- ball (green; small)
- name chart
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:
Literacy Knowledge/Phonological Awareness: An awareness that language can be broken into words, syllables, and smaller pieces of sound.
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: “Sing, Sing, Sing with Me” #3
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ELA Focus Skills: Name Recognition, Phonological Awareness
Tell children you are going to sing “Sing, Sing, Sing with Me,” again. Hold up the ball and tell them, This time, after I sing your name, I want you to gently roll the green ball to another child.
Explain that you will sing to the child who receives the ball.
Sing the song once for each child. Encourage all children to sing along. Clap the syllables in names to continue have children listen to different parts of a word.
Before children roll the ball to the next child, you may want to ask them to call out a favorite color.
Sing, Sing, Sing with Me
(sung to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Sing, sing, sing with me,
Sing out loud and clear.
Happily, happily, happily, happily,
We’re glad that <child’s name> is here.
Social Emotional Tip: Acknowledge each child by name as you help them attain name recognition to encourage their self-identity.
Adaptation: For children who recognize their names in print, you may want to have children point to their name on a group name chart before they roll the ball.