- name cards
- 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).
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.
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” #2
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ELA Focus Skills: Name Recognition, Phonological Awareness
Tell children you are going to sing “Sing, Sing, Sing with Me” again. Say, Today, when I sing your name I want you to hold your name card up high!
Give each child a name card. Sing the verse once for each child. Then sing the verse a second time and have children sing along.
As you sing each name, clap the syllables to help children become aware of listening to different parts of a word.
Repeat until all children have held up their name cards.
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: Help children attain name recognition to encourage their self-identity.
Adaptation: For children who recognize their names in print, you may ask them to match their name card to their name on a group name chart as you sing their name.