1. A Great Start to the Day: Morning Activities
Kindergarten Methods
Fall 2014

2. then give yourself a hug. Put your bottom on the rug, on the rug.
Transition
Put Your Bottom on the Rug (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”) Put your bottom on the rug, on the rug. Put your bottom on the rug, on the rug. Put your bottom on the rug,
then give yourself a hug. Put your bottom on the rug, on the rug.

3. glad you’re here. Good morning friends, hello!
(Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”) Good morning friends, hello! Good morning friends, hello. Nice to see you,
glad you’re here. Good morning friends, hello!
Circle Time
Greeting

4. Alternative Attendance Rhyme
Willaby Wallaby Woo Willaby, wallaby woo, an elephant sat on you, Willaby, wallaby we, an elephant sat on me. Willaby, wallaby Warah, an elephant sat on Sarah Willaby, wallaby Wohn, an elephant sat on John!
Alternative Attendance Rhyme
Pass around a puppet while adding children’s names !
Continue until all students have had a chance.

5. let's all clap together because […] is here today." Attendance
Attendance Song
(Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)”
“[….]is here today,
[…] is here today,
let's all clap together because […] is here today."
Attendance
Students sign in by moving name plate from “Home” to “School” on chart.
Materials:
Attendance Chart
Individual name plates

6. Morning Song as a Shared Reading Text
Materials:
Copy of Greeting song on poster board or chart paper
Pointer
Individual copies for students’ poetry books
Start every morning with this song (to the tune of Skip to My Lou):
Hello, how are you? (Repeat twice)
How are you today?
I'm fine, I hope you are too. (Repeat twice)
I hope you are fine today.
Turn to your neighbor and shake their hand. (Repeat twice)
Shake their hand today.

7. Good News!
Start the morning by having each child share one good thing using a complete sentence!

8. Morning Message Morning Message I’m a reader. I’m a writer.
(Tune: My Darlin’ Clementine)
I’m a reader.
I’m a writer.
I’m a kindergartner, too.
We will write our morning message
So we all know what to do!
Morning Message
Materials:
Chart paper & Markers Or
SmartBoard

9. Today is ____________________.
Good Morning Friends,
Today is ____________________.
Our calendar helper is ______________________
Our weather watcher is _____________________
Today we will sing and play.
We will learn about DAP!
Write your name under the songs you know!
“My Darlin’ Clementine” “The Farmer in the Dell” “My Darlin’ Clementine”
Love, Ms. Imison

10. Calendar

11. The month is already on the chart
Add next date to the calendar
Tells class what the date is:
“Today is [day], [month and date], [year]!”
Then add stick to help count the number of days in school
Ask the class “Calendar Questions”:
How many days until Saturday?
What days was it 3 days ago?
How many months are in a year?
How many weeks in a month?
Add a tally mark to count the number of days in school so far
Then we would count together the days so far of the month.
Today’s Date
The month is already on the chart
Calendar helper helps with the date & counting the number of days in school:

12. Days of the Week Materials:
Copy of song on poster board or chart paper
Pointer
Individual copies for students’ poetry books

13. Alternate: Days of the Week
Materials:
Copy of song on poster board or chart paper
Pointer
Individual copies for students’ poetry books
Sing “Days of the Week Song” (to the tune of” My Darlin’ Clementine”)
There are seven days, there are seven days,
There are seven days in the week.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday

14. Sing the months of the year song
Materials:
Copy of song on poster board or chart paper
Pointer
Individual copies for students’ poetry books
Months-Of-the-Year
Sing the months of the year song OR
Recite months!

15. Weather Watcher What’s the Weather? What’s the weather,
(Tune: Oh my darlin’ Clementine”)
What’s the weather,
what’s the weather,
What’s the weather like today
Tell us……..
what’s the weather like today?
Is it sunny,
is it cloudy,
is it rainy out today
Is it windy,
is it snowy
What’s the weather like today?
Weather Watcher
Materials:
Weather chart
Copy of weather song on poster board or chart paper
Pointer
Individual copies for students’ poetry books

16. The 100 Days of School
Materials:
100s chart
Pointer

17. After introducing AB, ABB, AAB, ABC patterns include a pattern problem each day!
Ask a student to continue the pattern!
Patterning
Materials:
Pattern blocks or cards OR
color shapes to place over calendar dates 

18. Invite students to estimate how may buttons are in the jar!
Students record on estimation chart.
Suggestion:
Wait until the end of October to begin the Estimation Jar
Estimation Jar
Materials:
Jar
Buttons, teddy bear counters, marbles, or other manipulatives
Estimation chart & markers

19. On chart board, introduce the letter and number of the week
On chart board, introduce the letter and number of the week. Demonstrate how to draw the letter and number, Then ask the children to came up with words beginning with that letter!
Letter of the Week
Pocket chart
Letter cards
Alphabet picture book!

20. Sight Word/s of the Week
Word Man
(Tune; I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly) –
I know an old man,
who swallowed a word.
What would he say
if he swallowed this word?
(Kids read word.)
That’s absurd!
(Make crazy signals with hands.)
Sight Word/s of the Week
Write words on index cards and hold up as you sing

21. Sharing
Encourage students to bring in an item that started with the letter of the week.

22. Interactive Read-Aloud
Share high quality children’s literature connected to your class theme!

23. Good-Bye Everyone (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”) Good-bye, everyone
Good-Bye Everyone (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”) Good-bye, everyone. The clock says we’re done. See you ( next school day). Good-bye, everyone.
Closing