are to sing with you when you point to their group. Say, Are we ready?
- Sing through two times. Then have groups sing together. Help children remember what group they are in, say, Light blue group put your hand up. Dark blue group clap your hands. Tell children you want to hear the light blue and the dark blue groups singing together.
Farmer Wore a Blue Hat
(sung to the tune of “Mary Wore Her Red Dress”)
(group #1)
Farmer wore a light blue hat,
Light blue hat,
Light blue hat.
Farmer wore a light blue hat
All day long.
(group #2)
Farmer wore a dark blue hat,
Dark blue hat,
Dark blue hat.
Farmer wore a dark blue hat
All day long.