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.
EEC Infant and Toddler Guidelines:
PW50. The older toddler engages in a variety of physical activities.
Play Together: Pig, Pig, Wolf!
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ELA Focus Skills: Follow Directions, Gross Motor Skills, Vocabulary
Tell children they are going to play a game called “Pig, Pig, Wolf!” You can play this game inside or outside. Follow the rules for the game “Duck, Duck, Goose” but change the words to pig and wolf. Have children sit in a circle as you review the rules of the game with them. Pick one child to be the “wolf.” Say,
- The wolf will walk around the outside of the circle and gently tap each child on the top of the head while saying “pig.” Then, without telling anyone, the wolf will tap one child and say “wolf!”
- When the wolf taps a child and calls “wolf,” then that child jumps up and says, “I’ll huff and I’ll puff!” and then chases the wolf around the circle. The chase continues until the wolf sits in the same spot the second child came out of.
- The new wolf repeats the game. Play until every child has had an opportunity to be the wolf.
Educator Tip: Be sure to discuss game rules about tapping gently and running carefully.