Early learning #nurseryrhymes #literacy #number #UTW #animalsandpets #zoo |#EYFS #areasoflearning 7

Wizzy’s Words #earlylearning rhymes linking #UTW themes to the #eyfs areas of learning

Speaking and listening is the key starting point but each rhyme can also be used as a focus for each of the EYFS areas of learning.

7 | NURSERY RHYMES WITH AN ANIMAL/PETS/ZOO THEME

Snowy, White Tiger 17 b (Traditional tune – Little Jack Horner)

C & L | Listen, say, sing, add actions
PSED | Discuss healthy routines, e.g. teeth & hair brushing/compare to other animals’ needs
PD | Link to outdoor literacy, act out rhyme indoors/outdoors
LIT | Rhyming - Can we spot unfamiliar words? /Spot the sounds/words that sound the same?
MATHS | Model counting teeth on comb/Match with counters/cubes – Pair/subitise?
UTW | Link rhyme to everyday – Discuss going to zoo/ tigers and different types
A&D | Create/design pictures tiger fur/Use untuned instruments to model and follow tiger sounds

Ride a Red Bus to Elephant Zoo 23
(Traditional tune – Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross)

C & L | Listen, say, sing, add actions
PSED | Discuss animals/pets/zoos & animal babies and how we look after them
PD | Link to outdoor literacy, act out actions for rhyme indoors/outdoors – make a class bus
LIT | Rhyming - Can we spot unfamiliar words? /Spot the sounds/words that sound the same?
MATHS | Count animal legs, 2/4/6/8 link to subitising
UTW | Link rhyme to everyday – Aid understanding that humans are animals
A&D | Create pictures/models of animals with 2/4/6/8 legs – link to MATHS & odd/even

This Hungry Monkey 32 (Traditional tune – This Little Piggy)

C & L | Listen, say, sing, add actions
PSED | Discuss and explore what a monkey really eats/needs
PD | Link to outdoor literacy, act out rhyme indoors/outdoors – If have access use climbing bars/frame
LIT | Rhyming - Can we spot unfamiliar words? /Spot the sounds/words that sound the same?
MATHS | Count number of loaves and match with cubes/counters – Pairs/odd/even link
UTW | Link rhyme to everyday – Explore/discuss visiting a zoo & different types of monkeys
A&D | Use untuned instruments and create sounds for moving/climbing like a monkey – link to PD**

Is Daddy the Gorilla 46 (Rhythm - 2nd & 4th and 6th & 8th lines rhymes)

C & L | Listen, say, sing, add actions
PSED | Discuss pets/keeping a gorilla at home – Would it be safe? Why/Why not?
PD | Link to outdoor literacy, act out rhyme indoors/outdoors – Play going on a gorilla hunt
LIT | Rhyming - Can we spot unfamiliar words? /Spot the sounds/words that sound the same?
MATHS | Make a list of good/poor places a gorilla could hide in school/home – How many can we think of?
UTW | Link rhyme to everyday – Discuss pets/visiting a zoo and explore habitats/food/needs
A&D | Create pictures/models of a pet/gorilla – what features we need to add?

From: Wizzy’s Words book of rhymes | 70 #earlylearning rhymes for today | Published by Troubador

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