- 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).
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: “Who’s on the Hill?” #2
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ELA Focus Skills: Name Recognition, Speaking and Listening
Have children sit in a circle. Explain that you are going to sing "Who's On the Hill?" again but instead of calling out a child's name, you will hold up a name card. Say, When I hold up your name, I want you to "read" your name out loud. Then, everyone will "read" your name and shout "Hooray!"
Recite “Who’s on the Hill?” Hold up a name card at random and ask that child to stand and “read” his or her name. Then ask the rest of the class to chant the child’s name and cheer “Hooray!”
Continue until each child has been recognized.
Who’s on the Hill?
Up on that hill,
Who do you see?
I see <child’s name>
Looking at me!
<child’s name>, <child’s name>, <child’s name>! Hooray!
Adaptation: Add photos or stickers to name cards to help very young children recognize their name.
Social Emotional Tip: Recognizing their names, both spoken and in print, helps children become aware of their own uniqueness and that of others.