Early learning #nurseryrhymes #literacy #number #UTW #onceuponatime #story |#EYFS #areasoflearning 6

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.

6 | NURSERY RHYMES WITH A ONCE UPON A TIME THEME

The Great, Big, Bad, Old Fox 11
(Traditional tune – The Grand, Old Duke of York)

C & L | Listen, say, sing, add actions | Link the events to the beginning/middle and end of a story
PSED | Discuss how we keep ourselves safe – link to UTW
PD | Link to outdoor literacy, act out actions for rhyme indoors/outdoors
LIT | Rhyming - Can we spot unfamiliar words? /Spot the sounds/words that sound the same?
MATHS | Use 10 cubes for 10 hens and model them being eaten by the fox | How many do we have? How many left?
UTW | Link to everyday events – How does the story start? Why did the hens get eaten? How could they stay safe?
A&D | Use construction/cardboard and make the fox and hens to model the scene in the rhyme

There Was a Little Dog 31
(Traditional tune – There was a Crooked Man)

C & L | Listen, say, sing, add actions | Talk about what happens at the beginning/middle and end of a story
PSED | Discuss friendship and the ‘moral’ of this short story
PD | Link to outdoor literacy, act out rhyme indoors/outdoors – Model moving to dance/Show me your dance moves
LIT | Rhyming - Can we spot unfamiliar words? /Spot the sounds/words that sound the same?
MATHS | Take 5/10 cubes or counters – How can we share these between 2 teddies? Link to odd/even/fairness
UTW | Link the rhyme to everyday events – What might have made dog sad at the beginning of this little story? (when dancing alone) Discuss the middle of the story and who is dancing | Discuss how the story ends
A&D | Use Playdoh/paper plates to make a model of the story scene, with the animal characters joining the dancing in the dish

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

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