Honesty
Finger play "I Need To Be Honest"
Instructions
- Help a child learn the poem “I Need to be Honest”
I Need To Be Honest
I need to be honest
My mom and dad say
And telling the truth
Is just one way!
Why be honest
I ask mom and dad.
You will feel your best
When the truth is always said.
Simplify
Say each line and have a child repeat. Say the first two lines and let the child repeat. Continue until the first four lines are learned. When the child is ready, continue the same way for the second stanza.
Extend
Have the child memorize all eight lines. Ask the child to say fingerplay at various times during the week. Write down the fingerplay on an index card while child recites and keep in a special spot (envelope, card file, kitchen cupboard, etc.) to be referred to later.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Can you remember a time when you didn't tell the truth? What happened?
Would you rather be known as a person who tells the truth or lies?
Materials
- Finger play " I Need to be Honest"
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Heart
- Color - Review
- Number - Six, 6
- Alphabet Letters - H, P
- Senses - Hearing
- Character Trait - Honesty
- Target Words - Good-by, Many, Match, Why
Monthly Proverb
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
Did You Know?
"Children with below average language skills can make rapid improvements if their parents take simple steps to change the way they interact with them." University of Sydney
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Music Playlist
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'SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias" VIDEO
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"You'll Be In My Heart" VIDEO
by Phil Collins Tarzan Movie Soundtrack (Activity 18)
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Up Down Turn Around
(Activity 14 Month 8)
Up, down
Turn around.
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Wiggle fingers
Wiggle toes
Wiggle shoulders
And say "hello"
Up, down
Turn around
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Pat your belly
Blink your eyes,
Blow a kiss,
And say “good-bye “
I Need To Be Honest
(Activity 13 Month 8)
I need to be honest
My mom and dad say
And telling the truth
Is just one way!
Why be honest
I ask mom and dad.
You will feel your best
When the truth is always said.