Early learning #nurseryrhymes #literacy #eyfs #worldbookday | Wizzy’s Words

Early learning | Literacy | #nurseryrhymes for #worldbookday & #storytime

With opportunities to link to all areas of the #EYFS curriculum

RHYME 11 | The Great, Big, Bad, Old Fox (Tune – The Grand Old Duke of York)

Video 1 - Narrated outdoors in sheltered area (link to outdoor learning – weather, still)

Video 2 - Narrated outdoors in windy area (link to outdoor learning – weather, wind)

Video 3 - With suggested actions

Rhymes and their content
Can be used every day
As short stories to support early learning
During ‘work’ and ‘play’

SHARING BOOKS BUILDS A LOVE OF READING
BUILDS A LOVE OF LEARNING

Nursery Rhymes are universally validated as ideal, first, early learning resources | Use every day to promote infant development, communication, language, literacy & knowledge & understanding across all of the domains of child development & early learning

PLANNING IDEAS
Using the rhyme and starter ideas linking to:

COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE | Watch the rhyme and then say the rhyme together – think about actions that could be added (see action video) | Look out for phoneme sounds that the children know whilst focusing on the rhythm of the words

PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT | Duck tries to keep the hens safe – who keeps you/us safe?

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT | Link to outdoor literacy and act out the rhyme outdoors if possible

LITERACY | Rhyming - Can we hear the words that sound the same? | What stories do we know with animals in them?

MATHEMATICS | How many hens can we see? Can we put them in twos? (pairing/sequencing)

UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD |Link the rhyme to farm animals | How many do we know?

EXPRESSIVE ARTS AND DESIGN |
-Define and design a pen for the hens | What is a pen? What could we used to make one?
-Use Playdoh to create the scene in the rhyme
-Create pictures – linking to counting – 1 fox/1 duck/7 hens

These rhymes are taken from:
Wizzy’s Words | 70 #earlylearning rhymes for today | Published by Troubador

To find out more about the story of Wizzy’s Words and the research it is based on visit www.wizzyswords.co.uk and/or https://wizzyswords.co.uk/blog/52/the-story-of-wizzys-words-book-of-rhymes-now-including-ael-freeresources/

Link for all Wizzy’s Words AEL #freeresources on Times Ed Resources Platform https://www.tes.com/member/Jaxxie