First Name
Listen to song "What's Your Name" and finding sock letters
Instructions
- Write child’s name on paper
- Place magnetic letters to the child’s name into a dark sock (if using all uppercase letters make sure name is written in uppercase. If possible use an upper case letter for the first letter and lower case letters for the remaining letters but.... not all magnetic letters are made that way)
- Let the child draw out one letter and match to letter in his name on the paper
- Continue until all letters are placed correctly on written name
- Listen to the song " What's Your Name" by Mike Soloway or watch video here
Simplify
With a child, place the first two letters of the child's name in the sock. Let the child select one letter from the sock and place it on the correct letter of his name on the paper. Now, let the child select the remaining letter from the sock and place it on the correct letter in his name. Continue to add the next 2 letters at a time to the sock from the child's name until the complete name is spelled out.
Extend
Let the child write his own name on the paper to match with the magnetic letters - watch for upper and lower case letters.
Place the letters of the child's last name in the sock and make a matching paper using the last name.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Tell me about someone who also has your name. Someone in a book, a movie, a friend, etc.
What is the difference between your first and last name?
Materials
- paper
- pencil/marker
- magnetic letters of child's name (can use any type of shape letter - wooden, paper, etc. we use a wooden alphabet puzzle that has each letter's shape)
- dark sock
- Song "What's Your Name" by Mike Soloway from album Hungry for Manners or watch video here
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Review
- Color - Green
- Number - Five, 5
- Alphabet Letters - G, Y
- Senses - Review
- Character Trait - Confidence
- Target Words - Stop, Go, Slow, More
Monthly Proverb
Hasidic- The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others
Did You Know?
"Advances in cognitive science make it clear that very young children are capable of much more academically than was previously imagined." The Albert Shanker Institute
Books to Read
"Sheep In A Shop"
by Nancy Shaw (Activity 7) (audiobook option)
"I Don't Want To Be A Frog"
by Dev Petty (Activity 8)
"Popcorn"
by Frank Asch (Activity 16)
"Sheep in A Shop". VIDEO
by Nancy Shaw (Activity 7)
"I Don't Want To Be A Frog". VIDEO
by Dev Petty (Activity 8)
"Popcorn". VIDEO
by Frank Asch (Activity 16)
Music Playlist
"I Believe in You"
by Divo and Celine Dion Album IL Divo/Ancora (Vocal Classical) (Activity 18)
"She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain"
by Barbershop Quartets (Activity 19)
"What’s Your Name"
by Mike Soloway Album Hungry for Manners (Childrens) (Activity 1)
"What's Your Name" VIDEO
by Mike Soloway (Activity 1)
"She'' Be Comin Round the Mountain" VIDEO
by Learning Station (Activity 19)
"I Believe In You" VIDEO
by Divo and Celine Dion (Activity 18)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Red says STOP
(Activity 14 Month 6)
Red says STOP
Green says GO
Yellow says WAIT
You better go SLOW
5 Little Ducks Went Out to Play
(Activity 26 Month 6)
Five little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only four little ducks came back.
Four little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only three little ducks came back.
Three little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only two little ducks came back.
Two little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only one little duck came back.
One little duck Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But none of the five little ducks came back.
Sad Mother Duck Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
The sad Mother Duck said
"QUACK QUACK QUACK."
And all of the five little ducks came back.