Bumble Bee Bumble Bee

Bumblebee Bumblebee Will You Say Your Name to Me?

Last week in Large Group, since it's a new school year, we worked on learning our names and our classmate's names.  We also worked on saying the "B" sound in words and phrases and using our core vocabulary words "me " and "you" in phrases.

We played a game where Teacher Heidi showed us pictures of the friends in our class and asked, "Who is this?".  Whoever was in the picture would answer saying, "That's me.".  The whole class would then say the person's name while tapping out the syllables on our knees.  This activity helped us learn the names of our classmates and helped us practice answering "wh" questions and using the word "me" in phrases.    

We met Teacher Heidi's friend Mr. Bumblebee.  Mr. Bumblebee wanted to learn the names of the kids in the class.  We played a game where we passed Mr. Bumblebee around and tapped our knees while we chanted,   

"Bumblebee, Bumblebee will you say your name to me?"

The person that was holding Mr. Bumblebee would then tell the class what their name was.

We played another name game where we were able to get up and move.  We also took turns choosing how the rest of the class would move.  We sang a song to the tune of If You Are Happy and You Know It, but we used the following words....

If your name is Heidi clap your hands.

If your name is Heidi clap your hands.

If your name is Heidi.

If your name is Heidi.

 If your name is Heidi, clap your hands.

We were given opportunities to choose who in the class we were going to sing about and what action we were going to do.  If we couldn't say or remember the name of our classmate, Teacher Heidi let us point to a picture.  Since we are just learning, we have pictures of all of our friends on a board so we can choose if we forget a name.  We chose to clap, march, twirl, shrug our shoulders, wiggle, run in place, blink our eyes and touch our toes.  

It was fun being able to move our bodies while learning the names of our friends in class. 

To practice saying the "B" sound in words and phrases, we ended our Large Group by singing I'm Bringing Home A Baby Bumblebee.

You can work on the "B" sound at home by singing the song Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee. Have your child show you the actions we use when singing this song.  Try not to get stung!!

You can also help your child learn to recognize and say his name by playing a "Simon Says" game at home with siblings or friends.  Ask a specific child to do an action by saying..."Simon Says Heidi should touch her nose."  You can also have your child be Simon and use the names of siblings or friends to tell them to do an action.